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Giorgia Meloni and the true migration hypocrites
Cerberus, the record-breaking heatwave that has struck the Mediterranean, will be followed next week by another one called Charon – after…
Inside the chaos over Huw Edwards at the BBC
It’s been a truly surreal, disturbing and darkly comic week at the BBC. Much remains obscured, but one thing is…
The BMA shouldn’t look down on cleaners
During the lockdown, there was a cohort of workers who toiled through the night in what was described as a ‘fairly thankless…
Lithuania’s support for Ukraine remains undimmed
This week, the world’s eyes were on the Lithuanian capital Vilnius as it welcomed global leaders for Nato’s 74th summit.…
How the Unbearable Lightness of Being enthralled a generation
If during the 80s and 90s you were any kind of book lover, Milan Kundera – who died this week…
We don’t need bike vigilantes – cyclists already own the roads
Last week, Jeremy Vine shared a video of a motorist being abusive to a cyclist. Nothing new there, I hear…
Can Spain forgive Pedro Sánchez?
Voters in Spain’s general election on 23 July have a clear-cut choice. They can choose to continue with the left-wing coalition currently…
The rise of the French Intifada
Seven years ago on Friday, a 31-year-old man got behind the wheel of a 19-tonne lorry and purposefully drove it…
Putin and the power of the Orthodox church
In April this year, a sombre looking Vladimir Putin attended a midnight Orthodox Easter Service in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour…
If the Tories scrap inheritance tax, I’m voting Labour
I have been playing a game with myself recently: asking just what would it take for me to vote Labour…
The desecration of Stonehenge
The Conservative party, over the course of its lengthy history, has been defined by two particular traditions. One emphasis the…
Sunak is wrong to invite MBS to London
Mohammed bin Salman, the heir to the Saudi throne, certainly leads a charmed life. He spent several days in Paris…
Cruise liners should apologise to Faroe Islanders
It is not pleasant to think of a poor bunch of creatures in distress, but the passengers who visited the…
China’s economic self-destruction
Mao Zedong had a big thing about contradictions. They were the basis of life, driving it forward, the old despot…
Jordan Henderson’s Saudi move would be good for football
Jordan Henderson is set to become the latest high-profile veteran to join the rapidly burgeoning Saudi Arabian Professional league. The…
Are the potentially dangerous side-effects of Ozempic being explored?
In his new career as a Daily Mail columnist Boris Johnson has a fraction of the responsibility placed upon his…
Why legacy students aren’t a civil rights issue
I just caught the news that four pages in a notebook dated 2014 and stuffed into a couch cushion have…
Boris: Get Ukraine into Nato ASAP
Boris Johnson’s post-premiership crusade continues. The former PM has today attacked Nato for being too soft on Ukraine’s accession. The…
Zelensky was right to feel cheated by Nato
Gitanas Nauseda stood outside his palace and checked his watch. The Lithuanian President’s guests – the leaders of the other…
Ex-BBC presenters close ranks around Huw Edwards
In the days since the Huw Edwards scandal broke, the television broadcaster’s wife has been praised for a dignified statement…
Have we seen the last of the Wagner Group?
Three weeks after marching on Moscow, the Wagner Group has seemingly been withdrawn from the battlefield in Ukraine, according to…
Where did it all go so wrong for Emmanuel Macron?
It is Bastille day in France but few people are in the mood for festivities. The riots of a fortnight…
The BBC has serious questions to answer over Huw Edwards
Huw Edwards is in hospital. That shocking news, in a statement from his wife, Vicky Flind, delivered an icy blast…
Moscow’s Pyrrhic Nato victory
Despite the inevitable and performative expressions of anger, regret and dismay following this week’s Nato summit, Moscow feels it has…
Would road pricing be fair?
Sometimes there is a problem so glaring that you wonder why no one is addressing it. Sooner or later, the…
