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How will Rishi Sunak ‘stop the boats’ now?
If Rishi Sunak’s five key pledges already looked in terrible shape at the start of the week – which they…
Rishi’s Rwanda asylum plan ruled to be unlawful
It never rains but pours for Rishi Sunak. After a difficult few weeks for the Prime Minister, the Court of…
Will New Zealand regret kowtowing to China?
New Zealand is reliant upon China, a country that makes up about a third of its export market. So, when…
Privileges Committee shames the Boris backers
Hell hath no fury like a select committee scorned. Fresh from chastising Boris Johnson, the Privileges Committee has now turned…
France is a country in chaos
Emmanuel Macron is facing arguably the gravest crisis of his presidency after a second night of rioting across France. Much…
Bright, poor students are being badly failed by Britain’s schools
Britain’s flagging productivity is commonly thought to be the root of the country’s present economic struggles. And as successive governments…
Trump talked about ‘what it might be like to have sex’ with Ivanka, claims ‘Anonymous’ NYT op-ed writer
Miles Taylor, CNN’s favorite mid-management White House bureaucrat, is back with hot new gossip on Donald Trump. The “Anonymous” author…
On the ground with the Muslim Montgomery County parents protesting the school board’s LGBT curriculum
Rockville, Maryland Hundreds of protesters rallied to protest a school board in one of America’s most liberal counties that plans…
In defense of rats
In the ranks of unloved animals, rats are surely king — so reviled that other pest species are often referred…
Jada Pinkett Smith got her family into psychedelics
Cockburn doesn’t have any acknowledged children, but if he did, he’d like to think that he wouldn’t give them drugs.…
Lords watchdog refused to back five nominees
It’s been a difficult few years for Paul Bew, chairman of the House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC). Bew picked up…
Rostov returns to reality after Wagner’s botched coup
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, it always seemed likely that the war would come back to Rostov-on-Don, the…
Jonny Bairstow shows how to deal with Just Stop Oil
Give Jonny Bairstow a knighthood. Whatever else happens at the Ashes, or indeed throughout the rest of his cricketing career,…
Nato’s leadership race is a miserable advert for the alliance
Ben Wallace, the defence secretary, has conceded defeat in his bid to succeed Jens Stoltenberg as secretary-general of Nato. Wallace…
France erupts in violence after police shoot dead a teenager
Much of Paris was a battleground on Tuesday evening as scores of youths rioted following the fatal shooting of a…
Does cricket suffer from ‘institutional racism’?
What a strange document the Independent Commission on Equity in Cricket (ICEC) has produced, in its ‘Holding up a mirror…
Are the walls closing in on ol’ Joe?
Confronted with devastating evidence of Biden family grifting, the president’s advocates are abandoning their old defenses and trying some new…
Presidential hopeful Francis Suarez: ‘What’s a Uighur?’
Miami mayor Francis X. Suarez should pick Gary “Aleppo” Johnson for his 2024 running mate. After a revealing interview on…
Why Wagner’s coup failed
When Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine was launched, the overall mood among those around me – Russians from a range…
Elon Musk: innovator, CEO, ket head
What’s your poison? All of the greatest minds have one. Freud loved cocaine, Charles Dickens dabbled with opium, Steve Jobs…
When vegans are worthy of our disdain
Celebrity chef John Mountain made headlines last week for banning vegans from his restaurant, Fyre, citing “mental health reasons,” reportedly…
Pickles slaps down Boris over Mail column
Remember Eric Pickles? The larger-than-life Coalition mainstay who inspired such legendary headlines as ‘I did not spend £10,000 on extra…
Prince William should house the homeless on his lands
The Prince of Wales has announced that homelessness will be his charitable focus while he awaits his eventual succession to…
Europe is rapidly shifting to the right
‘The left is sweeping to power across Europe,’ suggested the headline in the Independent in September 2021. The newspaper called…
In praise of encyclopedias
Simon Winchester recalls the time — he was not yet three — when, stepping into his rubber boot, he was…
