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The Pope is wrong to criticise Europe over the migrant crisis
Pope Francis spent the weekend in Marseille where he admonished Europe for their attitude towards migrants. Specifically, the Pontiff took…
Canada’s parents are taking to the streets
In the biggest demonstration since the Freedom Convoy, large numbers of Canadian families and supporters took to the streets across…
Zelensky is a serious bind
The recent spat between Kyiv and Warsaw over grain – with Ukraine suing Poland at the WTO – has come at…
The Caribbean island that wants to claim a Russian super yacht
Earlier this year I asked Gretta Fenner, head of a Swiss Foundation that investigates oligarchs and financial crime, about confiscating…
Why is Sunak cutting a tax only paid by the rich?
Last week, Rishi Sunak struck a blow for ordinary people against the elitist project that is net zero, assuring them…
Olaf Scholz’s failing coalition is leaking support to the AfD
Germans are increasingly fed up with their hapless chancellor Olaf Scholz and his traffic light coalition. Just a quarter of…
The excruciating pain of being a Manchester United fan
Can there be a more wretched existence in football than being a Manchester United fan? Well, yes, would be the…
How to take on Opec’s oil barons
Beyond the environment, one of the most persuasive arguments for reducing western nations’ dependence on fossil fuels is the extraordinary…
Get a grip, YouTube hustlers. Don’t watch football with the camera on
Once upon a time, football fans used to come home from seeing their side lose, and they would shrug their…
London’s e-bikes are out of control
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but rental electric bicycles are becoming a bit of a scourge in London. Unlike…
The incredible meltdown of the Center for Antiracist Research
Professor Ibram X. Kendi has run into a spot of trouble. His fantastically funded Center for Antiracist Research – more…
It’s time football scrapped the Saturday afternoon TV blackout
The Premier League needs to wake up and smell the coffee: there is nothing sacrosanct about football matches that kick off…
Tory MPs can dare to dream about the next election
Were you a centre-right leader seeking the perfect person to condemn you for implementing a mildly populist measure then a…
What is the point of Ed Davey?
Since being elected as a Liberal Democrat MP in 1997, Ed Davey has been through many phases: conventional Paddy Ashdown…
Why ‘wokeness’ is doomed to fail
There are two dishonest conversations about wokeness, or identity politics if you prefer the less contentious term. The first from conservatives…
In defence of the noughties
Russell Brand always seemed repellant to me, but that had little to do with the fact he became famous in…
Kendi gonna Kendi
Ibram X. Kendi has done as he promised. In 2020, freshly anointed as the director of Boston University’s new Center…
The mystery of China’s missing ministers
Two down and who knows how many more to go. This week, Defence Minister Li Shangfu became the latest of…
Is Jeremy Hunt right that tax cuts are ‘virtually impossible’?
No one was expecting a big tax cut this year. Rishi Sunak’s government has been clear that 2023 is for…
Labour will regret handing more power to the OBR
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) will have to sign off on any changes to taxation. It will need to…
Why the new right is like the old left
F.H. Bradley, perhaps the most self-aware philosopher who ever lived, once dismissed metaphysics as “the finding of bad reasons for…
Can Poland and Ukraine end their grain spat?
Poland has said it will no longer supply Ukraine with weapons, that it may cut aid to refugees and that…
Why dry Sauternes are the next big thing
It is my sense that the popularity of sweet wines like Sauternes, Port, Tokaji and all the German Auslese wines…
Falling wages aren’t stopping shoppers from hitting the high street
It looks like a case of recession postponed – again. Figures from the Office for National Statistics this morning show…
After Covid, it’s not surprising kids aren’t coming back to school
The Education Act of 1880 made it compulsory for all children in the UK to attend school between the ages…
