World
Neil Ferguson wasn’t a lockdown fanatic
Is the Covid inquiry running out of steam? Today, it saw one of Covid’s biggest stars take the ‘witness stand’:…
Putin will be hoping for gifts from Xi in Beijing
In the early hours of this morning, Vladimir Putin touched down in Beijing to attend the third forum of the…
Calm down about bedbugs
Matt Hancock, don’t retire just yet – we may need you back. There’s a new terror spreading across Britain –…
How long can the cross-party consensus on Israel hold?
When Rishi Sunak spoke in the Commons chamber on Monday, he reiterated the UK government’s ‘total condemnation’ of the attacks…
Calling a terrorist a terrorist
Last night, after a suspected Islamist fanatic gunned down two Swedish football fans in Brussels to ‘avenge Muslims’, the BBC…
Is migration really about to halve?
Could our current record levels of immigration be a flash in the pan, a statistical spike brought about by the…
Say goodbye to tax cuts?
‘We are in a horrible fiscal bind’ says the Institute for Fiscal Studies this morning, as it publishes its Green Budget…
It’s official: we don’t know how many people are unemployed
For perhaps the first time in its history, the Office for National Statistics does not know how many employed, unemployed…
In defence of Steve Bell
One of Britain’s best-known cartoonists, Steve Bell, says he has been ‘effectively sacked’ by the Guardian after drawing Benjamin Netanyahu.…
Donald Tusk’s victory will only please Brussels
Change in Poland looks likely. A second exit poll gives the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) the most votes,…
Is Russia’s latest offensive faltering?
Russia’s latest offensive has exacted a heavy toll on its forces. They have lost 127 tanks, 239 armoured personnel vehicles…
The return of rational fear
‘I don’t feel safe’ is the cry of students the western world over at the prospect of hearing terrifying opinions…
Beware interesting politicians
We’ve all been there, haven’t we? One minute you are sitting down, with a cup of tea, ready to listen…
What Shakespeare can teach us about cancel culture
The following is an edited excerpt from Douglas Murray’s lecture at the Sheldonian Theatre earlier tonight, in honour of Sir…
Sunak calls the Israel attack a ‘pogrom’
Should the UK warn Israel about its response to the Hamas attack? The Prime Minister was very pointed as he…
How has Britain avoided a recession?
For the past 18 months, the UK economy has been stuck in the purgatory of an eternally predicted but non-arriving…
Poland’s rejection of conservatism isn’t quite as it seems
Poland looks set to head into a month of intense coalition-building. The exit poll for the country’s parliamentary election on…
Netanyahu’s greatest failure
Over the weekend, the IDF confirmed that it killed the Hamas terrorist who commanded the attack on Israel a week…
Is New Zealand about to return to the world stage?
After six years of Labour party rule in New Zealand, the country’s foreign policy brings to mind the line about…
France’s teachers are scared
Rarely has the publication of a book been so providential. The Teachers Are Scared was released in France last Wednesday,…
Can we be honest about Israel and Palestine?
Qui tacet consentire videtur: who keeps silent is seen to consent. That Latin tag haunts the western response to the…
Law and Justice has lost. Where does Poland go now?
If it continues to hold, the likely electoral victory of Poland’s opposition last night is good news for all those…
Britain is not a technocracy
The term ‘technocracy’, or more often ‘technocrat’, is found everywhere. Both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are referred to as…
Israel is trapped in a dilemma
Hamas’s attack was designed to massacre as many civilians as possible, while also striking at Israeli military posts along the…
Why Australia’s Voice vote failed
Since 1999, asking how many referendums Australia has had – then how many have passed – has been a pair…
