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Could Holyrood ever be abolished?
Although Alex Salmond and his Alba party have understandably been getting most of the attention, the separatists aren’t the only…
Boris will need Labour support for vaccine passports
No prime minister wants to be dependent on the opposition to get the government’s business through the House of Commons.…
Is the writing on the wall for the AstraZeneca vaccine?
It was the great British scientific triumph: an example of how big pharma can work altruistically for the good of…
The real problem with Macron’s elite school
President Emmanuel Macron announced today the closure of the notorious École Nationale d’Administration, the elite finishing school for the senior…
Northern Ireland's sink estates are fertile ground for fundamentalists
Northern Ireland is routinely voted one of the happiest places to live in the UK. A few weeks ago, a…
Berlin has been bounced into accepting Sputnik
Munich has had enough of the vaccine chaos in Berlin and Brussels. In a surprise announcement on Wednesday, Bavaria’s minister…
Russia's Sputnik vaccine is causing political chaos in Central Europe
A joke is doing the rounds in the Czech Republic that the world’s highest Covid mortality rate can, in actual…
Imran Khan’s cowardly response to Pakistan's rape crisis
Pakistan’s prime minister Imran Khan has once again blamed women for an appalling rise in rape cases. Khan used a televised question…
How should we honour the 'angels' of the Holocaust when they're gone?
Yom HaShoa is Israel and the Jewish people’s day of remembrance for the Shoa, or Holocaust. It falls this year…
The future of the Euro is uncertain
A decade ago, Europe clambered out of the 2008/09 financial crisis only to fall into the sovereign debt crisis of…
Asa Hutchinson commits cable news seppuku
Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson came under fire early this week for vetoing a bill that would prohibit doctors from providing…
The squeeze on tax havens is only just beginning
The message from the budget last month was clear – at some point in the future the Chancellor is going…
Major League Baseball has made a major mistake
When Major League Baseball announced the removal of their All-Star Game from Atlanta, their statement directly referenced President Biden’s own…
Salmond could spark a nationalist war over Europe
There was a Scooby Doo moment in Alex Salmond’s campaign launch on Tuesday. Something that made me think: ‘Ruh-roh’. The…
The creeping authoritarianism of the Covid-19 restrictions
How can a country abide a government that consistently says one thing and then does the exact opposite? Whether it’s…
Now isn't the time to 'decolonise' the curriculum
Who will educate the educators, when the educators get things wrong? This week, one of Britain’s leading teaching unions passed a…
Starmer will regret his submission to liberal intolerance
Keir Starmer obviously regrets visiting Jesus House last week because of the furore it has caused in his own party.…
Alex Salmond is a gift to the Unionist cause
If Alex Salmond and his new Alba party did not exist, pro-Union parties would find it necessary to invent them.…
The tragic demise of the National Trust
And so the National Trust’s crazed attack on its own properties goes blazing on. Their latest self-hating wheeze is to…
When 'white privilege' doesn't count
First off the blocks criticising Dr Tony Sewell’s report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities was Professor Kalwant…
How Alex Salmond can game the loophole in Scotland's voting system
Two decades after devolution, the Scottish Parliament’s election system still confuses ordinary voters and seasoned political observers alike. Politicians on…
Johnson is in trouble over vaccine passports – and it's showing
The biggest question facing Boris Johnson at this evening’s press conference was so-called vaccine passports. Plans for his scheme were…
Johnson takes the next step out of lockdown
When Boris Johnson first unveiled his roadmap out of lockdown, there was a promise of an end to restrictions by 21…
Go with the flow: how helpful is mass testing?
Over half the adult population has been vaccinated, new infections and deaths have plummeted to their lowest level since last…
Matt Gaetz and the death of the Republican sex scandal
Some hot water this week for Rep. Matt Gaetz. The Sunshine State Republican and adroit controversialist stands accused of everything…
