World

Is Eric Zemmour’s court defeat something to celebrate?

21 December 2022 11:55 pm

Éric Zemmour is an old-style reactionary France-first politician, a little in the mould of the interwar Charles Maurras. Though unceremoniously…

Harry and Meghan have put Jacinda Ardern in an awkward position

21 December 2022 11:04 pm

A trailer was released this week for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s new Netflix documentary series, Live to Lead,…

Hopeless and downbeat, Britain is the new France

21 December 2022 10:28 pm

‘Tis the season to be jolly, unless you live in Britain. An Ipsos poll last week suggested there is widespread…

Now even Saint Jacinda snubs Meghan

21 December 2022 7:20 pm

Are the wokest couple in all the West losing their star power? The first-half of the Sussexes’ new ‘explosive’ documentary…

Speaking truth to antisemitism

21 December 2022 6:00 pm

It’s impossible to sugarcoat what Ye, The Artist Formerly Known as Kanye West, said that got him in hot water…

Meghan Markle and the uncomfortable truth about Britain

21 December 2022 5:00 pm

I’m not defending Harry and Meghan. But I think they deserve some credit, for they have put the British character…

Why is India covering up clashes with China in the Himalayas?

21 December 2022 5:23 am

For more than 20 years the West ignored China’s militarisation of the South China Sea. Until, that is, it was…

Why should my student paper report on an anti-trans documentary?

21 December 2022 2:49 am

Journalists and editors make decisions every day about what stories to report and what to skip. That’s not just because…

The Deep State vs Donald Trump saga is not over

21 December 2022 1:24 am

As I have said before, I hope that the new Congress, which begins its session in just a couple of…

How Britain (narrowly) avoided lockdown last Christmas

21 December 2022 12:05 am

Exactly a year ago today, the cabinet met to decide whether or not to lock down to tackle Omicron. At…

How long can the Democrats keep Trump in legal limbo?

20 December 2022 11:15 pm

Yesterday, a political committee set up in order to condemn Donald Trump condemned Donald Trump. It would have been truly…

Elon Musk will have the last laugh

20 December 2022 9:11 pm

It ended, as many things do these days, with a poll. Apparently on a whim, Elon Musk, while attending the…

January 6 Committee turns Trump from predator to prey

20 December 2022 6:15 pm

With the January 6 Committee’s recommendation to the Justice Department last night to prosecute Donald Trump on four counts of…

Britain must address its anti-family tax system

20 December 2022 5:15 pm

Parenting – and indeed any talk of family life – has long been taboo in government. Nothing highlighted this more…

The January 6 Committee’s recommended charges against Trump, explained

20 December 2022 3:03 pm

The Select Committee to Investigate January 6 announced Monday that it would refer former president Donald Trump for charges to…

DC is officially clearing out its homeless tent cities

20 December 2022 1:52 pm

After years of neglect, it seems federal and city officials are finally removing the homeless encampments littered across Washington, DC.…

Japan’s rearmament could be a force for good

20 December 2022 5:07 am

Shinzo Abe, Japan’s murdered former prime minister, would this week be especially proud of his country. At long last, and…

Kevin McCarthy’s party games

20 December 2022 3:34 am

All that Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy wants for Christmas is the four votes he needs to hold the gavel as…

What we learned from the Qatar World Cup

20 December 2022 2:06 am

It is a measure of the unexpected success of the Qatar World Cup that it could be hailed as the…

Can Jeremy Clarkson’s critics take a joke?

20 December 2022 12:44 am

There is always a tipping point in Twitterstorms. A moment at which the digital hysteria over something somebody said becomes…

The High Court Rwanda ruling is a win for the Tories

19 December 2022 11:20 pm

Today’s High Court ruling that the government’s plan to send irregular migrants to Rwanda on a one-way ticket is lawful…

What the High Court ruling means for the Rwanda scheme

19 December 2022 10:36 pm

The government’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful. That’s according to a ruling from the High Court…

Elon Musk’s weird weekend

19 December 2022 10:11 pm

He may have been racking up the hours at the office lately, but even Elon Musk knows when to take…

Do Harry and Meghan really think they’ve done nothing wrong?

19 December 2022 10:02 pm

Not for the first time, it was Jeremy Clarkson’s fault. The weekend news, which began with a forensic dissection of…

What adults don’t get about children’s books

19 December 2022 9:25 pm

Children’s writing has been having a bit of a moment over the past couple of weeks, after a conversation on social…