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Fact check: how popular are Extinction Rebellion's friends?
Long-suffering commuters have had further misery this month, thanks to the shenanigans of eco-warriors Insulate Britain. The group are an…
German voters set for a tense night
The German elections have turned out to be an unexpected nail-biter. Since the exit polls were released earlier this evening…
The secret spy films made by MI6
Those attending the premiere of No Time to Die this week would perhaps be surprised to learn that the Bond…
OkCupid’s pro-choice badge is corporate vice-signaling
Cockburn was intrigued to learn that OkCupid, the dating app service, now offers a ‘pro-choice’ badge for its users’ profiles.…
Starmer secures a narrow victory against the left
Keir Starmer this evening managed to scrape through his reforms to how Labour elects its leader. The victory follows a…
Is anti-Etonian prejudice really OK?
Don’t you wish Angela Rayner would come off the fence, just once in a while, and tell us what she…
Calling Tories ‘scum’ is part of Angela Rayner’s leadership pitch
The chair of this year’s Labour Party conference, Margaret Beckett opened proceedings yesterday emphasising the importance of civility. A few…
Who’s taking the wheel of Trumpism?
It went virtually unnoticed in April when Donald Trump recruited Susie Wiles to oversee his fundraising operation and create a…
Emmanuel Macron and the art of tantrum diplomacy
France’s fit of pique following Australia’s cancelled submarine contract – and the signing of the Aukus pact – is a…
The Lancet and the problem with women
Quite soon, the word ‘women’ could be considered so dangerous as to be unutterable. That may seem hyperbolic, but Steerpike…
How Labour wins
Labour can win the next election. The winds that blew apart their electoral coalition in 2019 can change in their…
Feted abroad, dismissed at home: will Germans really miss Merkel?
As Angela Merkel finally steps down, the verdict on her leadership – at least from overseas – appears to be…
Andrew Cuomo doesn’t deserve a second chance
In The Dark Knight, the only Batman movie I’ve ever watched and therefore the best one, Harvey Dent says, ‘You…
Are any of the Hunter Biden emails fake?
Oh, those Hunter Biden emails? At least some of them are real, according to a new book. Politico staffers casually smuggled…
Starmer's essay is gold dust for Boris
Keir Starmer’s incredible shrinking pamphlet was initially said to run to 14,000 words, then 13,000, then 12,500 and now 11,000…
Chris Cuomo is a symptom of CNN’s disease
Chris Cuomo won’t give CNN, or his very concerned social justice warrior colleagues, a break. Cuomo is arguably the face…
The Bataclan trial is forcing France to confront some difficult questions
It’s a stroke of good fortune for France that Salah Abdeslam is a coward. Had he not been he would…
We're living through eerie reminders of the 1970s
There are eerie parallels with 1970s at the moment, I say in the Times today. The inflation of that decade was…
Keir Starmer loses his fizz
Well, the reviews from the critics are in. Keir Starmer’s 11,500 word essay dropped late on Wednesday night and two…
Fresh criticism for Rusbridger over Greenslade IRA article
Few journalists have been more celebrated by the liberal elite than Alan Rusbridger. The longtime editor of the Guardian for…
Harry and Meghan, maskless in Manhattan
Aspiring hermits Prince Harry and Meghan Markle retreated to the notably reclusive borough of Manhattan today to visit the One…
Could the squeeze on living standards bring down Boris?
There is about to be a two-phase onslaught on the living standards of those on low-to-middling incomes. On 1 October…
Why the world is in for a dangerous decade
The Australia/UK/US (Aukus) deal for Australia to acquire nuclear submarines is the clearest demonstration yet of the UK’s tilt to…
Is Russia ready for life after Putin?
When Russians headed to the polls last week, the Duma election results were never in doubt: Putin’s United Russiaparty won…
Has the Bank of England given up on its duty on inflation?
Has the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee quietly excused itself from its duty of keeping inflation down: namely, keeping the…
