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Can progressives handle Christian politicians?
The SNP leadership contest should not be about Kate Forbes’ religious faith but that issue has quickly come to dominate.…
Time is ticking for Sunak to resolve the Protocol
Today was supposed to be the day when Rishi Sunak presented an agreement which resolved the issues over the Northern…
Would Biden punish Sunak for pulling out of the ECHR?
The US government has warned British security officials that the ‘five eyes’ intelligence-sharing agreement may be at risk if the…
Did Putin just START a nuclear arms race?
The war with Ukraine is here to stay – and Russians better get used to it. That was Vladimir Putin’s…
The £5.4 billion government surplus masks a larger economic issue
There have been celebrations this morning about a government surplus of £5.4 billion last month, and people are even talking…
The hounding of Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi has been acquitted of paying bribes worth €10 million (£8.9 million) to female guests at his notorious bunga…
Why did a judge praise the ‘admirable aims’ of Just Stop Oil activists?
When seven Just Stop Oil protesters were convicted of trespassing, the judge in the case had some warm words for…
How Pat Buchanan redefined the twenty-first century
Pat Buchanan recently ended his syndicated column, essentially completing his retirement from public life. Yet it’s hard to think of any…
Kate Forbes’s gay marriage blunder
Mistakenly, I assumed that politicians supporting Kate Forbes’ campaign to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the SNP understood she…
Kate Forbes’ nightmare 24 hours
It seems that Kate Forbes’ stance on same-sex marriage hasn’t gone down too well with some of her more socially…
The misleading politicisation of Spanish bullfighting
Bullfighting is once again in the spotlight in Spain. This time, it’s the focus of a clash between the country’s…
JK Rowling will stand the test of time
I have a problem with magic. Even as a small child with a big imagination, I found magic very hard…
Putin’s obsession with Russia’s ‘Great Patriotic War’ could be his downfall
Ukrainian and Russian forces have been locked in either dogged stalemate or vicious urban fighting for towns and cities in…
Social-justice therapy: identity politics has infected psychiatry
In winter 2019, Leslie Elliott enrolled as a graduate student in Antioch University’s Mental Health Counseling program. At first, she found…
Is faith-based opposition to gay marriage a ‘protected characteristic’?
Kate Forbes’s run for First Minister may be short-lived but it will certainly be interesting. Her challenge: she’s a member…
Kate Forbes: I’m against gay marriage and self-ID
It’s day one of Kate Forbes’ bid to be First Minister and she is certainly making headlines. The Finance Minister…
Are we really seeing a ‘great resignation’?
Do over-fifties need to get back off the golf course and into work? That’s the narrative that ministers have been…
Saudi Arabia must not bring Syria’s Assad in from the cold
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister has said the quiet part out loud when it comes to his country’s attitude towards Syria. Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud told…
Joe Biden’s long history in Ukraine
It was only a matter of time before Joe Biden made a ‘surprise’ visit to Kiev. In the year since…
How bitcoin bounced back after FTX
One of the major exchanges has gone spectacularly bust. Billions of investor’s money has been lost. There have been allegations…
Prince Andrew will never learn his lesson
As the Princess of Wales draws plaudits for appearing at last night’s BAFTA awards in a subtly reused Alexander McQueen…
Macron is right about the danger of Russia after Putin
France’s President Macron has raised hackles time and again with his interventions on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. For all his…
Sunak is taking a gamble on the Protocol
Westminster is back to the Brexit wars this week. Once again, a Conservative leader is trying to finalise a deal…
The senseless re-editing of Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was, in many respects, a horrible man. He was a narcissist, a bully, a liar, an anti-Semite, a…
China is playing the long game over peace in Ukraine
At the Munich Security Conference over the weekend, China’s foreign minister Wang Yi announced that his country was currently in…
