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Hunter Biden’s Beautiful Things is an ugly piece of fiction
Biden is dishonest. His memory is shot. He’s an influence-peddler pretending to be a victim, a lifelong exploiter of his…
Tony Sewell’s race report critics are guilty of gaslighting
The Sewell Report on Race and Ethnic Disparities is courageous, thoughtful and measured. Its relative optimism has triggered a torrent…
Why we should apply common sense to Covid regulations
Footage of a police officer interrupting the Good Friday liturgy to disperse and send home the congregation of a Polish…
Macron's Napoleon complex
May 5th this year will be the two hundredth anniversary of Napoleon’s death on Saint Helena, the tiny island in…
Sadiq Khan's victory could be bad news for Labour
Let’s take a look into a political crystal ball: it is Friday 7 May and a beaming Sadiq Khan is…
Keir Starmer’s church trip backfires
Monday will officially mark a ‘Year of Keir’ as Starmer celebrates the first anniversary of his election as Labour leader.…
Please Twitter, stop playing ‘Guess the Killer’s Race’
Another day, another killing in America, another depressingly instant social-media argument over the perpetrator’s skin color. This time a man…
Everyone is a libertarian at the end of a pandemic
There are lots of libertarians at the end of a pandemic — and for good reason. For more than a…
Do critics of the race report have any actual arguments?
I guess the authors of the Commission on Racial and Ethnic Disparities didn’t agree to the job for a quiet…
Talking down vaccines is a short-sighted tactic
How strange to have spent a year in a world where to hug someone outside of your household is not…
London's mayoral race is a warning to Tories nationwide
The London Mayoral election is more of a procession than a race. The only real question is whether Sadiq Khan…
Backlash builds over vaccine passports
As Boris Johnson prepares to deliver an update on Monday on government plans for immunity passports and international travel, the Prime Minister…
Why Muslims like me are worried about the Batley protests
To some, the persecution of a schoolteacher who showed his pupils a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed may seem like…
The economic case for the Union isn't enough
There is a certain kind of critic of independence who hears the news that public funding for Scotland is 30…
A handy guide to flags
The Union Jack is back. No TV interview with a government minister is complete without a flag and their departments have…
Isis’s weakness is now its strength
As coronavirus swept the globe a year ago, Isis began issuing pronouncements. ‘God, by his will, sent a punishment to…
Could the Sputnik vaccine end Russia’s rift with the West?
Accounts differ. But it would appear that during a wide-ranging conference call earlier this week, the leaders of France and…
Boris has a trump card in denying Sturgeon an 'illegal' referendum
Amidst all the dry economic arguments, one of the more emotive fronts on which the 2016 referendum was fought was…
Britain's Covid baby bust is bleak news
These are lean times for hospitality and retail. But at least pubs and shops have their champions, popping up on…
Biden’s bait-and-switch presidency
Joe Biden was elected as a moderate-left Democrat, but he is not governing as one. He pledged repeatedly to work…
Ben Smith gifts Harper’s best subs week ever
Say what you want about the sickness of cancel culture, it can be great for business. Nothing rallies paying readers…
Why is New Zealand afraid of criticising China?
It is becoming harder and harder to ignore China’s aggressive behaviour. As I say in the magazine this week, China…
Pfizer trial finds vaccine ‘100% effective’ against South African variant
Pfizer and BioNTech have released some extraordinary findings from a Phase 3 trial involving 46,307 participants, between seven days and…
The problem with our hate crime laws
We have a long experience of dealing with hate crime in Britain. In 1958 nine Teddy boys armed themselves with…
Macron's latest lockdown fiasco
On New Year’s Eve, Emmanuel Macron promised France an economic revival by the Spring. Cancel that. Instead, as the intensive…
