World
Why no one wants a Ford Fiesta anymore
The world of business has long been creative with feeble excuses. Even so, the explanation given by Tim Slatter, chairman…
Britain’s absent workers are slowly being lured back into employment
The latest labour market update – published by the Office for National Statistics this morning – looks a lot like…
What UEFA won’t tell you about the Stade de France fiasco
UEFA has published its independent review into the chaotic Champions League final last May and it is brutally honest in…
The spies never really went away
The news headlines this week brought a warm glow of nostalgia to anyone brought up during the 20th century’s Cold…
Enes Kanter Freedom on LeBron, Erdoğan and the earthquake
Basketball player and human rights activist Enes Kanter Freedom was invited as Leader Kevin McCarthy’s guest of honor to the…
How Russia is weathering the storm of Western sanctions
After war broke out in Ukraine a year ago, amidst a slew of shop closures, sanctioned products and predictions about…
What’s behind the secret Brexit summit?
Is there a plot to unravel Brexit? Tory Eurosceptics are asking this question after the Observer published details over the…
Will Lula’s Brazil turn away from the West?
Joe Biden has promised to bring Brazil and America closer together. ‘Both of our democracies have been tested of late’,…
The truth slips out about Justin Trudeau’s euthanasia regime
Two cheers for a brief hiatus in the Canadian stampede towards suicide for all. Earlier this month, David Lametti, Justin…
Is Brexit really costing households £1,000 each?
They never give up, those Remainers. Like the Japanese soldier found on a Pacific island still fighting the second world…
Who really owns Britain’s waterways?
Stop press: Fleet Street is officially full of sewage. Flicking through the papers this morning, Steerpike was intrigued to see…
Do face masks work?
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, international agencies, national governments, and local public health departments claimed that their policies followed ‘the science’.…
Has Macron turned France into America’s poodle?
A notable feature of how the French public view the war in Ukraine is that the strongest support for its…
It’s time for ‘reality-based’ politicians to start addressing Brexit
Praise be. A day or two ago, something potentially quite exciting took place in Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire. It was a two-day…
The Westminster Holocaust memorial ignores Jewish suffering
It’s groundhog day all over again for the long-planned Holocaust memorial and learning centre in Westminster’s Victoria Tower Gardens. This…
Ukraine shouldn’t cancel Russian culture
It is entirely understandable that the barbaric attack on Ukraine launched a year ago by Vladimir Putin has sparked enraged…
How African gold pays for Russia’s war in Ukraine
African wars are paying for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at least indirectly. When Vladimir Putin was running low on manpower…
Is Kim Jong Un’s daughter being lined up to lead?
The photograph shows a happy family. After a 35-day public absence, the corpulent Kim Jong Un has been pictured this…
We are living through a golden age of misogyny
I hope I’ll be forgiven for not dropping my dog-eared copy of The Female Eunuch in sheer molten awe upon reading in…
Turkey’s earthquake and the growing anger towards Erdogan
Istanbul, Turkey It’s Monday morning and Sam is late to work. The cafe he owns in a quiet residential area…
How to defend free markets in the 21st century
It wasn’t Liz Truss’s failure to make big changes we should worry about. It was her inability to deliver even…
We need to talk about Madonna’s face
You’ll forgive Madonna for taking a few days to respond to the concern over her latest facelift. After all, the…
Napoleon III’s remains will not be returned to France
Do not take too seriously the demand of Roger Karoutchi, a Républicain who rejoices in the title of deputy speaker of…
Where is the moral outrage about Britain’s grooming gangs?
Tabloid journalism begins with W.T. Stead, who as editor of the Pall Mall Gazette in the 1880s brought news and scandal to…
Thousands may still be trapped under the rubble in Turkey
Five days after Monday’s massive earthquakes, the combined death toll in Turkey and Syria has passed 20,000. Local aid workers…
