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Why the Kremlin sees Britain as the ultimate bogeyman
Perfidious Albion is at it again. The Kremlin’s increasingly unhinged obsession with seeing a British hand behind its various upsets…
What we don’t know about the suspected Bulgarian spies
As a British former foreign correspondent in Moscow and Washington, there are few subjects I turn to with more trepidation…
Yes, Bradley Cooper’s fake nose is anti-Semitic
Bradley Cooper is not anti-Semitic. If he was, he’d surely have let it slip by now; as Mel Gibson proved…
Why is the WHO promoting homeopathy?
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is meant to implore us to ignore hearsay and folklore, and to follow the scientific…
Humza Yousaf is becoming a master at alienating Scottish voters
At last, a target Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf should have no trouble meeting. Waiting lists? The attainment gap? Dualling the…
Even high oil revenues can’t fix Scotland’s deficit
It’s Scotland’s annual Gers shenanigans this week. If you don’t already know, Gers stands for ‘Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland’.…
How preserving old houses helps defeat wokeness
To thwart the woke objective, the non-woke need to muster every asset we can. If you’re planning to relocate to…
Oliver Anthony and the snobbery of American conservatives
If there is a right-wing cultural aesthetic in America, it is low-brow resentment. The old liberal-conservative tradition prized truth, beauty…
Graham Linehan and the Fringe’s new puritanism
Back in the 1980s and ‘90s, Moira Knox was one of the biggest names on the Edinburgh Fringe. She was…
Is Jordan Peterson’s book all it’s cracked up to be?
Jordan Peterson has never been shy about dispensing advice. But has the court of the Canadian philosopher king now overreached…
What does it take to get you cancelled at the Edinburgh Fringe?
So, let me get this right: at the Edinburgh Fringe, comedians who make jokes about killing and raping women are welcome, but…
Is Putin outsourcing his espionage to Bulgaria?
Bulgaria is a country that doesn’t often feature on Britain’s radar – beyond being a location for cheap package holidays and…
I’m afraid of higher wages
So, Britain has finally awarded itself the real-terms pay rise that the unions would say workers ‘deserve’. This morning’s inflation…
Is it really not safe to extradite someone to Japan?
In November 2015 three men entered a jewellery shop in Tokyo’s upmarket Omotesando district, beat and injured a security guard, smashed a…
Captain Tom’s daughter does it again
It’s an ITV drama just waiting to be filmed. The saga surrounding the family of the late Captain Sir Tom…
I can’t make up my mind about microdosing
I know that microdosing — the practice of taking a very small amount of a mood enhancing drug — has…
Costs of leaky parliament double in ten years
Cast your minds back to the new millennium: Tony Blair was in power, Robbie Williams top of the chart. It…
Reintroducing wolves to Britain is pure insanity
Should we release packs of ravenous wolves into the English countryside? The answer is so obviously ‘of course not, are…
Working from home is the new British disease
Over mighty trade unions. Short-termist management that prioritises profits over investment. And an education system that doesn’t produce enough scientists…
Will America eventually tire of Trump’s legal troubles?
In our age of mass attention deficit, the manifold legals trials against Donald Trump represent a big challenge. Maybe that’s…
Macron doesn’t care about migrants crossing the Channel
The British government is reportedly ‘frustrated’ with France for its failure to stem the numbers of migrants making their way…
Boris brings back cabinet tradition
When it comes to the Johnson government, ministers weren’t always judged to have done things by the book. But Mr…
Public sector pay pushes wage growth to record high
Public sector pay growth has jumped 9.6 per cent, the fastest rate since current records began 22 years ago. Private…
Germany shouldn’t ban the AfD
There are few countries in the world more conscious of the fragility of democracy than Germany. After the horrors of…
The Tories have invented a new philosophy – unpopulism
Steve Barclay is appalled. A source close to the health secretary has told the Mail that he is ‘appalled to…
