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Is the cult of victimhood turning violent?
This week I read the most extraordinary and chilling statement. It was issued by a fringe group called the Trans Resistance Network.…
Is Macron heading for his Margaret Thatcher moment?
There was a sense of foreboding in France at the start of this week. After the anarchy of last Thursday…
Will cruise ships solve the migrant housing crisis?
In an ironic twist, cruise ships are being hailed as the latest measure to help ‘stop the boats’. Most Fleet…
Who is torching Russia’s military recruitment centres?
The last twelve months or so in the post-Soviet sphere have been, among other things, the year of the Molotov…
Did Ernest Hemingway have CTE?
It was July 2, 1961. Ernest Hemingway was three weeks shy of his sixty-second birthday. He had been living comfortably…
Nikolai Patrushev, the man dripping poison into Putin’s ear
If I were to have to pick the figure in Vladimir Putin’s inner circle who scares me the most, it…
Rishi Sunak is pulling the rug out from under renters
Rishi Sunak is having a busy week. After announcing his crackdown on anti-social behaviour over the weekend, he set out…
Why I’m afraid of transphobia
J.K. Rowling’s Twitter feed “creates trans phobias,” writes Washington Post gender columnist Monica Hesse. Listening to Rowling, says Hesse, is…
Gary Lineker scores a victory over the taxman
The good news just keeps coming for Gary Lineker. The Match of the Day host has won his appeal against…
The Final Four that wasn’t supposed to happen
March Madness markets itself on the chaos, the unpredictability, and the Cinderella stories that make the NCAA basketball tournament one…
Taiwan’s voters face a big decision at the upcoming election
‘We must peacefully strive to rejuvenate the Chinese nation. This is an unshirkable duty for Chinese people on both sides…
The Guardian cancels itself, at last
The world’s wokest newspaper is at it again. Few voices were more vocal about race and reparations in that statue-toppling…
The tragedy of the Nashville school shooting
Three children and three staff have been shot dead at a school in the United States. The pupils who died…
The surprising cultural life of orcas
Male killer whales are all mamas’ boys. That’s not a revelation; their curious and intense social lives have been studied…
Can the Bank of England escape the blame for the inflation spike?
Who, or what, is responsible for the UK’s sky-high inflation rate? Not me, says the Bank of England’s governor. Andrew…
We should support Oxford’s crackdown on motorists
Now that Morse has cracked his final case, Oxford’s streets will be freed from the annual disruption caused by successive Jaguars…
It will take a lot for the dollar to die
The end of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency has been predicted so many times that it is tempting…
New Zealand has much to learn from the treatment of Posie Parker
A promotional clip for New Zealand uploaded to social media the other day looked like the usual decorous fare churned…
Humza Yousaf and the myth about Britain’s diversity problem
Humza Yousaf, the new First Minister of Scotland after his victory in the SNP leadership election, deserves his moment in…
Humza Yousaf’s election should concern us all
Scotland has been deprived of the opportunity for a fresh start. Humza Yousaf has been elected leader of the Scottish…
The very British Kinks
It’s been 60 years since Muswell Hill brothers Ray and Dave Davies – then 19 and 15 respectively – formed The…
Rishi Sunak is right to get tough on begging
When Rishi Sunak presented the latest attempt by a prime minister to get tough on anti-social behaviour, it wasn’t the…
Can Humza Yousaf unite the SNP?
It was announced to a particularly tense room at 2 p.m. that Humza Yousaf had won the SNP leadership race.…
Even Biden knows Kamala is useless
As the song in “Li’l Abner” said, “The Country’s in the Very Best of Hands.” I wonder if Joe Biden…
Humza Yousaf won’t be celebrating for long
Humza Yousaf has a reputation for being a bit of a crowd-pleaser and, true to form, everyone seemed inordinately happy…
