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How the Sputnik vaccine brought down Slovakia’s Prime Minister
March was a dark month for Slovakia. Covid cases and deaths in the country were among the highest in Europe,…
Will Lindsay get his chariot back?
As Speaker, John Bercow could never be accused of underselling his position. During his tenure the diminutive parliamentarian attracted criticism…
Bangladesh could pay for failing to crack down on its Islamist threat
Bangladesh turned 50 last week and the country has much to celebrate. Having inherited a dismal GDP growth rate of…
Beijing's cruel attempt to stop fleeing Hongkongers
The Chinese Communist party regime likes to portray itself as the new superpower, displaying its strength on the world stage.…
Is Macron the new Trump?
For the last three months journalists across the world have been missing the curious mix of bombast, arrogance, untruths and showmanship…
Gove hints at vaccine passport app
It wasn’t so long ago that ministers were lining up on broadcast to insists vaccine passports were out of the…
The dark heart of the cladding scandal has been exposed
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has exposed the dark heart of the building safety crisis in recent weeks, as it examined…
Has the school co-educational 'experiment' failed?
Reading these reports of what has been happening in some co-educational public schools, it’s clear that the trend began way back…
Boris Johnson's vaccine problem
On the day that people are finally allowed to gather in groups of six outside, tennis games get underway and wild…
When does the media cover a horrific crime?
What makes a tragic death a major news story? The races of the perpetrators and the victims, of course. As…
In praise of David Lammy, a true Englishman
David Lammy, the shadow justice secretary, has been doing his LBC radio phone-in show. If you believe LBC, he has…
The Batley Grammar school row is the perfect jihadist recruitment tool
As controversy continues to rage after pupils were shown an image of the prophet Muhammad by a teacher at Batley Grammar School,…
The Sun sets on toxic masculinity
The Sun newspaper has been on an interesting journey in recent years, ditching its page three girls, drawing up a…
The next stage of the EU’s coronavirus meltdown
Debts would be shared. The strong would offer a helping hand to the weak. Money would be raised at incredibly…
European nations are reasserting themselves
All but the most hardened Remainer will admit that the EU’s vaccine rollout has been poor. Up against the UK’s…
Cambridge comes unstuck on Winnie the Pooh
Oh dear. Over the weekend, Cambridge University’s Twitter account celebrated the graduation of its most recent cohort with some pearls…
How to cancel someone
Cancel culture, I’m sure you’ve heard, is everywhere. Not a day goes by without some sorry sap being caught out…
Why the West should stop investing in China
The Prime Minister has called for an international coalition of free countries to oppose the growing influence of China’s authoritarian…
The EU's decline is self-inflicted
In 1991, at the height of the first Gulf War, the EU demonstrated to the world its divisions and helplessness,…
TikTok's fake news problem
Something troubling is happening on TikTok. The video sharing app is sometimes dismissed as a place where young people go…
Zoomers like me don't realise how lucky we are
For millennials like me, talkin’ ’bout our generation usually involves complaining. We Generation Zs – or zoomers – can’t seem…
Winchester University's Greta Thunberg statue is a shameless PR stunt
Winchester University’s decision to splash £24,000 on a life-sized statue of Greta Thunberg – who needless to say, has zero…
Why Gen-Z is turning its back on the BBC
Do 16-34 year olds still watch terrestrial TV? More importantly, will they still be watching in a year’s time when…
Is the United Kingdom still one nation?
Is Britain a nation? If you’re trying to maintain the United Kingdom — or destroy it for that matter —…
Nigel Farage is destroying his own legacy
How’s this for a terrible confession? There has always been a small part of me that admires Nigel Farage. As…
