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Alireza Akbar’s execution is a tragedy
UK officials from the Prime Minister downwards have condemned the execution of Iran’s former deputy defence minister, a dual British-Iranian…
Is the Princess of Wales right about talking therapy?
The Princess of Wales is in hot water for some remarks she made while visiting the Open Door charity in…
Britain’s Ukraine strategy could reap dividends for Brexit
Ever since at least the French revolution it has been in Britain’s strategic interest to ensure no single power or…
Can America rediscover what made it great?
What happens when progress stops? That’s an important question in a country whose self-understanding is deeply tied to the idea…
Is Prince Harry blackmailing his family?
For all of the noise that Prince Harry has made over the past few days (weeks, months, and years) about…
How oligarchs use Brussels to launder their reputations
When the police raided the home of the former socialist MEP and lawyer Pier Antonio Panzeri and found €500,000 in…
The ghastliness of Vivienne Westwood
Seeing the swathe of superlatives wheeled out about Vivienne Westwood after her death last year at the age of 81,…
Scrapping university personal statements is a mistake
The decision to scrap personal statements shows up our university system for what it really is: the priority is no…
Has Soledar fallen to the Russians?
Moscow this morning hailed the ‘liberation’ of Soledar, a strategic point in the battle for control of the eastern Donbas region of…
South Korea toys with developing nuclear weapons
Yoon Suk-yeol isn’t a household name in the United States, but his comments this week have put him in the…
An LGBTQ+ conversion therapy ban is bound to backfire
Advertising and promoting conversion ‘therapy’ to under 18s could soon be banned if a group of MPs get their way.…
The war on JK Rowling
The crusade to erase JK Rowling continues. The latest ruse of the Rowlingphobes is to scrub her name from her…
Is this the beginning of the end for Joe Biden?
Has Joe Biden suddenly outlived his usefulness? That is what many conspiracy-theory-inclined Americans are saying as the fuss mounts around…
Terror has become banal in Macron’s France
The mother of my daughter was at the Gare du Nord on Wednesday morning when a man ran amok with…
Could Britain avoid recession altogether?
The idea that we face a certain recession has been drummed into our heads for months. The Bank of England…
The Royal silence over Prince Harry can’t go on
Even Prince Harry’s critics must concede that his memoir Spare has been an enormous success. The book is the UK’s…
How the population scare predicted today’s climate hysteria
Stanford professor Paul Ehrlich’s recent appearance on CBS’s 60 Minutes reminds us what can happen when those with impressive academic…
Why the fight against Kevin McCarthy was necessary
Ugly. Chaotic. Disruptive. These and other pejoratives graced headlines last week as House Republicans wrestled with the question of who…
Remembering Paul Johnson, 1928–2023
Paul Johnson, the author, journalist and historian, has died at the age of 94. He wrote more than 40 books,…
Rishi Sunak has wasted his first 100 days as Prime Minister
Rishi Sunak has been Prime Minister for nearly 100 days – but what has Sunak done with his victory since…
Why I believe in God
Paul Johnson, the historian, journalist and author has died at the age of 94. He wrote a column for The…
George Santos makes politics worth paying attention to
As the Republicans’ on-again-off-again, will-they-won’t-they romance with Kevin McCarthy drags on, Cockburn has found refuge in a genuinely entertaining drama.…
Welfare reform is back on the agenda
This week Jonathan Ashworth set out Labour’s answer to the 5.2 million on out-of-work benefits – a figure which The…
Sturgeon’s gender bill poses a problem for the Tories
Ministers will come under increased pressure to block Nicola Sturgeon’s gender legislation with the publication of a new Policy Exchange paper…
Will Putin’s latest general escalate the war in Ukraine?
So, one granite-faced general has been replaced by another. The announcement that, after just three months in post, General Sergei…
