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RFK Jr. is as mad on foreign policy as he is on vaccines
Did you know that the Biden’s State Department is run by neocons? Or that Biden’s foreign policy is “bellicose, pugnacious…
Sunak and Biden’s White House love-in
Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden’s White House press conference started late, presumably to make a point that the two had…
France comes under attack again
What kind of man walks into a park on a summer’s day and randomly stabs and slashes at toddlers? That is…
Is AI all it’s cracked up to be?
So is Artificial intelligence (AI) to be a new engine of growth for the UK economy? That is Rishi Sunak’s hope. Ideally,…
Will Britons be injecting their way out of obesity?
Is it right that the government is going to let more people use weight-loss jabs on the NHS? Anti-obesity jabs,…
Johnson’s honours list spells more trouble for Sunak
Another day, another episode in the ongoing Johnson-Sunak psychodrama. Following clashes over the Stormont brake and the Covid inquiry, Rishi…
The lessons of equal marriage we need to relearn
The way in which some activists campaign for their cause makes it difficult to believe they really want the rest…
Will the royal silence over Prince Harry’s trial hold?
It’s fair to say that, after an unimpressive first day on the witness stand in his case against the Mirror…
India’s war on Charles Darwin is a step too far
What is it that India’s rulers find so objectionable about Charles Darwin and his evolutionary theory that they’ve banned his…
Brexiteers, calm down. Brexit has not been betrayed
Being a Brexiteer these days is like being Kenneth Williams playing Julius Caesar in Carry On Cleo. Far too often…
Is the rise in ‘trans visibility’ something to celebrate?
If the LGBTQIA+ community has become a church for the new millennium, it is certainly attracting adherents across the world.…
Britain faces plenty of economic pain – even if it dodges a recession
The UK will narrowly avoid a formal recession this year. That’s the consensus that is emerging based on the current…
Kiwis are tiring of New Zealand’s blundering prime minister
It’s all going wrong for New Zealand’s prime minister Chris Hipkins. Hipkins’s laidback, convivial persona and managerial skills were seen…
The hubris of Prince Harry
As Prince Harry walked into the High Court for his second day of cross-examination, he might have been forgiven for…
As it happened: Prince Harry accused of ‘total speculation’ over hacking claims
Prince Harry has finished his second day of giving evidence in the High Court. The Duke of Sussex is taking…
Will the first migrant flight to Rwanda take off in September?
Rishi Sunak attempted to get on the front foot this week by giving an update on the progress he has…
The Saudi blood money takeover of sport is complete
Some of football’s biggest names are revealing themselves to be shameless mercenaries on a scale that is staggering even by…
Behind the Trump-DeSantis influencer Twitter bloodbath
Forget the campaign trail: the real Trump-DeSantis fight is spilling out on Twitter. Conservative influencers who support the respective campaigns…
Flashback: Donald Trump predicted the PGA-LIV merger a year ago
The PGA Tour will officially merge with LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed golf league, in a shock bid to squash the…
Labour’s AI attack strategy comes unstuck
What’s wrong with the government’s AI strategy? Labour has been claiming today that it is ‘already out of date’, with…
Kim Yo-jong is fast becoming North Korea’s propaganda puppeteer
If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Such is the axiom underpinning North Korea’s (DPRK) approach towards its…
Full text: Prince Harry’s tabloid hacking witness statement
Prince Harry is in the High Court today, being cross-examined as he sues the publisher of the Daily Mirror over…
As it happened: Prince Harry cross-examined on phone hacking accusations
Prince Harry has finished his first day being cross examined in the High Court as part of his case against…
What the Smiths’ critics don’t get
It’s forty years since the Smiths released their first single ‘Hand In Glove’. We’ve already seen a slew of articles…
Mike Pence jumps on the grenade
When I interviewed Mike Pence recently, I asked him why so many people around him tell me the same thing:…
