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Ukraine's fate may rest on a mild winter
Russia is once again relying on ‘General Winter’. Instead of freezing German advances on Moscow, the plan today is to…
The myth that Hiroshima was necessary
If you think the falsehoods spilling out of Ukraine about casualties and atrocities are shocking, meet the greatest lie of…
Rishi Sunak is not stealing from the poor to give to the rich
Until this morning this had been Rishi Sunak’s week. While Liz Truss found herself trying to talk her way out…
Viktor Orbán's Texas rodeo
Say what you want about Viktor Orbán, but he gives a good speech. His address on Thursday in Dallas on…
Bring on the housing crash!
It has been a long time coming, given that shares and bonds have been falling for most of the year,…
Will the Bank of England say sorry?
Months ago I said the Bank of England would face a barrage of criticism and a challenge to its independence…
Is Putin using a body double?
Ever since his invasion of Ukraine in February, the world’s media has been awash with rumours that Vladimir Putin is…
Who is Sandi Toksvig to lecture Justin Welby about sin?
Has Justin Welby met his match in Sandi Toksvig? The entertainer has sent an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury,…
Don't grass on your neighbour if they break the hosepipe ban
There’s nothing worse than a grass. Or so goes the wisdom expressed in soap operas like EastEnders. Of course, there…
Life after liberalism
Liberalism is dying, and the American right is ascendant. That’s the lesson of the last six or eight years of…
Sunak and Truss's Q&A with Sky – the reaction
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss were quizzed by Sky News’s Kay Burley and undecided Tory members this evening, with Truss the…
Let’s ban the metaverse and colonize space
The way I see it, there are two options for the future: a transplanetary society or a transhuman one. What…
Why is The New York Times so obsessed with loathing Britain?
They’ve done it again in the grey building on 826 Eighth Avenue, New York City, NY, USA. They – the…
NATO vote shows conservatives are getting it right
Yesterday’s 95-1 vote in the Senate to support the admission of Finland and Sweden to NATO is another in a…
Is the Bank of England's recession warning right?
The Bank of England has warned that Britain will fall into a recession this year. Its Monetary Policy Report, released…
Where does Justin Welby stand on same-sex marriage?
Justin Welby has made a valiant attempt to placate both sides of the Anglican divide. He has insisted that the…
The case for an October election
Neither Liz Truss nor Rishi Sunak would name Gordon Brown as an inspiration, but I wonder if whoever becomes PM…
The great White House replacement
I like it when I can endorse the other side. It makes me feel like I’m part of the big…
Is Biden giving Brittney Griner special treatment?
The rule is simple: abroad, Americans are subject to the host country’s laws and legal system, whether that be Great…
The authoritarianism of British Transport Police
When our freedoms are being taken away we are like the proverbial frog boiled alive in water where the temperature…
Black Lives Matter’s $40,000 dog
Outspoken Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King has unleashed his Grassroots Law PAC campaign finance disbursements, and it appears he…
Will China hawks match words with deeds?
In the Tory leadership race both Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have been keen to talk tough on China. Truss…
Kansas's abortion vote could prove decisive for the US midterms
In 2020, 56.2 per cent of Kansas voters cast their ballot for Donald Trump – 15 percentage points in his…
Recession could push millions of Britons into poverty
As the Tory leadership contest rumbles on, questions are being fired at Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak about what they’ll…
The Netherlands is showing how not to tackle climate change
For weeks now, Dutch farmers have been protesting against the government’s plans on nitrogen emissions cuts, creating havoc in the…
