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Is Putin about to invade Moldova?
‘If you don’t like how the table is set, turn over the table,’ said Frank Underwood, the Machiavellian character played…
Striking a deal with Putin might be the least bad option
As horror mounts over Russia’s war crimes, the clamour for Vladimir Putin to be held to account is growing. Joe…
How North Korea's crypto hackers are funding Kim's missile habit
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un vowed last night to ramp up his country’s nuclear arsenal. Such weapons don’t come cheap,…
Is Slovakia a mafia state?
As soul searching in Britain continues over Boris Johnson’s alleged proximity to a slice of cake, a different sort of…
Ukraine triumphs on Russia's turf
‘Jaw jaw’ remarked Churchill ‘is always better than war war.’ And some of London’s finest jaws were being put to…
Who's afraid of Elon Musk?
The meltdown over Elon Musk’s acquirement of Twitter is my favourite world event of 2022 so far. It is delicious.…
The relentless march of Europe’s zombie centrists
Journalists rarely had it so easy as when it came to writing up the final result of the French presidential…
The end of the last Arab Spring success story
Visibly, and with very little pretense, Tunisia is sliding into tyranny. In the last two years, its president, Kais Saied,…
Biden lives long enough to become the villain
“You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain,” Harvey Dent says to…
The perverse joys of Elon Musk buying Twitter
The predictable yet somehow still hilarious news that Elon Musk is to acquire Twitter for $44 billion has been greeted…
In praise of Elon Musk's Twitter takeover
If there’s one quality that defines Elon Musk other than his entrepreneurship, it’s his ability to drive his detractors mad.…
France is eternally divided
A lot happened in France last night. After a lacklustre performance, long disillusioned supporters were unable to summon any enthusiasm…
How long can Olaf Scholz last?
Just what exactly is going through German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s head? ‘Russia must not win this war’, he says. But it is…
A football regulator is bad news for the beautiful game
It will stop shady oligarchs and brutal autocracies buying up clubs simply to whitewash their reputations. It will ensure financial…
The case that sums up the police's warped priorities
If you want a snapshot of how warped the police’s priorities are these days, look to the case of Kevin…
Where does Macron go from here?
The French do not want Emmanuel Macron’s party to win in the National Assembly, at least according to polls taken at…
Forget Le Pen 2027
If Emmanuel Macron has any sense he will be back in the office this morning. Sunday night’s celebratory shindig was…
Pelosi fights, McCarthy flails
Recently, money was extracted from the taxpayers at gunpoint to create a PBS puff piece about Nancy Pelosi. Called “Pelosi’s…
Apres Macron, the radical left?
Bof! That useful French word – an older and slightly less irritating version of the American-English ‘meh’ – is how…
The French have voted for the lesser of two evils
Few scenes of jubilation as Emmanuel Macron was re-elected President. French voters held their noses and voted without evident enthusiasm…
Why we need an inquiry into gender treatment for children
Sajid Javid is right to worry about the way the NHS has treated children who identify as transgender. The Health…
Germany’s military muddle over Ukraine
The reluctance of chancellor Olaf Scholz to provide heavy weapons to Ukraine is now coming under increasing fire from abroad…
China’s demographic time-bomb is ticking faster
The latest warning was stark – that China’s population will shrink this year, more than a decade faster than forecast,…
Is this the end of Marine Le Pen?
Today’s election in France is likely to be a joyless, miserable affair for the electors who will dutifully turn out.…
Trump, Piers Morgan and the power of self-publicity
If ‘real recognise real’ – by far my favourite piece of modern American vernacular – then Donald Trump’s latest tiff…
