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The Dnieper rapids and why Putin does not belong in Ukraine
Za in Ukrainian – and other Slavic languages – means ‘Beyond’, and porohi means ‘the Rapids’; so Zaporizhia stands for…
The four-day working week is a sham
The challenger bank sector has been such a graveyard in recent years that I don’t hold out much hope that…
What is Pope Francis up to?
If you think your diary looks busy over the next few days, spare a thought for Pope Francis. The 85-year-old,…
Is the right about to backslide on gay rights?
In a speech to August’s CPAC gathering in Dallas, Hungarian president Viktor Orbán said a good many admirable things about the…
The FBI search warrant is no slam dunk against Trump
At first read, the newly released Mar-a-Lago search warrant reveals little, with about half its pages redacted. It does suggest…
Zuckerberg's curious confession
Well, there you have it. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has confirmed that Facebook did indeed censor news of the New York Post’s 2020 Hunter Biden laptop story.…
An energy price freeze is a very bad idea
The confirmation of the huge jump in the Ofgem cap on domestic energy bills in October, and forecasts of even…
Could Macron trigger British blackouts?
‘We are living the end of an era of abundance,’ according to Emmanuel Macron, ‘the end of the abundance of…
M&S’s ‘gender inclusive’ changing room policy is a mess
Marks and Spencer needs to get a grip on its fitting rooms policy. The question of who can use the…
How high will energy prices go?
When dozens of energy companies started going bust in 2021, the government knew it had a crisis on its hands.…
The extreme heatwave wreaking havoc across China
China is struggling to limit the impact of its longest and most widespread heatwave since records began more than 60…
Pakistan is on the brink
On Tuesday I speculated that Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, now the opposition leader, was so popular that he…
Liz Cheney: the self-appointed moral center of the GOP
I was hoping that I wouldn’t have to write about Liz Cheney again. After she was crushed by the Trump-endorsed Harriet…
Are sanctions against Russia actually working?
Six months ago this week, the United States and its European allies enacted one of the most comprehensive, stringent sanctions…
Albanian channel crossings are making our borders look like a joke
The wholesale abuse of the United Kingdom’s asylum system has taken a novel, absurdist twist in the last few months.…
Japan’s nuclear renaissance
Japan is reversing its avowedly anti-nuclear stance, restarting idled plants and looking to develop a new generation of reactors, announced Prime Minister…
Are the French willing to pay Macron’s price?
The age of abundance is over, declared Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday, which must have come as news to the 14…
Money won't keep the Union together
Despite its name, Gers Day is not an annual celebration of the Ibrox side that makes up one half of…
Crime is being decriminalised
In February Joshua Carney, a man with 47 previous convictions, was released from prison early on licence. Five days later,…
If there’s a horserace in the forest and no one hears it…
Earlier today, I went outside and threw a frisbee at a tree. Then I came back inside and the chyron…
The problem with Biden's student debt plan
In Europe it is handouts to help pay our energy bills – even for people who could easily afford to…
Is Harry Styles ashamed of being straight?
Celebrities used to dread being outed as gay. Now they seem to dread being outed as straight. Consider Harry Styles.…
Politicians should let the market solve the energy crisis
What policies should the government adopt in response to the energy crisis? When thinking about any policy, the correct place…
Daria Dugina has become a martyr for Putin
There was something menacing yet vaguely absurd about the Tuesday memorial service held to commemorate the life and fascist times…
Are Russian sanctions working?
Soaring gas and electricity prices are giving us an idea of the cost of imposing sanctions on Russia – a…
