World
Will Macron surrender to the mob?
It has been a torrid few days in France. In the early hours of Saturday morning, a former Argentine rugby…
Gary Neville moans about taxes
The political journey of Gary Neville continues to delight and astound. The former England right back now finds himself on the…
Welcome to the new era of high inflation
There was a time when a chancellor would have bitten off the hand of a national statistician who offered him…
Starmer is playing into Iran's hands
Who was to blame for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being held captive in Iran? It shouldn’t take a professor of ethics to…
The drone era has arrived
The Ukrainian airforce has so far held out in the battle for the skies. Russia continues to rely on missiles…
Why is Biden copying Obama's mistakes with Iran?
There was a picture taken today that says more than just a thousand words. The photograph was snapped in Sharm…
Putin's depleted army is running out of time
There is a useful military adage often used by generals in times of war: no plan survives contact with the…
James Clapper is still a shameless liar
Last week, the New York Times decided that now might be a good time, amid the cacophony of war abroad…
The myth of our coming national divorce
Viewed in one light, last week’s overwhelming rejection by the New Hampshire state legislature of a bill to put secession…
Old man yells at gas prices
President Joe Biden has lashed out at fossil fuel companies, accusing them of using high gas prices to “pad their…
What to expect at the spring statement
The big story of Wednesday’s spring statement by the Chancellor will be the impact of inflation – which has soared…
A history lesson for those calling Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'ungrateful'
In the latest installment from the idiot age of Twitter, #ungratefulcow has been trending. The reason? Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had expressed, mildly and politely,…
Does anyone still believe in low taxes?
Speculation over which taxes the Chancellor will slash or, more likely, hike at tomorrow’s spring statement seems to have settled…
Is this Putin's 'off ramp' out of Ukraine?
Vladimir Putin will soon have to select the version of defeat that suits him best. His plan A – a…
The terrifying prospect of Putin escalating the war
Battered Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second most populous city, is showing no signs of falling. The column of Russian tanks outside Kiev…
Is Germany already backsliding on Russia?
Just three weeks after Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that Germany would directly arm Ukraine, Europe’s economic powerhouse is running out…
Hacks in uproar about Nazanin briefing
Welcome home Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, released after six years imprisonment. The 43-year-old returned to the UK last week after the government settled a…
Don't blame us Russians for Putin's war
Thousands of Russians who have fled to Georgia in the wake of Putin’s crackdown are receiving a poor welcome. ‘F***…
Going out on a fossil fuel bender
Covid rates are abating just in time for surging gas prices to eclipse the pandemic as our crisis du jour,…
Where Europe ends and the war begins
On a nondescript bridge in the northeastern Hungarian town of Záhony, the European Union ends and the war begins. Even…
Andrew Sullivan searches for spirituality
It was daunting preparing to meet Andrew Sullivan, considered one of the cleverest, most fearless journalists of his generation. There…
Boris’s Brexit-Ukraine comparison was a mistake
After years of post-Brexit rancour,the last few weeks have been a striking display of European (not just EU) unity. Britain…
Boris is right about Brexit and Ukraine
Boris was right to compare the vote for Brexit with the struggle for freedom in Ukraine. And here’s the thing:…
Francis Fukuyama on Ukraine, liberalism and identity politics
This week, Sam Leith spoke to Francis Fukuyama – the author of ‘The End of History and the Last Man’ and…
Zelensky's Holocaust analogy is wrong
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, there has been no shortage of historical analogies used to explain the conflict. From Stalinist terrors to the…
