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Pete Buttigieg’s high class problems
It’s time for Pete Buttigieg to truck off down the road from the Department of Transportation — if, that is,…
Feminism has failed us
I’ve lost count of how many seminars I’ve had to sit through on Diversity & Inclusion, how many times I’ve…
Why Covid means the big state is back
History suggests that when the state expands in a crisis, it doesn’t go back to its pre-crisis level once the…
Why is the National Trust waging war against its members?
The National Trust culture war has just stepped up a gear. Ahead of the Trust’s AGM on 30 October, the…
Cambridge's transgender TERF wars have gone too far
What is a witch? How do we spot witches? And how might we drum up the courage to talk to…
Ex Anglican Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali converts to Catholicism
Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester and one of the best-known Anglican clerics, could be ordained as a Catholic…
The mendacity of Priti Patel’s immigration Bill
You are a journalist, a satirist, a campaigner, an opposition politician. For years you work to create the flash of…
Macron may well win. But Macronism is dead
President Emmanuel Macron was in an expansive mood this week as he commandeered the splendid beaux arts Grand Palais in…
Woke California bans boys and girls toy sections
Last week, signing a batch of pet bills to end the legislative session, Governor Gavin Newsom made California the first…
America’s state of malaise
The word malaise, a general feeling of uneasiness whose exact cause is difficult to identify, is creeping into discussions. It’s…
Is Britain's economic recovery still on track?
Compared with July, August’s GDP boost looks much healthier — but that’s not saying much. Originally thought to have stagnated…
Why is British Airways banning ‘ladies and gentlemen’?
British Airways is dropping ‘ladies and gentlemen’ from its announcements. In the name of diversity and inclusion, the airline has…
Cummings throws a spanner in the Brexit works
Is Dominic Cummings about to derail the government’s plans for a new Northern Ireland protocol? That’s the concern inside government as Boris…
The ECJ's credibility is in tatters
Is the European Court of Justice (ECJ) a properly independent court? The damning verdict of two respected EU law academics…
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.…
