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I’m not exaggerating partygate
A veteran Tory MP, who I’ve known for almost 30 years, just laid into me – and my colleagues in…
What the Sue Gray report tells us about the ‘party elite’
Britain’s ‘party elite’ – perhaps better-termed ‘Covid elite’ – were hiding in plain sight throughout the pandemic. Even before the…
The Sue Gray media circus is political journalism at its worst
It’s a helicopter day at Westminster. I’m writing this at my desk, which is about 200 metres from the House…
Wimbledon is getting what it deserves
What a mess. With just five weeks to go before the start of the tournament, Wimbledon organisers are having to…
Ricky Gervais is no 'transphobe'
Ricky Gervais knew what he was doing and why he was doing it when he took on transgender activism in…
Full text: The Sue Gray report
The investigation into Downing Street lockdown parties by the civil servant Sue Gray has been published. You can read the…
Sue Gray releases her partygate pics
Well, it’s finally here. After five months of waiting, Sue Gray has today released her report into the parties that…
The Sue Gray report makes for grim reading for No. 10
In the past few minutes, Sue Gray’s final report into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street has been published. It makes…
The Texas school shooting won’t change a thing
Joe Biden gave one of his more eloquent speeches yesterday in response to the mass shooting at an elementary school…
America the busybody neighbor
Imagine a neighbor who is constantly in everyone’s business. Perhaps you have such a person, or persons, in your own…
Life in an age of hyperinflation
Istanbul, Turkey On Saturday mornings, Istanbul’s markets and greengrocers are packed with housewives in search of a bargain. Anxious women…
A short history of dogs in war
In his own inimitable way, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has unleashed his dogs of war on Vladimir Putin and once…
Are the Australian election results a bad sign for the Tories?
Scott Morrison’s Liberals were absolutely thrashed in the Australian elections this weekend. The party’s vote collapsed, and there were big-name…
Johnny Depp vs Amber Heard is a trial without a winner
War, partygate and inflation may dominate the headlines, but many Brits are fixated on something else: the defamation trial of…
Did monkeypox leak from Wuhan?
It’s a familiar story. Close contacts of individuals infected by a dangerous illness are being asked by UK officials to…
Does Twitter believe in free speech?
Would Donald Trump still be president if Twitter and Facebook had not prevented people from sharing the now-infamous New York…
Macron’s Renaissance rocked by sex abuse claims
Emmanuel Macron recently changed the name of his party from En Marche to Renaissance but so far all that has…
Biden's vow to defend Taiwan marks the end of Obama-era neutrality
Joe Biden will be flying back from his trip to Asia having made a big promise: that the US will…
Should a trans woman inherit a peerage over their older sister?
It’s House of Lords reform, Jim, but not as we know it. Matilda Simon has applied to contest the next…
Is Ukraine going to win?
The climactic battle for Ukraine is being fought in the east, on the dangerous, open terrain of the Donbas. Since…
How the West is helping Putin's propagandists
One might not think that J. R. R. Tolkien has much to do with the bitter war in Ukraine, but…
Is this the week Boris Johnson's luck finally runs out?
‘Is he lucky?’ Napoleon demanded to know of one of his generals. When Sue Gray’s partygate report is released in…
How Scott Morrison was defeated in Australia
‘Scott Morrison is empathetic – without the “em”.’ Those words, spoken on Friday by the Labor party frontbencher Jason Clare,…
Russia’s anti-Putin backlash is gathering strength
The backlash in Russia to Putin’s war is now visibly getting underway. For the first time, the President risks becoming…
Inside Russia’s military collapse in Ukraine
The Russian military has performed far worse in Ukraine than anyone could ever have predicted. After failing to take Kyiv,…
