World
Will Venezuela invade Guyana?
Eight years ago in Guyana, an Idaho-sized country on the northern coast of South America, ExxonMobil discovered massive oil reserves.…
When will the CofE have an honest debate about homosexuality?
At the Church of England’s General Synod on Wednesday morning, I had a good view of the sign-language person. In…
Dealey Plaza itself epitomizes America’s lost innocence
It has become a commonplace to observe that, sixty years ago, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey…
Why the Tories shouldn’t cut inheritance tax
‘We know it is painful, especially with inflation at what it is. But there really is no option other than…
What happens if Israel fails to destroy Hamas?
‘If you want peace, destroy Hamas. If you want security, destroy Hamas. If you want a future for Israel, the…
In defence of The Crown
Since 2016, we have cultivated a new national pastime: moaning about the latest series of The Crown. Every time Netflix’s…
What Labour’s Lisa Nandy needs to know about trans rights
Lisa Nandy could not have been more wrong when she waded into the transgender debate this week. The Labour MP,…
Why is Suella Braverman doing so well on social media?
As phrases go, ‘Twitter analytics’ is not the most exciting, especially now we are, apparently, meant to say ‘the social…
Should Kyiv really ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church?
The war in Ukraine, which was until 7 October the only foreign news we could think about, is no longer centre…
Of course Richard III killed the Princes in the Tower
When archaeologists digging beneath a Leicester car park in 2012 uncovered the battered skeleton of King Richard III, it made…
Fewer shoppers are hitting the high street than before Covid
The UK economy has so far defied those, like the Bank of England, who confidently predicted a recession. But the threat…
Is Nigel Farage having a Marine le Pen makeover?
In the week that David Cameron returned to government and Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan came a cropper, Nigel Farage has…
George Santos spent campaign money on OnlyFans, Botox, makeup and Hermès
The House Ethics Committee released its long-awaited investigative report into New York representative George Santos on Thursday. The document puts…
The problem with the BBC’s Israel coverage
Since the 7 October massacre, various institutions across the West have damaged their reputations when covering the murder of 1,200…
Guardian forced to delete viral Bin Laden letter
Oh dear. It seems that the world’s wokest newspaper has blundered, again. The Guardian has today been forced to remove…
Jess Phillips and the shame of Labour’s ceasefire rebels
I can’t decide if last night’s Labour revolt was an act of pointless narcissism or sinister appeasement. Maybe it was…
Cameron’s Ukraine trip provides a welcome boost for Zelensky
Just days after returning to government as Lord Cameron, the former prime minister and new Foreign Secretary has made his…
Pedro Sanchez’s grubby deal to stay in power
In 2017 the Catalan premier, Carles Puigdemont, having first organised an illegal referendum and then declared unilateral independence from Spain,…
Could Prince Harry be brought in from the cold?
For those of us who believed that hell would freeze over before the Duke of Sussex was welcomed back into…
Iceland is used to living in the shadow of a volcano
Iceland’s twelfth biggest settlement has been abandoned. For the past few weeks, Grindavík, a thriving town with a strong community…
Macron has lost all credibility on Israel-Palestine
It has been a bruising few days for Emmanuel Macron. It began last Friday when he gave an interview to…
What the ceasefire vote means for the future of the Labour party
It’s a little too easy to dismiss the huge Labour rebellion on the Israel-Hamas war last night as ‘virtue signalling’.…
Power shifts at the Biden-Xi summit
Perhaps the most important achievement of the summit between Xi Jinping and Joe Biden was that it was held at…
Biden and Xi’s meeting is a boost to the global economy
At least there will be some pandas. At his summit with President Biden this week, China’s President Xi pledged to…
How the Tories failed stay-at-home mums
We know that Westminster politicians do not always listen to ordinary voters. But there are few issues on which our…
