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Anti-cancel culture conference cancelled
Oh no! What’s behind the cancellation of GETTR’s ‘Counter Conference’? The right wing festival – due to take place later this…
Is Jussie Smollett the worst hate crime hoaxer of all time?
Former Empire actor Jussie Smollett appeared in court for the first time this week to defend himself against allegations that…
Donald Trump: monarchist?
As the Harry and Meghan carnival rumbles on, the Queen has found an unexpected source of support: Donald Trump. During an…
Chris Cuomo is a repeat offender
Chris Cuomo was indefinitely suspended by CNN on Tuesday for inappropriately assisting his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo,…
Party politics has no place in the Maxwell trial
The trial of Ghislaine Maxwell has kicked off in New York and rich and powerful men across America and Europe…
Comparing Fauci to Josef Mengele seems ill-advised
Cockburn always thought Thanksgiving was the holiday designated for sharing madcap political views that one day you’ll regret saying aloud.…
Does the Lincoln Project deserve credit for Biden’s 2020 win?
Cockburn was weighing his post-Thanksgiving options this past weekend: the fifth leftover sandwich of the day or the rest of…
Boris's booster bet
Boris Johnson is relying heavily on the booster programme to protect Britain from any additional threat posed by the Omicron…
Will we learn the truth about the Liverpool bomber's conversion?
It’s been more than a fortnight since the bombing of Liverpool Women’s Hospital, and there remain plenty of unanswered questions. It is a…
Zemmour's campaign launch painted a dark vision of France
So it’s official: Eric Zemmour will stand as a candidate in next year’s French presidential election. It was hardly a…
How concerned should we be about Omicron?
Ministers accused of overreacting to the Omicron variant will feel vindicated by the comments of Moderna chief executive Stéphane Bancel.…
Could there be a Tory upset in North Shropshire?
As the government turns its attention to the new Covid variant, the ramifications of the Owen Paterson sleaze row are…
The economic impact of the latest Covid restrictions
We don’t yet know whether the Omicron variant will drastically accelerate the spread of coronavirus, or whether it will circumvent…
Covid restrictions have gone on for too long
We can’t carry on like this. We can’t keep resurrecting restrictions every time a new Covid variant emerges. We can’t…
Can Viktor Orbán’s conservatism work in America?
American conservatives are often accused of narrow-minded parochialism, but in recent years, the right has turned its gaze abroad. The…
Exclusive: Zemmour will run for President
It may be the worst kept secret in France but Eric Zemmour will tomorrow announce his candidacy for his country’s presidential…
Does cricket have an anti-Semitism problem?
The row over racism at Yorkshire County Cricket Club has also shone a spotlight on anti-Semitism in the cricketing world.…
Do masks really halve the risk of Covid? A note on the evidence
‘Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding’ as Willy Loman said in Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece An Inspector Calls.…
Biden is losing America
Plummeting polls are sending a clear message to the Biden administration, but the President is deaf, dumb and blind to…
The forever ‘war on Christmas’
It seems to get earlier each year, doesn’t it? It’s not yet even December, and the Mail on Sunday has…
Wokeness claims a museum
When will our intellectual life return to normal, where facts come together into conclusions? Today, in service to ideologies like…
Is Boris right to fear the Omicron variant?
Boris Johnson announced a new raft of coronavirus measures on Saturday, after two cases of the Omicron variant were detected…
Why are editors sharing a platform with Miqdaad Versi?
Next week, the Centre for Media Monitoring publishes its report on ‘British Media Coverage of Muslims and Islam 2018-2020’. Its…
China’s growing influence over the Commonwealth’s armies
On Monday in the city of Bridgetown, Prince Charles will be forced to witness the spectacle of Barbados officially becoming a…
What the BBC show trial of Michael Vaughan tells us
After dropping Michael Vaughan in punishment for what he said (or might not have said) many years ago, the BBC…
