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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…
Woke capitalism’s Texas showdown
We live in the wackiest of times, when woke corporate leaders should propagandize for promoting ‘racial equity’. They tried it…
Trudeau's Canada hit by Covid third wave
It was just two days ago that Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau was claiming in his country’s parliament that Britain was ‘facing a…
Why do Ben & Jerry’s want to defund the police?
The radicalisation of the Ben & Jerry’s PR department has been one of the stranger spectacles of recent years. After…
The royal redemption of Prince Andrew
Seventeen months is clearly long enough, as far as Prince Andrew is concerned, to spend in the royal wilderness. While…
Labour’s union trouble
It’s arguably been a good week for Labour, as the Tory party becomes more and more implicated in the Greensill…
How much of a threat is the South African variant?
For residents of six London boroughs, as well as those in Smethwick in the West Midlands, the partial relaxation of…
The SNP cannot win a mandate for indyref2
This week’s Holyrood election debate should not be allowed to pass without noting how it highlighted the dismal state of…
Big Tech bans people who discuss election fraud. That’s a bad idea
Big Tech really doesn’t want people to talk about alleged voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election. I warned that…
The strange death of the Democrats
The Democratic party is dying. That may be hard to believe since Democrats control both houses of Congress and won…
Merkel's radical lockdown plan could quickly backfire
In its flailing response to the Covid crisis, the German government appears to have finally given up on federalism. Angela…
How Star Trek can help beat the SNP
I’m a big fan of Star Trek. Something to do with being raised on a heavy diet of sci-fi, leading…
Sturgeon's hard border with England comes into view
When it comes to making the case for removing Scotland from its most important trading bloc, Nicola Sturgeon takes her…
Can Iran help keep King Bibi in power?
Benjamin Netanyahu has a problem: he doesn’t have sufficient support to form a coalition. With 20 days left to complete…
The Kremlin's strategy to undermine Britain
The past week has seen the war in Ukraine, which has been simmering for the last seven years, once more…
Myanmar is on the brink of civil war
For more than two months now Myanmar has been convulsed by a burgeoning civil war. The confrontation between the country’s…
