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Could this tree planting scheme bring down Israel's prime minister?
Planting trees is not usually a controversial activity, especially in the eco-conscious twenty-first century. But as ever, the rules are…
Nicola Sturgeon’s disturbing attack on the rule of law
Lawyers with an awkward agenda can be a thorn in the government’s side in Scotland as much as in England.…
The Scottish Conservatives should not secede from Boris Johnson
Ideas, as a fictitious terrorist once said, are bulletproof. This might be stretching the truth a little, but at the…
Why does Priyamvada Gopal find ‘eloquence’ troubling?
Why should anyone feel insulted when they are described as ‘eloquent’? Priyamvada Gopal, professor of post-colonial studies at Cambridge University, felt…
Leave Enid Blyton alone
Once again, people are getting their knickers in a twist over Enid Blyton. Such is the capacity for outrage these…
China is the new evil empire
History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme. In the 1980s, the gravest threat to America’s freedoms came from…
Run, Hillary, run!
Was there an ayahuasca retreat for normie Democratic pundits last weekend that Cockburn didn’t get an invitation to? He asks…
Douglas Ross is right: Boris Johnson must go
In May 2020 Douglas Ross resigned from Boris Johnson’s government. Though only a junior minister in the Scotland Office –…
Joe Biden has lost control of the economy
A nudge on interest rates from the Federal Reserve. A gradual winding down of quantitative easing. No more stimulus cheques…
Why Boris might still survive
Haunted. Ashen. Defeated. That’s how the PM looked in parliament this afternoon as he faced the flamethrowers of the opposition.…
Djokovic is a conspiracy super spreader
When the world’s number one tennis player Novak Djokovic found himself locked in a Melbourne hotel because he’d entered Australia…
When will firms like Ben & Jerry's stop lecturing us?
Is anyone else fed up of corporate virtue-signalling? From banks boasting of their commitment to diversity and equality, to train…
To save the Union, ignore Gordon Brown
As he blasts his way through the remaining support beams of the UK constitution, Gordon Brown is doing more to…
In praise of Novak Djokovic
Like you, I am hugely enjoying the Novak Djokovic drama Down Under. What’s not to like? It is extremely funny.…
The Tories hold themselves in contempt
If by the end of today 54 members of the parliamentary Conservative party have not handed in the letters required…
The mind virus killing academia
We lost a giant last month with E.O. Wilson’s passing. A man who stood on Darwin’s shoulders, Wilson had that…
America still won’t risk a war with Russia over Ukraine
Anybody who thought this week’s intense diplomacy between American, European, and Russian officials would magically resolve the ongoing crisis in…
AOC and the Florida freedom virus
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, like many a New York progressive, headed down to the Sunshine State recently. First she was photographed having…
Boris Johnson is running out of road
There has been no good news for Boris Johnson today. After an email leaked on Monday evening showing that the Prime…
Leave Ted Cruz’s daughter alone!
Ted Cruz’s thirteen-year-old daughter Caroline found herself in the sinister gaze of a blog called LGBTQNation this week. Cockburn is…
How will Boris punish himself if his No. 10 party did break the rules?
The final arbiter of whether Boris Johnson should be punished or sanctioned for allegedly breaking lockdown rules by attending that…
The coming war with…um…Canada?
We begin today by heading north, past Vermont, over Winterfell, above the Arctic Circle, beyond the part of the map…
Germany is toothless when it comes to facing down Russia
Ukraine’s list of demands towards Germany is straightforward: it wants Berlin to stand up to Russia. With tens of thousands of Russian…
Banning tomato ketchup sachets won't save the planet
Warning to the working classes: the government is coming after your pleasures again. It is you who are being blamed…
How long until we tire of Boris?
The brilliant but troubled footballer Mario Balotelli once scored a goal in a Manchester derby match and then lifted up…
