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French election: The country is divided
So it’s Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen once again, and for many millions of French that is a deeply…
Why the pro-life movement is winning
A strange abortion story is unfolding in the nation’s capital. In March, several outlets began reporting that D.C. police had…
Like him or loathe him, Macron is Europe's driving force
If you want to know why Marine Le Pen almost certainly won’t win the French presidency on 24 April, listen…
French election: Macron has been weakened
The polls have closed in France and projections show President Macron on 28.5 per cent with the rightist Marine Le Pen…
Could Ukraine learn from the Mossad Nazi hunters?
Since the start of the war, many comparisons have been drawn between Israel and Ukraine, not least by President Zelensky.…
The Ukraine war is not a video game
In a typically baffling column in the New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman has said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
France is on the brink of a political realignment
Until a week before today’s first round of the presidential race the French appeared to be shunning their favourite electoral…
The mysteries and rituals of French democracy
Montpellier I have never voted in an election for president of France, not being French. But as a councillor in…
Why are Ukrainians calling Russian invaders 'orcs'?
Ukrainian victims of Russia’s war have taken to calling their invaders ‘orcs’. The word is familiar to JRR Tolkien readers as the…
Boris deserves credit for his Ukraine response
Boris Johnson’s visit to Kyiv is notable not only for its unannounced nature but for the additional package of support…
The strange revival of France’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Jean-Luc Mélenchon is on the march once more, rising up the polls and laying bare the ineptitude of the Socialist…
Is Rishi just too rich for politics?
The obvious and perhaps only way out of this mess for Rishi Sunak was for his wife to pay double…
The Russian army is running out of options
So much had been written about the Russian armed forces’ modernisation and improvement over the last decade that that it…
Le Pen's last stand
Marine Le Pen, if recent polling is to be believed, is rapidly cutting Emanuel Macron’s lead in the upcoming French…
The terrifying neo-Nazi mercenaries being deployed in Ukraine
Given how the Kremlin is so determined to portray Ukraine as a hotbed of Nazis, it is tragically ironic not…
Boris and Scholz parade the new Europe
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed Europe forever. That was the argument that Boris Johnson made on Friday when he…
Elon Musk is the Darth Vader of Twitter
When I think of Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, I think of Darth Vader. It’s not that Agrawal himself reminds me…
Rishi’s wife changes tack on tax
This evening Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murty has announced that she will pay UK taxes on her overseas income, following a public backlash…
When Biden joked that he’d ‘beat the hell’ out of a congressman
Five Guys has always been Cockburn’s first choice for a greasy cheeseburger — breakfast of champions, says he — but…
Sulky Sunak has scuppered himself
There is a scene in one of the Lord of the Rings films in which kindly Bilbo Baggins becomes contorted…
Say no to the populist war party
Addressing the question of whether now is the time for counterrevolution rather than conservation, I will take “counterrevolution” to mean the…
The Guardian goes for J.K. Rowling
It seems that taking gratuitous swipes at J.K. Rowling has become something of a competition for liberal broadsheets on both sides…
How Israel's Prime Minister got burnt by bread
Jerusalem For nearly ten months now, ever since his surprising elevation to the Israeli prime minister’s office, Naftali Bennett has…
Russia and Ukraine's fate is about to be decided
The first phase of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has ended with a decisive defeat for Russian forces in the…
Is Israel facing a new Intifada?
Dizengoff Street is one of the busiest thoroughfares in Tel Aviv, a strip of bars, restaurants and Bauhaus architecture that…
