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The Nord Stream blasts are Putin's warning shot to the West
While the Ukrainians are fighting a conventional war on their own territory, Russia and the West are engaged in an…
Why is the Bank of England buying gilts?
In a dramatic about-turn, the Bank of England is now intervening in the gilts market to try and calm the…
France's centrists look petty after their charity football boycott
There should be a charity football match this evening in Paris between a team of MPs and an XI made…
Do Russia's conscripts deserve our sympathy?
Russia’s new crop of conscripts are a desperate, dejected bunch. A photograph showing an Orthodox priest blessing these men as they…
Will cyberwar be next?
Neither the Danes nor Nato have made a direct attribution for yesterday’s pipeline damage. But the fingers are pointing at…
Is it time to kill the Conservative party?
Dominic Cummings’s response to the plight of the Conservative party is typically bellicose. He calls for it to be driven…
The City still runs on nepotism
When Liz Truss says she wants to give tax cuts to the wealthiest, she thinks she is making a moral…
Will Liz Truss take on the IMF?
Tonight the International Monetary Fund has weighed in on the UK’s mini-Budget, offering a direct rebuke of Liz Truss and…
Did Russia sabotage its own pipelines?
It almost seems worthy of the opening scene in a Bond film. Vital Russian gas pipelines running beneath the Baltic Sea close…
The problem with nationalising energy
Is nationalisation the vote-winner which Keir Starmer believes it to be? We will find out in due course, but my…
PayPal backs down
At 5.30 p.m. this evening, PayPal notified me that it has restored all three of the accounts it cancelled a…
Trussonomics shows that Scottish independence doesn't add up
As the pound fell to a record low on Monday on the back of Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini-budget’, the pings on…
Keir Starmer’s cautious conference speech
Keir Starmer’s big speech to his party’s conference was about the practical things Labour could do to fix Britain. He…
Giorgia Meloni can’t afford to fight the EU
Ravenna, Italy The victory of Giorgia Meloni in Italy with ahuge majority of seats in parliament has prompted the expected…
The problem with Cambridge University's slavery report
It’s perfectly legitimate for Cambridge University to seek to understand its history, warts and all. But the University’s final report of its…
Why the European right is gaining ground
Last month the new Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, shared online a brief video of a Ukrainian woman being…
Iran's 'kamikaze' drones take to the skies above Ukraine
Ukraine is awash with foreign-made weapons, something that is true of both sides. While Ukraine uses American-made rocket systems, French,…
John Major has taken a pounding (1992)
It’s three decades ago this month since the UK government was forced to withdraw the pound from the European Exchange Rate…
Is Labour ready for power?
Labour conference has been pretty strange so far. Not the sort of strange that parties in opposition get comfortably used…
Is Europe’s attitude to asylum seekers changing?
The EU spent last November reinforcing its borders as Vladimir Putin directed a wave of refugees through Belarus towards the…
Does the EU respect the Italian people?
I know we’re all meant to be quaking over the election result in Italy. That we’re all supposed to be…
The British Social Attitudes survey misunderstands social attitudes
‘I’m not sure I even know what woke means,’ tweeted barrister Chris Daw at the weekend, ‘but if it’s just…
Why football needs a regulator
Plans by the government to introduce a regulator to the football industry – endorsed by all Westminster parties just a…
Labour storm ahead of Tories in latest poll
Tonight’s YouGov poll in the Times is brilliant news for Keir Starmer ahead of his conference speech tomorrow. It has…
Can the Bank of England inspire confidence?
It has dawned on the government that last week’s mini-Budget might have been a bit too one-sided: £70 billion worth…
