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Ditching Boris was a terrible mistake
Watching the Channel 4 leadership debate last night was thoroughly depressing. If only Boris Johnson’s premiership hadn’t ended in the…
The real winner from last night’s debate
Last night Channel 4 held a 90-minute live event starring Rishi, Liz, Tom, Penny and Kemi. Not a manufactured pop-band…
Glyndebourne goes gender neutral
Angela Rayner caused a bit of a stir a few weeks ago when she rocked up at the Glyndebourne opera…
The next Tory leader should commit to ditching net zero
‘We’re all Keynesians now,’ Richard Nixon reportedly said in 1971 before ushering in a decade of high inflation. In the…
A storm is coming – and none of the leadership candidates are ready
You’ve probably heard the joke about the two hikers facing an angry bear. One changes into his running shoes, telling…
Do Tory MPs still represent their members?
As the Tory party leadership race enters its next stage this weekend, one thing is becoming very clear: the two…
Boris 2029!
OK, it might sound a little fanciful, but hear me out. I think there could just be a way for Boris…
Liz Truss was the biggest loser of last night’s debate
Enid Blyton made a lot of money out of the Famous Five. Maybe she could have invented a brand called…
Brave new wombs
Sometime this century, or early in the next, women will no longer have to give birth. Already conception can take…
The Tory leadership debate – as it happened
On Friday night the Tory leadership candidates faced-off in the first televised debate of the contest, hosted on Channel 4.…
Boris Johnson will be a hard act to follow in Ukraine
‘Every human life has many aspects,’ said the novelist Milan Kundera. ‘The past of each can just as easily arranged…
Mario Draghi is not a normal politician
Is it all over for Mario Draghi’s recovery government? His attempted resignation yesterday – which was rejected by President Sergio…
Watch: Biden puts his foot in it (again)
Oh dear. It seems bumbling ‘Uncle Joe’ has done it again. Fresh from his Holocaust gaffe, President Biden has now…
The anti-drinking lobby’s twisted logic
In 2018, the Lancet published a study from the ‘Global Burden of Disease Alcohol Collaborators’ which claimed that there was…
It’s time to kill the Online Safety Bill for good
The Online Safety Bill has been postponed. It should now be killed off for good. Not only is it bad…
What is Elon Musk up to now?
Did Elon Musk ever intend to buy Twitter, or was it all another piece of showboating from a man apparently…
The last cowboys
This Memorial Day I found myself at a grassy spot along La Prele Creek, resting my horse and having lunch…
Why are millennial politicians such sellouts?
In their 2004 chart-topping album American Idiot, Green Day sings that “another protester has crossed the line to find the…
Democrats are stuck with Biden
The New York Times and the Washington Post sent up flares last weekend: one way or another, they said, Joe…
Lauren Boebert’s awesome gun-themed restaurant has closed
Cockburn doesn’t leave the swampy bounds of the District too often, but he has now and then been tempted by…
Why the Tories are more diverse than Labour
‘The candidates fighting to replace Boris Johnson as Conservative party leader and Britain’s prime minister reflect the country’s rich diversity,’…
The Conservative party is in a terrible state
There was only one lesson to be drawn from last night’s Peston show: the Conservative party is in a right…
Theresa revels in Boris's downfall
Of all those revelling in Boris Johnson’s downfall last week, few probably enjoyed it more than Theresa May. It would…
Boris's attempt to become a second Churchill
On his way up the greasy pole Boris Johnson was keen to claim an affinity with Winston Churchill. Clearly, associating…
The triumph of Tory mediocrity
Every loser wins, once the dream begins. So sang the EastEnders actor Nick Berry in a godawful mid-1980s pop song…
