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Would the real Matt Hancock please sit down?
‘Politics,’ as the old quip has it, ‘is showbusiness for ugly people.’ That quote was minted in the good old…
Dumping Trump could backfire for the Republicans
The walls are closing in on Donald Trump. Again. But this time it’s different. Again. In the wake of the…
Will the pill pushers ever pay for their misdeeds?
More than two decades into America’s catastrophic opioid epidemic, the demographics of this unprecedented tragedy are clear. By far, the…
Jumpy conservative media are playing into Trump’s hands
The walls are closing in on Donald Trump. Again. But this time it’s different. Again. In the wake of the…
Rebel Wilson and the problem with surrogacy
When the Australian actor Rebel Wilson announced the birth of her daughter Royce Lillian, she added the small detail that…
We must protect freedom to protest, even for those we despise
One of the trickiest challenges of being in politics is defending the rights of those we disagree with vehemently. That dilemma has…
Is this the beginning of the end for Jacinda Ardern?
Many people envisage Jacinda Ardern’s 2017 electoral victory as a romp, a 1997 Tony Blair-esque sea change of optimism. In…
Is Nixon the most misunderstood president in history?
Has the reputation of any American statesman been more effectively trashed than that of Richard Milhous Nixon? Donald Trump’s, perhaps…
The sinister attempts to ‘decolonise’ mathematics
Mathematicians in British universities are now being asked to ‘decolonise’ the curriculum. This autumn, the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher…
Why Remembrance is a privilege as much as a duty
It was exceptionally cold, that strange Armistice day. I was used to spending the two minutes silence squinting into the…
Kevin McCarthy’s Faustian bargain
If the returns from Tuesday are any indication, most American voters are breathing a sigh of relief. Thanks to split-ticketing,…
The SNP’s misinformation campaign on Scottish renewables
SNP MP Stephen Flynn was emphatic when he used a certain statistic in Parliament last month: ‘Scotland’s potential in this…
The Christian nationalism boogeyman
Which of the zillion prophesied crises will engulf America next? At the moment, the most chattered-about is a “second civil…
Just how low can our political class sink?
Observe, this dark weekend, a contrast. On Whitehall, the centre of British government, the Royal Family and leaders of our…
Meet the British soldiers fighting in Ukraine
At his base near the frontlines outside of Kherson, an ex-British soldier named JK shows me a video of what…
Don’t write off the Russian air force
The Russian air force’s failure to establish air superiority over Ukraine – and the consequent inability of its fighter and bomber aircraft…
The rise of the celebrity oversharer
Bella Hadid ate burritos today, in case anyone was wondering. Kourtney Kardashian had a smoothie and Paris Hilton had a…
Scoop: top GOP donors to meet in Miami in plot to stop Trump
Everybody hates Donald? An emergency gathering is set to be held in Miami next week to talk about “the Trump…
The time to move on from boomer Republicanism is now
Having been saddled by everyone involved with the largest portion of blame for Tuesday’s election disappointment, Donald Trump’s descent into…
The best way to stop Russian trolls is to ignore them
Almost from the moment the polls closed in the 2016 US presidential contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, accusations…
Matt Hancock: Star of the ‘I’m a Celeb’ jungle
Has Matt Hancock gone mad? Maybe not. His appearance in ‘I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here’ is…
The last hours of the Russian occupation of Kherson
The only large Ukrainian city Russia has been able to capture since February’s invasion – Kherson – has now been…
In praise of Just Stop Oil
As a child in the 1960s, all I wanted to do was get to London: to be rich and famous,…
Watch: Matt Hancock grilled about affair
Westminster tuned in last night for another episode of I’m a Celebrity. There’s no winner yet but one obvious loser,…
Donald Trump, accidental Paul Revere
Is he a stone cold loser? The Wall Street Journal editorial page, not to mention its owner Rupert Murdoch, certainly…
