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Missing Bob Dole in witless Washington
Bob Dole passed away this week, and according to the press coverage, he took with him an entire golden age…
Why shouldn’t conservatives ‘build their own Twitter’?
Taco Bell Patron in the year 2032: “What would you say if I called you a brutish fossil, symbolic of…
Boris takes his colleagues for fools
Is Boris Johnson really deploying a ‘diversionary tactic’ in announcing vaccine passports on the day he has had to perform…
What’s the evidence for England’s vaccine passports?
The Prime Minister has just announced Plan B. Working from home has been all but mandated and large venues —…
Durham students' Rod Liddle protest in pictures
After eighteen months of Covid, there were some who feared the age-old tradition of the campus leftie had died out.…
Stratton resigns – but the row isn't over
The row over the Downing Street ‘party’ has claimed its first victim. On Wednesday Allegra Stratton announced that she was…
PMQs: Boris's nadir
The bombshell at bay. That’s how Boris looked at today’s PMQs. Deflated, cornered, winded and lifeless. Gone were the chuckles…
CNN in crisis
Cockburn is finally allowed to travel internationally again and he is quite chapped that his airport bar bourbons will no…
No, the Downing Street party probably didn't break the law
Was the law broken at the Downing Street Christmas party last year? A video has now been leaked showing a No.…
Boris Johnson is eating reality
It is neither fair nor correct to say it was obvious from the moment Boris Johnson became Prime Minister that…
Will the public take Plan B seriously?
After holding strong for two weeks, fears over the Omicron variant look set to change the government’s course on Covid…
Boris throws his staff under the bus
What possible lines of defence could the Prime Minister come up with after the leaking of footage showing his Downing…
The decay at the heart of the civil service
That Britain no longer has the capability to maintain peace in Afghanistan other than as an appendage of the United…
'Partygate' is Boris's biggest crisis yet
In politics some rows gain potency from blowing up at a bad time. Some because of their symbolic power. Some because…
No. 10 in crisis over leaked Christmas party video
Downing Street is in crisis mode this morning following the publication of a leaked video showing senior No. 10 staff…
What Functional America wants
The United States is still rich enough to meet higher-order needs and call them entitlements. The decades-long response to race,…
The hidden victims of the South African shutdown
I sit in a National Park in South Africa, looking at an empty restaurant in which a robust staff, hired…
Watch: No. 10 staff joking about Downing Street Christmas party
Downing Street have spent the week trying to play down reports of a secret No. 10 party last Christmas when the rest of…
The Foreign Office isn’t fit for purpose
Now that the dust from the choppers has settled, we are left with two abiding images of the West’s adventure…
Parliament, not judges, should decide our laws
The British commentariat has not covered itself in glory in its reaction to Dominic Raab’s proposed reforms to judicial review.…
Gender is contentious. The BBC is pretending it isn't
The BBC has produced its annual 100 Women list, a showcase for women who have done interesting, important things. There’s…
Has Christine Lagarde just let slip the truth about the euro?
Ursula von der Leyen dispensing vaccines, with a halo over her head perhaps? Emmanuel Macron riding a tank to symbolise…
Durham University to probe Rod Liddle speech
The masters of Durham University have reacted with Olympian swiftness to the hysteria which greeted Rod Liddle’s dinner speech at…
Afghanistan: five shocking claims made by the Foreign Office whistleblower
Dominic Raab faced the media round from hell this morning. The former Foreign Secretary faced a series of questions about…
Pope blasts 'Nazi dictatorship' EU
With England and France feuding, Russia mobilising and Brussels incurring the wrath of Rome, it all feels a bit 1530 in…
