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Why Boris was so reluctant to cancel his India trip
Just a few hours after Boris Johnson confirmed that his trip to India had been postponed, the country has been placed…
China's belt and road to nowhere
Sinoscepticism is on the rise in Parliament, with China’s controversial ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ increasingly being the subject of attention…
Two spies, an explosion, and the new Czech rift with Russia
‘Putin is a murderer,’ read the signs carried by protestors outside the Russian Embassy in Prague on Sunday. On Saturday…
Why Scotland loves Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon has two houses and they could hardly be more different. Her official residence, Bute House, in the heart…
Why are politicians picking on the football Super League?
The collective gasp of outrage – led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson – at the decision of a few wealthy…
Why Sinn Fein can't really apologise for the IRA's atrocities
What are we to make of Sinn Fein’s latest experiment with the language of regret when it comes to the…
What the withdrawal from Afghanistan says about us
When the Secretary General of Nato announced last week that all alliance troops were to be withdrawn from Afghanistan, it…
British pubs have been pushed to the brink
A long time ago, a seasoned old hack gave me some wise words of advice: never to trust anyone who…
The notorious MTG
As I walk toward Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s office, I notice a large flag and sign opposing one another across the…
Need we fear a third wave after lockdown ends?
When Boris Johnson revealed his roadmap out of lockdown at the end of February he promised a ‘one way road…
What Yoshihide Suga wants from Joe Biden
Age matters in Japan, so when Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (73) sat down for talks with President Biden (78), deference…
The music at the heart of the Duke's funeral
Every detail of today’s funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is likely to be pored over in the days…
Scottish Greens are Sturgeon’s solar-powered sock puppets
When Scottish Green Party co-leader Lorna Slater urges people to vote as if ‘their future depends on it’, she’s not…
A stripped-down tribute to a century of service
It was a stripped-down service, pared back to its essentials by a prince and by a pandemic. Covid-19 shrunk the…
An open letter from Christian leaders concerning vaccine passports
Dear Prime Minister, As Christian leaders across a range of denominations, we continue to pray at this time for your…
The return of Tory sleaze?
‘It’s the return of Tory sleaze’: so said Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. His was an assertion…
How to apply for a post-truth position
Anyone over the age of 35 would be advised to hire a translator before rifling through the jobs section of…
How Boris eclipsed Cameron
Remember the days when David Cameron was the sleek young prime minister who had brought to an end 13 years…
The islanders who met their god – Prince Philip
Some time around 2006 my then flatmate, a filmmaker, had a good idea: why not make a programme of reverse…
The EU needs to stop playing politics with law
The Lugano convention – part of a tapestry of complicated international law agreements ensuring the courts of one country recognise…
A tale of two Afghanistan withdrawals
President Joe Biden announced this week that he was pulling all remaining American troops out of Afghanistan by September 11…
Sturgeon's foreign policy power grab
There is certainly a lot to catch the eye in the SNP’s manifesto published on Thursday. If you look you…
The Northern Ireland Protocol is untenable
The process that delivered us the Northern Ireland Protocol already seems to have been rewritten in official memory. It suits…
What happened when the trans mob came for Robert Webb?
Robert Webb is best known for making people laugh, but he conducted himself with poise and grace when he was…
Biden’s UN flambassador
The US federal government may very well be the most complex human undertaking in existence, an immortal leviathan with millions…
