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Is this the beginning of the end for Jacinda Ardern?
Many people envisage Jacinda Ardern’s 2017 electoral victory as a romp, a 1997 Tony Blair-esque sea change of optimism. In…
Is Nixon the most misunderstood president in history?
Has the reputation of any American statesman been more effectively trashed than that of Richard Milhous Nixon? Donald Trump’s, perhaps…
The sinister attempts to ‘decolonise’ mathematics
Mathematicians in British universities are now being asked to ‘decolonise’ the curriculum. This autumn, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher…
Why Remembrance is a privilege as much as a duty
It was exceptionally cold, that strange Armistice day. I was used to spending the two minutes silence squinting into the…
Kevin McCarthy’s Faustian bargain
If the returns from Tuesday are any indication, most American voters are breathing a sigh of relief. Thanks to split-ticketing,…
The SNP’s misinformation campaign on Scottish renewables
SNP MP Stephen Flynn was emphatic when he used a certain statistic in Parliament last month: ‘Scotland’s potential in this…
The Christian nationalism boogeyman
Which of the zillion prophesied crises will engulf America next? At the moment, the most chattered-about is a “second civil…
Just how low can our political class sink?
Observe, this dark weekend, a contrast. On Whitehall, the centre of British government, the Royal Family and leaders of our…
Meet the British soldiers fighting in Ukraine
At his base near the frontlines outside of Kherson, an ex-British soldier named JK shows me a video of what…
Don’t write off the Russian air force
The Russian air force’s failure to establish air superiority over Ukraine – and the consequent inability of its fighter and bomber aircraft…
The rise of the celebrity oversharer
Bella Hadid ate burritos today, in case anyone was wondering. Kourtney Kardashian had a smoothie and Paris Hilton had a…
Scoop: top GOP donors to meet in Miami in plot to stop Trump
Everybody hates Donald? An emergency gathering is set to be held in Miami next week to talk about “the Trump…
The time to move on from boomer Republicanism is now
Having been saddled by everyone involved with the largest portion of blame for Tuesday’s election disappointment, Donald Trump’s descent into…
The best way to stop Russian trolls is to ignore them
Almost from the moment the polls closed in the 2016 US presidential contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, accusations…
Matt Hancock: Star of the ‘I’m a Celeb’ jungle
Has Matt Hancock gone mad? Maybe not. His appearance in ‘I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here’ is…
The last hours of the Russian occupation of Kherson
The only large Ukrainian city Russia has been able to capture since February’s invasion – Kherson – has now been…
In praise of Just Stop Oil
As a child in the 1960s, all I wanted to do was get to London: to be rich and famous,…
Watch: Matt Hancock grilled about affair
Westminster tuned in last night for another episode of I’m a Celebrity. There’s no winner yet but one obvious loser,…
Donald Trump, accidental Paul Revere
Is he a stone cold loser? The Wall Street Journal editorial page, not to mention its owner Rupert Murdoch, certainly…
How Russia is surrendering Kherson
The Russian evacuation of Kherson is now well underway, leaving an expected trail of destruction in its wake. Russian soldiers…
Massachusetts Republicans pay the price for Trumpism
Massachusetts voters are known to be pragmatic. Despite being one of the most liberal states in the country, Massachusetts has…
Don’t expect the midterms to change our foreign policy
President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies were expecting a romp on Tuesday. So were many of the career prognosticators…
Matt Hancock starts his jungle jamboree
‘Mr Hancock, I presume?’ was the reaction our former Health Secretary presumably hoped to elicit upon entering the jungle last…
The eradication of the victims of Enniskillen
In Northern Ireland, the dead are being eradicated. This week marks the 35th anniversary of the IRA bombing of a remembrance…
Trumpism is dead, long live populism!
Donald Trump is done for. Trumpism too. That’s the main takeaway of the Midterms. Many of the candidates Trump backed…
