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A paean to the single cat lady
In recent years, Republican candidates and media figures have become increasingly critical of one portion of the population. At the…
A Republican presidential field with no Texans?
The biggest open secret in Texas politics is now public knowledge. For months, it’s been known that Ted Cruz will…
Anita Dunn and Bob Bauer: meet Biden’s clean-up couple
Joe Biden’s personal attorney Bob Bauer once berated the commander-in-chief at his Wilmington home. Biden couldn’t get a word in…
Nicola Sturgeon is a hard act to follow
Nicola Sturgeon insisted last month she had ‘plenty in the tank’, but apparently the First Minister was already running on…
Full text: Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation speech
Below is an edited transcript of Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation speech, made this morning at Bute House. Coffee House readers may…
How Nicola Sturgeon views her own legacy
Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed her ‘intention’ to resign as First Minister, staying in office until her successor is elected. She…
How self-ID helped bring down Nicola Sturgeon
In the years when I wrote a lot about sex and gender and politics and law, I made the same…
Why is Nicola Sturgeon resigning?
Nicola Sturgeon is resigning as First Minister of Scotland. We don’t yet know when — or why. After eight years…
Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy in six graphs
Nicola Sturgeon is expected to resign in a press conference later this morning, after eight years as First Minister. She…
Breaking: Nicola Sturgeon to quit
Nicola Sturgeon is expected to quit as First Minister of Scotland at a press conference later this morning. She has…
Why is it so hard for Britain to control inflation?
We are not leading the world in deregulation, or in creating new ‘green industries’. We certainly don’t lead in tax-cutting,…
Inflation falls to 10.1% – but is still at a 40-year high
Inflation remains at near a 40-year high – but finally, we’re starting to see some signs of good news. This…
Labour gets its house in order
After 839 days, the Labour party has today been let out of special measures by the equalities watchdog over its…
Could Turkey’s earthquake bring down president Erdogan?
Turkey is now wrestling with shock and grief and with the dawning realisation of just how large a task it…
Israel is running out of time to stop an Intifada
How does Israel contain Palestinian terrorism without provoking the third Intifada? Recent weeks have seen the largest escalation in violence between Israel…
In praise of meat-free Fridays for Lent
The bishop of Norwich, the Right Reverend Graham Usher, has suggested that Anglicans might like to abstain from eating meat…
The virtues of American ‘nation-building’
Newly minted senator JD Vance of Ohio has wasted no time in extolling the virtues of a soft isolationist foreign…
Solar farms and the trouble with net zero
Say it quietly, especially when there’s a Green listening: but there’s one certainty about Net Zero 2050. It won’t happen.…
Europe’s centre of gravity is shifting towards Poland
The President of the United States of America flies into Poland this month. Not to Germany or France or even…
Rape in a relationship is the last taboo
The charges against Mason Greenwood, the Manchester United footballer who was accused of assault and attempted rape, have been dropped.…
Syrian earthquake survivors are being scapegoated in Turkey
It’s been over a week since the devastating twin earthquakes struck Turkey and Syria and the death toll continues to…
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…
