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The perverse joys of Elon Musk buying Twitter

26 April 2022 5:33 am

The predictable yet somehow still hilarious news that Elon Musk is to acquire Twitter for $44 billion has been greeted…

In praise of Elon Musk's Twitter takeover

26 April 2022 1:25 am

If there’s one quality that defines Elon Musk other than his entrepreneurship, it’s his ability to drive his detractors mad.…

France is eternally divided

25 April 2022 11:30 pm

A lot happened in France last night. After a lacklustre performance, long disillusioned supporters were unable to summon any enthusiasm…

How long can Olaf Scholz last?

25 April 2022 11:05 pm

Just what exactly is going through German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s head? ‘Russia must not win this war’, he says. But it is…

A football regulator is bad news for the beautiful game

25 April 2022 9:46 pm

It will stop shady oligarchs and brutal autocracies buying up clubs simply to whitewash their reputations. It will ensure financial…

The case that sums up the police's warped priorities

25 April 2022 8:49 pm

If you want a snapshot of how warped the police’s priorities are these days, look to the case of Kevin…

Where does Macron go from here?

25 April 2022 6:00 pm

The French do not want Emmanuel Macron’s party to win in the National Assembly, at least according to polls taken at…

Forget Le Pen 2027

25 April 2022 5:30 pm

If Emmanuel Macron has any sense he will be back in the office this morning. Sunday night’s celebratory shindig was…

Pelosi fights, McCarthy flails

25 April 2022 11:57 am

Recently, money was extracted from the taxpayers at gunpoint to create a PBS puff piece about Nancy Pelosi. Called “Pelosi’s…

Apres Macron, the radical left?

25 April 2022 6:29 am

Bof! That useful French word – an older and slightly less irritating version of the American-English ‘meh’ – is how…

The French have voted for the lesser of two evils

25 April 2022 4:30 am

Few scenes of jubilation as Emmanuel Macron was re-elected President. French voters held their noses and voted without evident enthusiasm…

Why we need an inquiry into gender treatment for children

24 April 2022 11:45 pm

Sajid Javid is right to worry about the way the NHS has treated children who identify as transgender. The Health…

Germany’s military muddle over Ukraine

24 April 2022 7:00 pm

The reluctance of chancellor Olaf Scholz to provide heavy weapons to Ukraine is now coming under increasing fire from abroad…

China’s demographic time-bomb is ticking faster

24 April 2022 4:00 pm

The latest warning was stark – that China’s population will shrink this year, more than a decade faster than forecast,…

Is this the end of Marine Le Pen?

24 April 2022 4:00 pm

Today’s election in France is likely to be a joyless, miserable affair for the electors who will dutifully turn out.…

Trump, Piers Morgan and the power of self-publicity

24 April 2022 12:04 am

If ‘real recognise real’ – by far my favourite piece of modern American vernacular – then Donald Trump’s latest tiff…

The sad demise of Jon Stewart

23 April 2022 8:30 pm

Jon Stewart made one of the biggest career follies in the history of infotainment when he walked away from the…

Will Russia sink Le Pen?

23 April 2022 8:00 pm

Paris, France Marine Le Pen has changed her image. Five years ago, the veteran far-right leader lost her second bid…

Could Russia lose the war in Donbas?

23 April 2022 5:30 pm

We face a serious dilemma as the Battle of the Donbas begins. The idea that the Russian army remains a…

Virtue and order must come before freedom

23 April 2022 12:13 pm

Libertarians and conservatives “share a detestation of collectivism,” wrote Russell Kirk in 1981. “They set their faces against the totalist…

Let presidential candidates get older and older

23 April 2022 12:52 am

Will Joe Biden be feeling the Bern in 2024? According to a memo leaked to the Washington Post, private-jet-flying socialist…

Why Putin’s ‘Satanic’ missile launch matters

23 April 2022 12:48 am

In some ways, it’s a headline-writer’s dream: Putin puts his faith in Satan. In reality, it’s actually Putin’s new RS-28…

Earth Day – and the untold story of environmental progress

22 April 2022 10:05 pm

It’s Earth Day today, the anniversary of the 1970 event that kick-started the modern environmentalist movement. in her recent column, my…

Boris is choosing to make you poorer

22 April 2022 9:40 pm

If Boris Johnson is forced from office by his own MPs, partygate will only be part of the story. Another…

Is Putin in pain?

22 April 2022 6:41 pm

Is Vladimir Putin in pain? Until now, there has been plenty of chatter about the wellbeing of his minister of…