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Michel Barnier's Brexity manifesto
It seems Michel Barnier has undergone something of a transformation in recent months. Gone is the starry-eyed Eurocrat who decried…
The Church of England is missing a trick on climate change
Justin Welby urges us, echoing Deuteronomy, to ‘choose life’, so that our children may live. It is an apt use…
Terf war reignites at Guardian HQ
Few issues divide the Guardian’s right-on journalists more than transgender rights. Back in November its longtime columnist Suzanne Moore was purged after…
Beware the Texas abortion law
For a people supposedly united by their great and abiding love of freedom, the pandemic year has been an interesting…
Is it finally Time’s Up for grifting women’s groups?
Eva Longoria. Shonda Rhimes. Jurnee Smollett. Ashley Judd. Those names might sound like the makings of a new Netflix original…
The West's Islamist capitulation
On Monday, Tony Blair addressed a military think tank in London and stated that the West should continue to intervene…
Even Tories should be wary of Gove's election stitch-up
Conservative politicians appear willing to revolt on every issue: tax rises, China, lockdowns. But on the accumulation of power by…
Tory MPs back Boris's tax hike
As expected, this evening the Commons approved the 1.25 per cent increase in National Insurance, with 319 votes in favour…
When will the DUP realise the truth about the Tory Brexit strategy?
Are the Tories serious about getting rid of the troublesome Northern Ireland Protocol? The latest extension to the so-called grace period –…
Boris should keep copying Blair
Having written here at least once before that Boris Johnson is the heir to Blair, my first thought on the Prime…
The rise and rise of Rishi Sunak
When Victoria Beckham noticed that her husband David had developed a winning way, not just with her but with almost…
Did Chinese fentanyl kill Michael K. Williams?
Did Chinese-manufactured fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, kill Michael Kenneth Williams, the man who played ‘Omar’ in The Wire? Within minutes…
Why I'm boycotting a festival of ideas
What’s the one idea that can’t be debated at a festival of ideas? The answer, it turns out, is the…
Sturgeon pushes for independence (again)
It’s Groundhog Day in Holyrood. Amid criticisms about her administration’s underwhelming ‘Programme for Government,’ Nicola Sturgeon has returned to her…
Mr Speaker is right to give scruffy MPs a dressing down
MPs are making their way back to Parliament with an order from Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle ringing in their ears.…
Congress got mad about Afghanistan 20 years too late
Nearly a week after the last American C-17 flew out of Kabul, the Biden administration remains in the middle of…
Our Handmaid’s Tale hysteria
If you read one book this fall, make it The Handmaid’s Tale TV show. And then don’t read another book,…
Five more lowlights from Australia's Covid fight
It was less than a fortnight ago that Steerpike wrote of Australia’s various missteps in its long fight with Covid.…
Is the UK trapped in an inflationary spiral?
Are we heading for a 1970s-style inflationary spiral? Not according to Catherine Mann, former chief economist at Citigroup, who argues…
Emma Raducanu can save tennis
Something perfect at the death of summer: Emma Raducanu in full flight, smoking winners up the lines and progressing without…
Why didn't Tory MPs oppose Boris's tax hike?
Boris Johnson has just announced his plans to increase National Insurance by 1.25 per cent for both workers and employers…
Boris and Priti can't blame France for the Channel migrant crisis
The sun is beating down again, the waves are less choppy in the English Channel and the small boats full…
How the fight against terror in Afghanistan will change
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the West entered a new age: it was the era of the ‘shadow…
Why Johnson's tax gamble will pay off
Boris Johnson’s announcement today, promising he will fix the £15 billion hole in health and social care, may well be…
Can Johnson win round his social care critics?
Is Boris Johnson’s social care plan about to sail through the House of Commons? Today the Prime Minister will unveil the…
