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Hong Kong row embroils Commonwealth group
A most undiplomatic row has engulfed one of Westminster’s most prestigious groups. The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association boasts 180 branches around…
Rod Stewart calls time on the Tories
Rod Stewart has been a Conservative supporter for some time – but no longer. The ageing rocker, who congratulated Boris…
Novak Djokovic and the real reason many Serbs support Russia
Novak Djokovic is no stranger to controversy. A year ago, the Serbian tennis star was deported from Australia after failing…
Guardian in ‘institutional racism’ storm
Oh dear. It seems that the world’s wokest newspaper is in a bit of a mess of its own making.…
Could Britain cope without Taiwanese microchips?
So now we know what Britain’s great green economy looks like. First, the good news: construction of electric cars in…
Tyre Nichols and the muted response of Black Lives Matter
The reaction to the brutal death of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old, after he was stopped by police has been strangely…
Who killed Australia Day?
Australia Day was once a big deal Down Under, but in recent years the annual celebration has been somewhat muted.…
Halfway through Harris: our remarkable VP
John Nance Garner, a Texan who served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s vice president for eight years, famously quipped that the…
The Oxford-Cambridge arc shows why the Tories don’t get it
Rishi Sunak has long sought to give Britain its very own Silicon Valley. Partially because pseudo-Californian beaches would provide respite…
The looming battle for Chasiv Yar
In the eastern Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar, seven-year-old Symon was clinging to a chocolate bar and a packet of…
China woos the Washington Wizards
China’s new foreign minister issued his first public statement at a Washington Wizards game this weekend. “Happy Chinese New Year…
Germany – and Nato – should be ashamed of its grudging support for Ukraine
At long, long last, it might seem that things are coming to a head. After a year of phony excuses,…
It’s no surprise Britain’s manufacturers are struggling
Every month, we are bombarded with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI), the main inflation measure. It is currently running at…
Tank warfare: why the West is worried about arming Ukraine
Ukraine’s top soldier, General Valery Zaluzhny, has said that if he is to launch a successful counter-offensive, the West will…
The retirement age should be 70
Remember the Waspi women, who used to leap up and down outside Tory conferences for the right to continue to…
Is sloppiness our new national vice?
The Germans have a word for it. When they wish to criticise their Austrian cousins’ alleged tendency towards carelessness and…
New Zealand’s PM is a welcome change from Jacinda Ardern
Chris Hipkins can afford to feel pleased with his first days in office as Prime Minister of New Zealand. In…
Why Biden’s document scandal is worse than Trump’s
Shortly after reports surfaced that President Joe Biden’s team had found classified documents at his office at the Penn Biden…
In defense of paranoia
Maybe it’s because I grew up during the “stranger danger” milk carton kid era (for those too young to know…
Zelensky’s corruption crackdown is working
Ukraine has been shaken by a wave of corruption scandals in recent days. Zelensky’s deputy chief of staff, six deputy…
Has a Quran-burning protest ended Sweden’s Nato dream?
A crowd gathered outside Turkey’s embassy in Stockholm on Saturday afternoon to watch far-right politician Rasmus Paludan burn the Quran.…
India’s war on the BBC
BBC documentary India: The Modi Question, the second part of which airs tonight, has had a muted reaction in Britain.…
Thirty years from Waco: what the fatal siege wrought
On a windy morning thirty years ago, the FBI staged a surprise attack on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas.…
Why does Princess Eugenie want her son to be an activist?
The furore surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan Markle has made it easy to forget about the other younger members of…
Why aren’t the Lib Dems doing better?
This weekend, the Liberal Democrats announced that they are mounting a ‘blue wall’ offensive, a campaign aimed at affluent voters…
