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Britain is a vetocracy
England is in the grip of its most widespread drought in 20 years. Water companies are implementing hosepipe bans. Half…
The West cannot do business with Iran
Salman Rushdie’s would-be assassin might have been a lone wolf. He might have had no contact with military or intelligence…
Salman Rushdie overcame his fear
After Ayatollah Khomeini ordered Muslims to kill him for publishing The Satanic Verses in 1989, Julian Barnes gave Salman Rushdie…
How did theft become effectively decriminalised in Britain?
Haven’t we all had that panicky, sinking feeling at one time or another? A realisation that we’ve been the victim…
Why everyone should be ‘quiet quitting’
The Devil Wears Prada, a 2006 box-office hit adapted from Lauren Weisberger’s best-seller, is the story of Andy Sachs (Anne…
Is Putin planning a September surprise?
Ukraine appears to be faring well in its fight against Russia. Explosions have rocked a Russian military base in Crimea and…
There is no point nationalising the energy sector
Household energy bills are rising very rapidly, and are now expected to be over £4,000 per year by October and…
What is a classified document, anyway?
What is a classified document? Donald Trump seems to have lots of them — and the FBI sure wants them back.…
The shameful attack on Salman Rushdie
We are all praying that Salman Rushdie will be okay. What happened in Chautauqua in New York today is indescribably…
Kim Jong-un declares victory over Covid
Kim Jong-un’s notorious sister is back in the limelight. Not only is Kim Yo Jong reiterating her hostile words against…
Why does no one like Rishi?
Poor Rishi Sunak. Membership polls put him 30 point behind Liz Truss but there’s still three-and-a-half weeks to go in…
Landlords are exploiting generation rent
As interest rates hit nearly 2 per cent and inflation tops 9 per cent, many Brits are feeling the pinch.…
Why is the Globe making Joan of Arc non-binary?
Feminists tend to be fascinated with the story of Joan of Arc. She was irreverent, impertinent, way more intelligent than…
Who is Gordon Brown to pose as the voice of fiscal sanity?
Gordon Brown is demanding Parliament be recalled for an emergency budget. By October, he says, quoting a study he commissioned…
Did the SAS inspire Ukraine's Crimea raid?
If the reports are right and it was Ukrainian special forces who destroyed as many as 20 Russian aircraft at…
Are we already in recession?
The Bank of England recently raised hackles by predicting that the economy would shrink in the final quarter of 2022,…
A Russian visa ban would delight Putin
Do you hate Russia, or do you hate Putin? That’s the central question behind a current debate about whether to…
How Britain's 'frenemies' are helping Putin's Russia
In the battle to become prime minister, both Liz Truss and RIshi Sunak have vowed to crack down on Britain’s enemies.…
Ukraine’s Crimean strike marks a new stage of the war
For most Russians, the brutal realities of Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ have not really struck home. Ukraine’s attack on…
Children are the big losers from the decline of marriage
Funny, isn’t it, the way people bandy the word ‘bastard’ nowadays, without any notion that it pertains to the condition…
Europe’s looming energy wars
This summer marks a truce. But if, as expected, Liz Truss becomes prime minister, it is almost inevitable that tensions…
Sturgeon fires back at Truss
Miaow. The claws are out in the Tory leadership race, after Liz Truss took a pop at Nicola Sturgeon. The…
Is cash back?
Whatever happened to the great surge towards a cashless society which the pandemic was supposed to bring about? As I…
Are students really too fragile for Shakespeare?
What’s the point of a university? Regrettably, that’s a genuine question. The censorship and trigger warnings that are rife on British campuses…
What a coral reef misconduct claim says about climate science
On Monday, I wrote here about how the Great Barrier Reef is defying predictions of its own demise, bouncing back…
