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Joe Biden’s shameful excuses for the Afghan withdrawal fiasco
It is an iron law that if governments put out important documents just ahead of a long holiday weekend there…
Is Giorgia Meloni stoking Britain’s migrant crisis?
In the last week over 1,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel, which is twice the number of people that…
It has become illegal to support Russia in the Czech Republic
Supporting Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine is now socially and morally beyond the pale in most of the western world.…
Coronation carriage canned for Speaker Hoyle
It’s less than a month to go until the Coronation and already the media are going mad for anything royal-related.…
Elon Musk is right about BBC funding
The BBC has today been using its various news platforms to protest against being described as ‘government funded’ by Twitter.…
Why Britain needs more marriage
Hungary is something of a bête noire in the international community. Viktor Orban and his government have had much-deserved condemnation…
Why ‘From Our Own Correspondent’ is still the best of the BBC
Radio Four recently broadcast a ‘Best of’ edition of From Our Own Correspondent, marking 100 years since the birth of…
We live in a one-way shame culture
Anyone who has ever published a book and been dismayed by an anonymous review online will have cheered inwardly at…
Labour is right: the Tories are soft on law and order
The spouse of one of Britain’s major party leaders would be forgiven for feeling both queasy and furious about Labour’s…
Ukraine has exposed the limits of drone warfare
As Ukraine prepares for an expected offensive in the spring or summer, key weapons from western countries are bolstering the country’s armed…
It’s no surprise some Irish-Americans remain clueless about the Troubles
For Democrats and their friends in the Irish-American community, there were really only two parties who achieved the Good Friday Agreement:…
The bodies keep the score in Lviv
Lviv, Ukraine At the Lychakiv cemetery in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv the bodies keep the score. Within its…
Northern Ireland’s flawed peace has still saved countless lives
A fortnight before the signing of the Belfast Agreement on Good Friday 1998, 25 years ago tomorrow, two republican terrorists…
Putin’s feminist crackdown won’t crush the spirit of Russia’s women
In the wake of draconian laws against ‘LGBT Propaganda’ introduced in Russia at the end of last year – namely,…
Putin only has himself to blame for the end of Finlandisation
Joseph Stalin knew better than Vladimir Putin. After world war two, as the Cold War began, the Soviet dictator took…
We don’t need Westminster: An interview with Wales’s ‘radical’ Archbishop
Andrew John is a ‘radical’, not a politician – or so he claims. The Archbishop of Wales stated his mission…
Why does the census say there are more trans people in Newham than Brighton?
Did you realise that one in every 67 Muslims is transgender? That adults with no educational qualifications are almost twice…
Test cricket is being sabotaged
Test cricket should be in its prime. England is the most aggressive team in history, India and Australia are uncommonly…
A Sixth Republic in France is unlikely
France is confronted by a serious social crisis, morphing into a grave political crisis, which could become a regime crisis.…
Does the Church of England need evangelicals?
The Church of England is in for an explosive summer. In February, Synod decided to allow the blessing of gay…
Children need to be protected from TikTok
TikTok is perpetuating significant harm to the welfare and wellbeing of young children. This week, it was announced by the…
Independence is no longer the SNP’s chief concern
Humza Yousaf’s government will be defined by two legacies, Nicola Sturgeon’s and his own as health secretary. The Sturgeon legacy…
What Putin could learn from Stalin
On 29 August 1942, as German tanks reached the Volga river near Stalingrad, Josef Stalin consulted his most senior General,…
Macron tries to be the Xi whisperer
God bless Emmanuel Macron for his perseverance and self-confidence. The French president seeks to lead Europe and turn the continent…
Riley Gaines and the misogyny of the trans-activist mob
The misogynist mob strikes again. Its target this time was the American swimmer Riley Gaines. What was her offence? What…
