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Hillary is the queen of election denial
Hillary Clinton has an ominous warning ahead of the 2024 election: right-wing extremists, she said this week, are already planning…
A Chinese invasion of Taiwan is coming
This October, at the Twentieth National Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi Jinping was elected to a…
Where in the world is Greta Thunberg?
When the United Nations General Assembly convened in New York in September, climate-watchers may have noticed a pesky, pigtailed vacuum.…
James Corden suddenly remembers his wife has a food allergy
Maybe it was all those drinks he guzzled after demanding the restaurant comp them, but James Corden forgot for a…
Liz Truss should have known better
In the coming weeks we’re going to learn a lot more about what went so badly wrong inside Liz Truss’s…
Is Putin preparing a nuclear strike?
Russia is peddling implausible tales of Ukrainian ‘dirty bombs’. Kyiv and the West are embarked on a campaign to counter…
Evan McMullin is the candidate from the deep state
Many Republican observers of the Utah Senate race have noted Evan McMullin’s obviously false claims at anything approaching ideological conservatism.…
Rishi's reshuffle: the appointments
Rishi Sunak is Britain’s third prime minister this year. On Tuesday, Sunak assembled a new top team with the hope…
Rishi Sunak vows to fix things for Britain
Unlike Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak didn’t skirt around the circumstances of the changing of the guard in No 10. His…
Why are Europe's gas prices falling?
Is Europe’s chilly winter destined to become another Millennium bug – a much-feared disaster that never transpires? Only a few…
Full text: Rishi Sunak's first speech as PM
Good morning. I have just been to Buckingham Palace and accepted His Majesty The King’s invitation to form a government in…
Liz Truss's defiant farewell speech
Liz Truss’s final words as Prime Minister were not just an attempt to set out what she sees as being…
Watch: Biden butchers Sunak's name
Joe Biden, the man whose diet seems to consist of ice cream and gaffes, has done it again. Having managed…
What we’ll miss about Liz Truss
As Liz Truss prepares to leave Downing Street after 47 days in power, the PM’s reputation is in tatters. Seeing…
Why Trump is soaring as Boris falls
“In order to make our country successful, safe, and glorious again, I will probably have to do it again,” said…
How the midterm polls became Democratic fan fiction
Psephologists of the world unite: you have nothing to lose but your fibs! I write toward the end of September,…
Does Taylor Swift have a drinking problem?
Being an eclectic chap, Cockburn has sampled his fair share of music. And he’s not ashamed to admit, contrary to…
A Republican takes the lead in… New York?
After two weeks of tightening polls in the race for governor of New York, a survey released Friday showed a…
What's next for Rishi Sunak as prime minister?
What is Rishi Sunak going to do as prime minister? We are still little the wiser, even after he addressed…
Inside Rishi Sunak’s first address to Tory MPs
It’s a rather strange leadership contest when the winner reaches the end without having said a single word in public.…
Just Stop Oil doesn’t understand protest
After Just Stop Oil’s recent attack on Van Gogh’s Sunflowers at the National Gallery, the association has become emboldened by…
Rishi Sunak faces an impossible job
Well, good luck, Rishi. You’ll need it – and not just because, as backbench Tory MP Sir Christopher Chope put…
Xi Jinping has zombified the Chinese Communist party
In the run up to China’s National Party Congress, there were whispers that a high level official in state security…
Why Rishi Sunak has my support
Penny Mordaunt has conceded defeat in the Tory leadership race. Here is the full text of her statement: Our party…
Penny drops, Rishi wins
Rishi Sunak has been elected leader of the Tory party and will be the next prime minister after Penny Mordaunt pulled…
