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Keir Starmer's fundamental problem
Half a century ago, Willie Whitelaw accused Harold Wilson of ‘going around the country stirring up apathy’. I can think…
The Italians are deluding themselves about the English
Not content with winning Euro 2020, many Italians have spent the days since the final engaged in a febrile orgy…
The EU will regret its legal onslaught against Poland
When European governments openly disobey courts, ears prick up. When two courts simultaneously contradict each other on the same day…
Colin Pitchfork should die in jail
Colin Pitchfork, the child rapist and murderer who was sentenced to life in prison in 1988, will soon be a…
Has Boris got cold feet over ‘freedom day’?
A very strange ‘freedom day’ greets us on Monday. Legally, almost all restrictions will be lifted. But practically, ministers are…
Afghanistan: give peace a chance
The American war in Afghanistan is over. In the predawn hours of July 2, US troops slunk away from Bagram…
The rule of law is breaking down in the EU
There are 27 member states in the EU. Two have now declared they are not bound by EU law. Based…
A salt and sugar tax doesn’t make much sense
What is the point of the National Food Strategy? When Henry Dimbleby was hired as Britain’s ‘food tsar’ several years…
The constant Democratic existential crises
The Democratic party boasts so many heroes, it’s sometimes hard to keep up. Recently, Rep. Andy Kim revealed that he…
Revealed: The SNP strategy for a second independence vote
A new leaflet from the SNP says another referendum on independence is ‘an issue of basic democracy’ and that Boris…
Is London being ‘levelled down’ already?
In his ‘levelling up’ speech in Coventry this week, the Prime Minister insisted time and again that this was no…
Starmer's youth wing backs Cuban dictatorship
Oh dear. Having squeaked home in the Batley by-election and with the summer recess less than a week away, Sir…
The EU's Brexit bill doesn't add up
A dozen hospitals. A hundred million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and a lot more of the Oxford one. Or…
Whitty's lockdown warning will trouble Boris
In a Science Museum webinar yesterday, Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, warned about the increasing number of people in…
The Marcus Rashford mural – an anatomy of a moral panic
Late on Sunday night, less than an hour after England lost on penalties to Italy in the European championship final,…
Glenn Greenwald: America First conservatives shouldn’t support unrest in Cuba
Glenn Greenwald wants right-wing populists to understand that the CIA is not their friend. On Sunday thousands of Cubans swarmed…
In defence of levelling up
Modern pragmatist political leaders are generally keen to reassure us that there is a unifying philosophy to be found running…
Abortion should not be a party-political issue
It’s the culture, stupid. The economy no longer governs voters’ choices. When I was making videos around the US to…
Why are Labour MPs excusing Cuba’s authoritarian regime?
Thousands have taken to the streets in Cuba this week to protest against the authoritarian government that rules over them.…
The rise of the unwhippable Tories
When the government announced a Commons vote on its decision to cut the foreign aid budget from 0.7 per cent…
The uninspiring choice facing German voters
The gloves are off in Germany’s electoral race. As personal insults are traded and skeletons dragged from their closets, even…
Does the Green party care more about trans rights than the environment?
Our planet is in a mess. Ice caps are melting and the glaciers are retreating. This summer in Canada, the…
Why Israel is rolling-out third vaccine doses
It’s time to think about your third Covid vaccine dose. That might sound like a premature suggestion when many people…
Britain is a tolerant country and a few football racists don't change that
The racist messages sent to England football players in recent days are shameful, but to suggest that the UK is a festering hotbed…
Tucker blames Trump for 2020 election loss
Tucker Carlson has never shied from diverging with the GOP orthodoxy. In a recent interview with the prestigious Swiss magazine…
