World
The sad death of the Eurofighter Typhoon
Britain’s fighter jets are running missions into Syria, dropping bombs on the Houthis in Yemen, patrolling over Estonia, Lithuania and…
Can Kent’s hop industry survive?
There is something quintessentially English about hop fields. Rows of ten foot wooden stakes rise from the grass, perhaps three…
Gary Lineker isn’t that bad
It’s a crying shame that we will no longer hear the insightful and original opinions of Gary Lineker. No more…
Donald Trump’s style of politics originated in Europe
A headline in a recent Washington Post op-ed declared that: ‘The Trump contagion is already in Europe – and it’s…
Are Christian holiday camps a force for good?
In my early teenage years, I attended Christian holiday camps very like the ‘Bash’ camps where John Smyth and Justin…
The uncomfortable truth about assisted dying
This week, the Labour MP Kim Leadbeater finally put forward the much-awaited bill on assisted dying, which will likely be…
The parable of Justin Welby
When Channel 4’s Cathy Newman summed up the Church of England’s John Smyth scandal as showing that ‘the church had…
Without America, Britain’s economy will stall
The comments by Stephen Moore, Donald Trump’s economic adviser, should not really be controversial. ‘I’ve always said that Britain has…
Is it time to ban boxing?
This year, as almost every year, there have been calls for a complete ban on boxing. Two fighters, Ardi Ndembo…
If Peter Mandelson can’t handle Trump, no one can
If Peter Mandelson is confirmed as our next ambassador to Washington there will be an outcry among swathes of both…
Russia’s mephedrone problem is spiralling out of control
Russians are, stereotypically, known as heavy vodka drinkers – a fact that is often celebrated, despite all the bodily perils…
Cop is dying
In the near three-decade history of the annual round of UN climate conferences, the Baku Cop29 stands out. There have…
One phone call won’t make Putin listen to Scholz
This afternoon, for the first time in nearly two years, the German chancellor Olaf Scholz picked up the phone to…
Democrats don’t need their own Joe Rogan
One of the new cliches of American politics is that progressives need their own Joe Rogan. The comedian turned podcaster…
How corrupt are Britain’s prisons?
Two recently-released prisoners have lifted the lid on corruption and sexual harassment in Britain’s prisons. Beatrice Auty, who was imprisoned…
Spain won’t forgive and forget over Valencia’s deadly floods
The head of the Valencia regional government has just attempted an impossible task – justifying his administration’s conduct before, during…
Is Starmer really proud of this rubber dinghy crackdown?
Hold the front page. The government may have finally smashed part of a people-smuggling gang, or as word-mangling Keir Starmer…
Roman Polanski and the scandal of the Dreyfus Affair
A few days ago, in the suburban surroundings of the Phoenix cinema in Finchley, north London, a major film by…
Non-crime hate incidents are out of control
It’s police overreach season again on free speech and non-crime hate incidents, or NCHIs. On Remembrance Day morning, we had…
Labour’s cynical House of Lords reform
This week, the House of Commons is focusing its attention on proposed reforms to the House of Lords. MPs backed…
Rachel Reeves is turning into Gordon Brown
Rachel Reeves is beginning to look awfully like Gordon Brown. Study the actions of this government so far and you…
There’s nothing worse than an entitled restaurateur
Going to restaurants used to be fun. So much so that in the first two booze-sloshed decades of the 21st…
Kemi Badenoch’s early troubles are no reason to despair
A consensus seems to be forming, with unreasonable speed, that Kemi Badenoch isn’t exactly smashing it at Prime Minister’s Questions.…
I hope Mike Tyson teaches Jake Paul a lesson
Tedious narcissist blowhard Jake Paul will fight Mike Tyson on Saturday in a meaningless freakshow in Texas that will likely…
I have no time for Radio Four’s dross
I switched the radio on in my car today and it went straight to the BBC World at One on…
