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Neil Ferguson's Indian variant optimism: 'the curves are flattening'
Amid much gloom in Westminster over the threat posed by the new Covid Indian variant, Mr S was intrigued to…
Germany's growing extremism problem
On 2 June 2019, a German politician was found lying in a pool of blood outside his home in Hesse.…
Andy Burnham is Labour's king over the water
There are few things so perilous for an under-performing opposition leader as the emergence of a ‘king over the water’.…
Biden’s bogey
President Joe Biden hit the golf course for the second time since taking office on Sunday, continuing something of an…
The fatal flaw in the Covid travel restrictions
Here are two Covid questions, thrown up by the rate at which the Indian variant is infecting parts of the…
Through the Keirhole: Starmer plots TV drama
Pitch: a struggling politician eager to make his mark. He’s 10 points behind in the polls, leading a fractitious party and struggling…
British MPs are finally engaging with the gender identity debate
I used to write a lot about sex and gender here. I don’t do so quite as much these days…
Boris must stand up to farmers – and back the Australia trade deal
Farms will be devastated. The countryside will be ruined. And we will all be forced to eat weird food that…
The decline and fall of the Associated Press
Once, long ago, in a land far away, the best journalists tried to stand aloof from the stories they reported.…
Bill Gates isn’t a creep. He’s a beta.
Won’t you spare a thought for poor William Henry Gates III? For most of America, the collapse of one’s marriage…
Bibi is back
Is Benjamin Netanyahu’s time up? A fortnight ago, it seemed so. Netanyahu’s mandate for forming a coalition expired. The opportunity was handed instead…
Greens team up with Tories to kill the 'progressive alliance'
There has been much talk in recent years about the prospect of a so-called ‘progressive alliance’ coming together to lock…
Richard Dawkins' views on Down's syndrome aren't a surprise
Irish radio host Brendan O’Connor is not interested in having an emotional discussion. He’s just curious: if a man of…
Liz Cheney has lost her fight against Trump but might win the war
When Liz Cheney, the single US House Representative for the state of Wyoming, was sacked as chair of the Republican…
Mad money
‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself,’ said Franklin D. Roosevelt famously, at his first inauguration in the depths…
The world's unluckiest anti-racist: Corbyn's greatest hits
Rallies for Palestine were held across the country this weekend which meant of course a starring role for one Jeremy…
Sweden, Covid and lockdown – a look at the data
Over the last year, the debate about lockdown has been driven to extremes – everyone has, by now, made up their…
The rapid rise of Pascal Blanchard, Macron’s favourite diversity tsar
In October last year Emmanuel Macron had a long list of around 300 to 500 names drawn up. These were no…
Is it time for Keir Starmer to forget about uniting his party?
Campaigning to become Labour leader last year, Keir Starmer said Harold Wilson was his favourite party leader of the last…
Glasgow's immigration raid stand-off is nothing to celebrate
The rule of law is very simple: it means ‘everyone must obey the law’. Last year, much hay was made…
Hamas's rockets are killing Palestinians too
Israel’s military action in Gaza is widely reported daily across the world. Images of hundreds of rockets lighting up the…
Boris's levelling up risks leaving behind London
Boris Johnson’s plan to ‘level up’ Britain sounds long overdue. It implies the creation of a less geographically unequal United…
How Canada will conquer the US
It’s difficult to get people to take the idea of Canadian world domination seriously, and I admit the notion snuck…
Is the Indian Covid variant more dangerous that other strains?
Does the Indian variant of Sars-CoV-2, B1.617.2, have the capacity to escape vaccines? Is it really more transmissible than the…
Prince Harry: America’s free speech protection is 'bonkers'
Much has been written here in the UK about Prince Harry’s Thursday appearance on Hollywood actor Dax Shepard’s ‘Armchair Expert’ podcast.…
