World
There is not much for Macron to celebrate on this Bastille Day
In January this year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak outlined his five priorities for Britain against a hazy timetable. Meanwhile in…
Road trips out of Lisbon: a slice of tranquilidade
Forget Barcelona. Say sayonara to San Fran. And so long, London. Post-Covid, Lisbon has become a hub for the creative,…
Britain’s China policy has been completely demolished
China is engaged in a ‘whole of state’ assault on the UK and the government’s approach has been ‘completely inadequate’.…
The Orange order risks damaging the cause for Irish unionism
Another year and another July has come round where viewers in the UK have been treated to the sight of…
Rishi’s pledge to grow the economy isn’t going well
The economy contracted by 0.1 per cent in May – down by 0.4 per cent compared to May 2022. But…
The cruelty of a trans beauty queen
BeKind is one of the Great Icks – to use the vivid word so beloved of Love Islanders – of…
Will anyone be held accountable for the Zephaniah McLeod attack?
A report, just published by the NHS, is a stark 171-page indictment of our protective services. The investigation details the…
Huw Edwards named by wife as BBC presenter at centre of scandal
After five days of speculation, Huw Edwards has today been named as the BBC star at the centre of allegations…
Should Ukraine show more ‘gratitude’?
Ben Wallace thinks Ukraine needs to be careful. The West has used a whole load of political energy this week…
This week’s Nato summit will embolden Putin
The Nato summit in Vilnius has not helped Ukraine. Rather than facilitating the country’s swift accession into Nato, the alliance…
Notre Dame’s professor of Sesame Street sues student journalists for ‘defamation’
Never trust a scholar of Sesame Street to know her legal terminology. Tamara Kay, a sociology professor at Notre Dame…
Should people with big gardens pay more for their water?
According to Cathryn Ross, Thames Water’s co-interim chief executive, householders with large gardens should be paying a higher price for…
Road-trip picnics are a casualty of our interstate system
Signs announcing roadside picnic tables once peppered America’s secondary roads and highways. Or so we call those byways now. Before…
Britain should place a big bet on the petrol engine
Ministers should be hailing it as a major vote of confidence in the economy. King Charles should be clearing his…
In praise of Milan Kundera
The Czech-born writer Milan Kundera has died, at the age of 94. Four years ago, Toby Young wrote this tribute…
It’s time the SNP was honest about EU membership
There’s a school of thought that, since Scotland isn’t likely to become independent anytime soon, interrogating the SNP’s claims about…
The Nato summit is a blow to the SNP’s nuclear plans
The Nato summit in Vilnius has been an eventful one already. Even though no clear timeline for when the country…
What was Algeria’s role in the French riots?
In March 2012 a French Algerian called Mohammed Merah murdered three soldiers and shot dead three Jewish children and a…
The Church of England is on the brink of a crisis
A bishop said something significant at General Synod last week. I promise you. Something that might even herald a new…
Caster Semenya shouldn’t be able to compete in women’s events
Who can compete in women’s sports? This week’s decision by the European Court of Human Rights further complicates the debate. Judges in…
What was the point of the PGA-LIV show trial?
The media buzz surrounding the PGA-LIV Golf merger just won’t stop — and the Senate’s investigation on Tuesday did little…
The GOP’s tribal warfare
Open any national publication, and you’ll read all about a cultish, fire-breathing MAGA majority in the Republican Party, slavish in…
Why NATO shouldn’t let Ukraine in just yet
Deciding whether Ukraine should eventually join NATO is hotly debated. There are good reasons to favor its inclusion, but not…
Illegal Migration Bill survives mammoth voting session
Tory whips and publicans are the only people smiling in parliament tonight, after a mammoth three and a half hour…
Lessons for young daters from the Jonah Hill saga
There was a viral tweet last year that read, “do married people watch gen z dating and feel like they…
