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How Camilla came in from the cold
Queen Camilla. Once a far-fetched prospect, now a reality – when the day comes – thanks to this extraordinary intervention…
Boris announces a new look No. 10 team
Boris Johnson has this evening unveiled the second stage of his Downing Street shake-up. After the Prime Minister rushed forward…
GoFundMe betrays the Canadian truckers
Under pressure from the Canadian government, GoFundMe has decided to withhold $9 million of the funds raised by the truckers’ Freedom Convoy ($1…
Putin and Xi’s Potemkin alliance
Vladimir Putin very rarely travels abroad these days – and Xi Jinping has not met a foreign leader in person…
Could Viktor Orbán be a peacemaker in Ukraine?
For a politician whose calling card is the struggle for Hungarian national sovereignty, Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin’s press conference…
How the media helped drive the Ukraine crisis
Western warnings of an ‘imminent’ Russian invasion of Ukraine have grown more insistent in recent weeks with different voices, from…
Are Tory MPs too 'frit' to bin Boris?
Boris Johnson is in the midst of the bleakest period of his premiership, but he can at least nibble on a…
Nancy takes a knee for Beijing at the Winter Olympics
Nancy Pelosi, stock-trader extraordinaire, doubles as an adviser to America’s Olympic athletes. And her wise, nuanced advice to them is…
Pelosi to Winter Olympians: shut up and dribble
Apologies to woke athletes — Nancy Pelosi doesn’t want you to “use your platform” in Beijing. On Thursday, the House…
The banality of Prince Harry
When Prince Harry was unveiled as ‘chief impact officer’ at a tech start-up in California, many people were baffled. What…
Who would join Boris's No. 10?
Munira Mirza’s resignation over Boris Johnson’s refusal to withdraw his Savile barb at Keir Starmer led to Downing Street bringing…
Boris’s staffing dilemma
How much trouble is Boris Johnson now in? The Prime Minister suffered one of his most tumultuous days in office…
The great Tory Red Wall betrayal
Boris Johnson may well have to go. His own proximity to a party in his private flat in Downing Street…
When the fringe becomes the majority
I’ve noticed a pattern over the past few years. We saw it when Joker made over a billion dollars at…
Why Munira Mirza’s resignation matters
Boris Johnson’s great strength has always been his ability to spot, recruit and hire a great variety of brilliant people.…
Boris is finished — it’s when, not if
This week, Michael Gove’s lengthy Levelling Up white paper talked about the ancient city of Jericho. This was largely because…
Rishi Sunak’s cost of living gamble
The Chancellor is lending £200 this year to anyone who pays an energy bill in their own name. That’s 28…
The cost of living crisis has arrived
In recent weeks alleged lockdown parties and suitcases full of wine have been the biggest threat to Boris Johnson’s premiership.…
The Bank of England's interest rate hike isn't enough
There would have been times when the news ‘Bank of England doubles interest rates’ would have been met with a…
Do university bigwigs really want the best for students?
We can all see that our universities are not in a good shape. They are churning out too many graduates –…
Viktor Orbán or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Putin
Viktor Orbán first came to prominence when in 1989 he declared on live TV that Hungary must put an end…
Boris is no Trump – and that's why he's doomed
In the last week, I’ve been crisscrossing the United States, meeting with politicians and their advisers ahead of this year’s…
Two years on, what's the evidence for lockdown?
Did lockdowns save lives? We will never have a definitive answer to this vital question because it was impossible to…
Caution: This article is putting lives in danger
On Tuesday, I reported that Congresswoman Terri Sewell, a Democrat representing Alabama’s 7th District, will not hold in-person meetings at…
The Washington Redskins have a new name
Normally Cockburn isn’t much of a sports fan, notwithstanding the occasional boozy tailgate for his local kickball team (which was…
