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Tory hawks aren’t happy with Sunak’s China stance
The tougher language on China in today’s refreshed Integrated Review hasn’t been enough for a number of Conservative MPs, who…
Now it’s Theresa’s turn to write her book
‘Former Prime Ministers’ remarked William Gladstone ‘are like untethered rafts drifting around harbours – a menace to shipping.’ And as…
Beijing is likely to react badly to Sunak’s Integrated Review
It was only last summer that Rishi Sunak declared China ‘the largest threat to Britain’, but in today’s refreshed Integrated…
In defence of cycling on the pavement
It’s a statement that’s guaranteed to raise hackles, but I admit: I cycle on pavements. This has become a controversial thing…
Is the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank the tip of the iceberg?
On the face of it, the takeover of the UK arm of Silicon Valley Bank by HSBC is a triumph…
Gary Lineker was always going to win against the BBC
The BBC’s decision to back down and allow Gary Lineker to return to presenting is a welcome conclusion to a…
The triumph of Gary Lineker is a disaster for the BBC
The BBC-based sitcom W1A centred on a running joke about how the spinelessness and ineptitude of senior management led them…
Wagner’s founder Evgeny Prigozhin is in a fight for his life
As Wagner mercenaries are being deliberately expended by the regular military as cannon-fodder in the battle for Bakhmut, their backer,…
Gary Lineker to return to Match of the Day
Well, it was nice while it lasted. Following the farce of last night’s 14-minute episode of Match of the Day,…
Is Australia up to the Aukus challenge?
One hundred miles or so south of Sydney, lies tranquil Jervis Bay. On its shores, largely reclaimed by the bush,…
Let’s talk about sex education
Ah, sex education. I remember it like it was yesterday. It would have been 1987. Our entire year assembled in…
Will the BBC chairman go after Lineker row?
Day five and the Gary Lineker row shows no sign of abating any time soon. The BBC has gone into…
Is Macron dreaming of Aukus becoming Fraukus?
When silhouetted against the symbolism – as French media proudly insist – of King Charles choosing France for his first…
The BBC should admit its mistake and get Lineker back
While sports fans this morning are discussing why the entire England rugby team backed Gary Lineker by choosing not to…
Could Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse lead to a financial crash?
Tech start-ups tend to involve taking big risks on ideas which are untested both in terms of technology and the…
Jeremy Hunt defends the Tories’ long-term economic record
A Chancellor’s Sunday media appearance before a Budget often serves as a ‘free pass’ – not because difficult questions aren’t…
Match of the Day viewing figures rise without Gary Lineker
Oh dear. This wasn’t how it was meant to go. After Gary Lineker was forced to ‘step back’ from presenting…
Jeremy Hunt will have to rescue Silicon Valley Bank’s London clients
It will be yet another bailout for failed bankers. It will simply encourage yet more risk-taking in the City. It…
Match of the Day without Gary Lineker was oddly soothing
Well, did you enjoy MOTD? Did you miss Gary? Thanks to, let’s just say ‘circumstances’, we were able to take…
The war over the womb
The womb, that secretive house of early life, is coming under the spotlight. For a long time it was scarcely…
Do Fifa really want Saudi Arabia to sponsor the women’s world cup?
In July and August, Australia and New Zealand are hosts of the 2023 Fifa Women’s world cup. It could not…
Greece is erupting in anger after its train disaster
‘Message me when you get there.’ This phrase became a rallying cry when hundreds of thousands of people took to…
Lineker’s solidarity strikers could speed up the end of the licence fee
I never expected staff at an entire department of the BBC to put their shoulders to the wheel of the…
The Prince of Prussia’s legal fight brings painful memories back for Germany
Georg Friedrich Prince of Prussia has two big problems: he is the great-great-grandson and heir of Wilhelm II, Germany’s last…
Rishi Sunak tries to defuse the Gary Lineker row
Any hopes in No. 10 that Rishi Sunak’s French charm offensive with Emmanuel Macron would dominate the weekend papers were…
