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The rampant egotism of Boris’s backbench MPs
The post-war Conservative statesman David Maxwell Fyfe once claimed that loyalty was the Tory secret weapon. Like many of his…
Will our future lives be like a video game?
A few years ago, the software company Owlchemy Labs released a computer game called Job Simulator. Its premise was simple.…
Europe can't expect America to ride to its rescue against Putin
Joe Biden received a lot of flak for suggesting that Nato might be divided about what to do next if…
What happens if Boris wins a no confidence vote?
The Partygate drama is temporarily paused as Tory MPs wait for Sue Gray to deliver her report. But even once…
Blair is right: Boris doesn't have a plan for Britain
What can Boris Johnson and the Tories learn from Tony Blair? While Labour’s former leader remains deeply unpopular – and indeed…
Sex, trans rights and the Scottish census
It takes some doing to make a census interesting. So congratulations to the National Records of Scotland (NRS). NRS, which administers…
How lockdown sparked a wave of anxiety among Britain's children
I knew what ‘anxiety’ meant when I was in primary school. But it was not a word I had cause…
Putin won't be fazed by Britain's show of military support to Ukraine
Can the British army afford to take on Russia? That’s the burning question that has been left after Defence Secretary…
The fate of the French Socialists is a warning for Boris Johnson
The defection of Christian Wakeford to Labour has put a spring in the step of the left-wing party. Apparently it…
Has Macron shot France's energy industry in the foot?
Gas prices are soaring. Europe could be about to witness electricity shortages. Power companies are collapsing by the day, and,…
Against Dominic Cummings
I’m no Westminster insider, but there comes a point when you have to consider that perhaps Carrie Johnson was right…
What the Democrats do next
How long will the Democrats weep for the death of their transformational agenda this week? It’s anyone’s guess. Everyone handles grief…
Boris's excuse didn't wash for these Covid lockdown rule breakers
As Boris Johnson battles to survive the Partygate scandal and faces widespread anger from the public and his own MPs,…
Capitol Hill Club falls out with conservative clientele
The Capitol Hill Club, home to DC’s most high-profile Republicans since the 1950s, is on thin ice with its conservative…
Iran's hidden hand in the Houthi drone strike on Saudi Arabia
Over the past six years, Saudi Arabia and its allies have – not always accurately – dropped western-built munitions worth…
Harry and Meghan's tax wheeze
Money is very important to Harry and Meghan – as evidenced by their multi-million dollar deals with a string of top…
A Covid amnesty won’t save Boris Johnson now
Timing is everything in politics. Partygate showed the usually sure-footed Boris at his most careless and inept, dwarfing even his…
Joe Biden will never change
During a rare press conference today, which lasted well over an hour, President Joe Biden told the press corps that…
Britain’s cost of living crisis worsens
If Boris Johnson manages to cling on to his job, he’ll have much more than the parties of lockdowns past…
The rise of the interloping radicals
When several Proud Boys attended a New Hanover School Board meeting about 175 miles from my North Carolina hometown, I…
The deep state is no conspiracy theory
In 1958, Aldous Huxley foresaw a congestion of power able to shape and defy popular will. “Under the relentless thrust…
PMQs: Pantomime Starmer wasted his chance
Does Boris lie? Well, yes, of course, he’s a politician. That’s the standard response to the honesty question. And in…
The curious timing of Boris Johnson's Covid announcement
You don’t have to be a conspiracy theorist who mutters regularly about ‘sheeple’ to find the timing of Boris Johnson’s…
Omicron is on its way out
Omicron peaked in England in early January, according to figures just released by the ONS. The estimates from the weekly…
Ousting Boris Johnson now would be a mistake
There must come a time when even Beth Rigby starts to ask whether she is too fixatedon a small staff…
