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The sleepwalkers
It is customary for presidencies to lose vitality and purpose in their last months. It is unprecedented for a presidency…
The laziness of blue-state separatists
Dean Obeidallah has an impressive résumé. While he is not a household name, the lawyer-turned-award-winning-comedian hosts a satellite radio program,…
The Taliban learn just how hard governing Afghanistan is
For the first time in two decades, and arguably for the first time since the late 1970s, there is a…
Covid, lockdown and the retreat of scientific debate
Science is about rational disagreement, the questioning and testing of orthodoxy and the constant search for truth. With something like…
Harry and Meghan become ethical bankers
Broadcasting, writing, life-coaching and speech-making: there seems to be no end to the talents of Harry and Meghan. But now…
Why Anglo-French relations will only get worse
The French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has given a very frank interview to the New York Times. It is…
Don't bet on the EFFing crisis bringing down Boris
Boris Johnson is taking one heck of a risk by making labour shortages a deliberate part of his economic strategy. That,…
David Frost's protocol diplomacy
As a general rule in post-Brexit politics, when David Frost makes a public intervention on the Northern Ireland protocol, it…
Sally Rooney’s novels don’t deserve to be translated into Hebrew
I recently had to read a book by Sally Rooney in a work capacity, and my goodness that was half…
The real reason Britain failed on coronavirus
The joint health and science super-committee’s report into ‘lessons learned’ on the UK’s coronavirus response may not want to ‘point fingers…
Parliament hit by food shortages
What with an energy crisis, a fuel crisis and a food crisis, you would think MPs have enough on their plates.…
The president’s health is a national interest
Delaware used to be Cale Boggs country, almost as much as Massachusetts belonged to the Kennedys. Boggs served as governor,…
As COP26 looms, Glasgow is facing a waste crisis
In early November, Glasgow will be the focus of the world’s attention for COP26, the UN’s Climate Change Conference. For…
Evergrande illusions
At the height of the 2008 financial crisis I was invited to an off-the-record media lunch with a famous investor.…
The mystery of Vladimir Putin’s mistresses
There’s an odd thing about 18-year old Luiza Rozova’s instagram feed. You can see photos of her breakfasts (sliced exotic…
Why liberals must stand with Kathleen Stock
I know what it feels like to be bullied and vilified for expressing views with which, eventually, many right-minded people…
The EU was the big winner in the Czech election
Eurosceptics in central Europe suffered a blow this weekend, as pro-EU coalitions won a slender majority in the Czech parliament.…
Nick Clegg's Facebook nightmare
There have been many ironic fates for the lead actors in the Coalition government. For David Cameron, the premier who…
America’s governors and the vagueness doctrine
If we have learned anything over the last few months it is that emergencies, like beauty, are in the eye…
There's no way back for Prince Andrew
The blindingly obvious continues to evade Prince Andrew. There is no way back to public life for the son of…
No, the term ‘white privilege’ is not extremist
A Tory MP last week raised the delightful possibility that the big family of what we might call the terrorism…
What is wrong with Kamala Harris?
The concerns about Joe Biden’s age and cognitive faculties are well established. And if Biden has to step down, we…
A matter of Truss: the unlikely rise of Lizmania
If Boris Johnson were to vanish tomorrow, who should replace him? The American pollster Frank Luntz asked this of about 200…
We need to talk about transhumanism
This weekend, hundreds of people from across the globe will gather in Madrid to discuss how to turn themselves into…
A global corporation tax is a terrible mistake
International cooperation is alive and well – at least when it comes to raising taxes. One hundred and thirty six…
