World
The disturbing campaign to legalise assisted dying
Assisted dying looks closer than ever to becoming law in the United Kingdom. Both the House of Lords and the…
New Zealand’s worrying battle over transgender rights
Last year, the equalities minister Liz Truss set aside laws which would have allowed people to self-identity as the legal…
Is Britain heading for another winter lockdown?
What do you think the chances are of another national lockdown before the year is out? Are you glass half…
Why the Chinese Communist Party fears its bloody history
This week, the Chinese Communist Party celebrated its hundredth anniversary with a powerful statement of self-confidence. What began as an…
Macron steps up his war on identity politics
The lifestyle magazine Elle is best known for its beauty tips, fashion recommendations and recipe ideas but the latest issue in France contains…
What Merkel's visit means for Brexit Britain
Angela Merkel visited the UK yesterday for the last time as German chancellor – the 22nd visit she has paid in…
Is it fair to compare inner-city crime to the Global South?
Just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday June 1, 18-year-old Kennedy Hobbs of Jackson, Mississippi stopped at a gas station off…
The National Anthem is doomed
Cockburn is going to get ahead of things and announce it right now: ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ is doomed. Accept it,…
Lay off the President: it’s a holiday weekend, man!
C’mon man! That was Joe Biden’s message to the country on the Friday before his holiday weekend. Joe Biden is…
The court judgement that confirms women pay for trans rights
I am coming out of semi-retirement from writing about sex and gender to write this, because it’s about women in…
Supreme Court rules big for election integrity
The Supreme Court upheld two Arizona voting laws on Thursday in a case that could have major implications for election…
Michael Gove and Sarah Vine announce divorce
It’s been a bad week for marriages in Westminster. First the revelation of Matt Hancock’s affair with adviser, friend and…
The Batley and Spen result is a rejection of identity politics
What should we make of the Batley and Spen by-election, won by Labour with a majority of just 323 votes?…
Boris bids to reset Anglo-German relations
Boris Johnson and Angela Merkel have just held a joint press conference following their meeting at Chequers. The usual contrast…
Can Labour afford to continue its culture war?
After being soundly beaten by the Tories in Hartlepool and winning a paltry 1.6 per cent of the vote share…
How Keir Starmer can rescue his leadership
In January 1990 things looked truly bleak for Alex Ferguson as Manchester United manager. He had not won a trophy…
A complete history of Jew-baiter George Galloway's electoral defeats
Labour’s Kim Leadbeater may be celebrating her triumph in Batley and Spen (though not as much as her leader Keir Starmer)…
Can Britain stop migrants crossing the Channel?
How do we stop those pesky boats from crossing the English Channel? How about yet another reorganisation of the Home…
Labour hold Batley and Spen
Labour have held on to Batley and Spen. In a result that will win some breathing space for Keir Starmer’s…
Has Xi Jinping overplayed his hand?
The Chinese Communist party’s origin story, like so many of its official lines, appears to be an apocryphal tale. But…
How the BBC put Bill Clinton in prison
Yesterday the US comedian Bill Cosby left prison, after the Philadelphia Supreme Court overturned his conviction for sexual assault in…
The embarrassing and pathetic Vogue profile of Dr Jill Biden, EdD
It’s a good thing that Vogue’s nauseating profile of Jill Biden — sorry, I mean Dr Jill Biden, EdD — wasn’t…
How Boris Johnson plans to reopen the country
Next week, the government will set out what the reopening will look like. I understand that the current plan is…
How Germany’s law-breaking undermined the EU
Well over a year ago I wroteabout how Germany had broken both the EU treaty and so international law, when…
Donald Rumsfeld succeeded at everything — so why did he fail in the end?
What kind of man was Donald Rumsfeld? A successful one, by almost every measure. Ivy League scholar-athlete, captain of Princeton’s…
