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Matt Hancock’s taxpayer-serviced Aga
For the first time since Covid, it’s the question all of Westminster is asking: where is Matt Hancock? Within the…
The debt ceiling battle lurking after the elections
Though many pundits may not be able to see past Tuesday’s midterm elections, as soon as the voters decide which…
How worried are the Democrats about the US midterms?
‘There are two things that are important in politics,’ said the 19th century senator Mark Hanna. ‘The first is money…
Bright green: the case for eco-optimism
Of all the world leaders at the Cop27 summit today, I suspect Rishi Sunak will be one of the least…
Would a lower foreign aid target be so bad?
Whatever happened to David Cameron’s promise to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on foreign aid? Amid much criticism, it…
Is it too much to expect the Home Secretary to obey the law?
As Home Secretary, on the whole, you’ll want to stay on the right side of the law, right? I mean, you’re in charge of the…
Republican support for Ukraine is fading
There is much that is uncertain about Tuesday’s elections, but it seems all but certain that the GOP will take…
How many Russians have fled?
Ever since the war in Ukraine started there have been reports about Russians emigrating, either fleeing conscription or simply dismayed…
Risk aversion and the failure of our emergency services
The litany of errors in the emergency services’ response to the Manchester Arena attack has been widely detailed this week,…
The FBI will face a reckoning after the midterms
It is said that towards the end his life as he sank into dementia, Maurice Ravel was tormented by the…
Will this election finally be the end of Betoism?
Democrats across the country should be grateful for what Republicans are about to do: rid them of a nagging disease…
Football’s problems run far beyond the Qatar World Cup
Are there any redeeming features of the Qatar World Cup? Perhaps one: the tournament has a sane and logical format.…
How Matt Hancock turned a failure into success
Eating kangaroo penis on live TV will not be the first gut wrenching challenge of Matt Hancock’s career. At the…
Why Turkey and Ukraine called Putin’s grain deal bluff
Earlier this week, Vladimir Putin declared an end to the deal allowing Ukraine to export its grain to the world.…
We need to talk about boomer radicalisation
Andrew Leak, the man named as the perpetrator of the petrol bomb attack on Dover migrant centre was, on the…
Matt Hancock is perfect for ‘I’m A Celebrity…’
How can a man have such good and bad judgement? Matt Hancock’s wife is an absolute babe, but his career…
Zero-Covid is the new one-child policy
It has been a remarkable few days for China’s increasingly absurd and at times chilling zero-Covid campaign. There was outrage…
Tim Ryan’s phony ‘moderate’ persona
Tim Ryan is cunning. Facing an ultra-tight race against J.D. Vance for Ohio’s US Senate seat, Ryan is hedging his…
Manchin’s rebuke shows how toxic Biden’s energy views are
It’s not often that a senator launches a brutal, frontal assault on a president from his own party. It’s even…
The National Theatre deserves to have its budget cut
The arts cuts have arrived. The biggest loser is English National Opera whose annual award of £12.6 million will be…
Serbia’s membership talks should embarrass the EU
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz looked on with uneasy pride as leaders from…
Britain needs to take back control of its borders
Britain has lost control of its borders. Over the last four years, the number of asylum-seekers and illegal migrants who…
Is Russia preparing to surrender Kherson?
Will they stay or will they go? The southern Ukrainian city of Kherson has become the current focus of the…
Arts Council England and the war on opera
Instructed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to move money away from London and reassign it to…
Why are excess deaths higher now than during Covid?
More people are dying every week than during Covid’s peak years. Last month there were 1,564 more deaths than average…
