World
I failed my country at COP
I’m on my way to Glasgow for COP26. It’s the first time I have been abroad since before Covid. Conveniently…
India is going to keep polluting. They can thank China
Mumbai India is the last major global polluter to set a date to go carbon neutral. In a surprise announcement…
Meghan and Harry pledge to save the world
In Glasgow the green games are well underway, with a roll call of world leaders reading from the COPacabana hymn sheet to a…
What the Owen Paterson Tory sleaze row is really about
As world leaders depart from the COP26 summit in Glasgow, a row is brewing in the House of Commons on…
How Glenn Youngkin beat the Democrats in Virginia
When a Republican wins in a reliably Democratic state, it’s big news. That’s exactly what happened in Virginia, where newcomer…
Did Macron win the Brexit fish war?
Who is winning the fish war? Will gentlemen in England still a-bed think themselves accursed they were not there? This…
France must protect Eric Zemmour’s life
There are several similarities between Eric Zemmour and the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, and one distinct difference. The Dutchman was…
Republicans win Virginia governorship in wild upset
Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race against Democrat Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday night, shattering Democratic hopes of turning…
The McAuliffe clown car crashes
Of all the clowns to come prancing out of the Terry McAuliffe campaign car in recent weeks, it was the…
Un-cancel Terry Gilliam!
I am starting to wonder if the world of arts and culture is staffed, in large part if not exclusively,…
Did Covid first emerge at the Wuhan Institute of Virology?
The net around the Wuhan Institute of Virology continues to tighten. A letter from Lawrence Tabak, principal deputy director of the…
Can Boris Johnson salvage COP26?
It’s day two of COP26 and so far the climate summit in Glasgow has made news for travel chaos, Greta…
Ursula von der Leyen's climate hypocrisy
Looking down today’s batting order at the COP26 summit, Steerpike’s eye alighted on the name of Ursula von der Leyen.…
Joe Biden is making the world a more dangerous place
Less than a year into the Biden presidency the world suddenly is a very chaotic place. The hasty and botched…
Rocketman Bezos's galactic hypocrisy
It appears that COP26 are running out of the big guns to wheel into Glasgow. Already David Attenborough, Prince Charles…
Boris Johnson, unlikely eco warrior
Boris Johnson is famously a politician who sees the glass half full, and whose instincts are to hope that a…
Six of the most melodramatic warnings from COP26
The COP26 summit in Glasgow reaches its climax today, as world leaders try and thrash out a deal to halt…
The great Greta rebrand
Steerpike is no prude but even he has been surprised by some of the blue language from green activists at COP.…
Joe Biden is asleep at the wheel
Did Joe Biden fall asleep during the opening speeches of the COP26 climate jamboree in Glasgow? It’s hard to blame…
‘Let’s go Brandon’ is a rallying cry for freedom
“Let’s go Brandon” started in the most apropos way imaginable: NASCAR driver Brandon Brown was euphorically thanking Larry’s Lemonade and…
CNN's COP capital confusion
American network CNN appears to be bringing the same rigour and insight to COP26 that it displayed throughout the Trump administration.…
Sleep is Joe Biden’s superpower
As usual, P.G. Wodehouse put it best. “What is it Shakespeare calls sleep, Jeeves?,” Bertie Wooster inquires of his faithful…
The Youngkin blueprint
As much as former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe would like voters to believe it, Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin is…
Macron is following in the failed footsteps of the wrong Napoleon
Is Emmanuel Macron turning into Emperor Napoleon III? Not the great Napoleon who conquered Europe and was eventually defeated by…
Sleepy Joe can't keep his eyes open
That didn’t take long. It’s less than four hours since America’s septuagenarian president landed in Scotland and already he appears…
