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Salmond's comeback is a pitiful sight
When Alex Salmond lost his seat at the 2017 general election, he finished his concession speech with a quotation from…
France accuses Britain of vaccine 'blackmail'
In some ways you have to admire the sheer shamelessness of the French government. To spend the start of the…
Why does China think it can bully backbench MPs like me?
Does the Chinese Communist Party understand how our parliamentary democracy works? The evidence from the last 24 hours suggests not.…
Underestimate Joe Biden at your peril
Talk about mojo! It was a calm, genial and persuasive Joe Biden that appeared before the press yesterday afternoon, easily…
Prince Albert's royal reprimand to the Sussexes
Oh dear. While the various bombshells Harry and Megahn rained down on the House of Windsor n their Oprah Winfrey…
MPs facing Chinese sanctions deserve our solidarity
The sanctions that China is imposing on various politicians, academics and think tanks in the democratic world are designed to…
The delightful humiliation of David Cameron
Say what you like about David Cameron, the man never stops trying to exceed expectations. I once thought that he’d…
REVEALED: the Pentagon’s amazingly silly anti-Russia meme
After 20 years, a peak of 100,000 troops and trillions spent, the American military was unable to defeat the Taliban…
A tame press conference for a lame president
Just a sec. Let me check my notes. Ah, right. Hurgh. ‘My message to the American people is: help is…
Joe Biden’s presidency is a reality TV series in a care home
Joe Biden is the face of the United States. But Joe Biden no longer looks like Joe Biden. And he…
Greece and Britain’s long history of fighting autocracy
As I write, it is mid-morning in Athens and fighter jets are roaring overhead. My windows rattle, the sky splinters,…
Sturgeon's rush for a referendum could backfire
The Holyrood election campaign kicks off with Nicola Sturgeon buoyed by James Hamilton’s report concluding that she did not break…
Can Priti Patel’s asylum shake-up help Britain take back control?
Every Home Secretary is forced to confront the cold political realities of the office. What they set out to deliver…
Merkel's blundering lockdown U-turn
During her 16 years in office, Angela Merkel has produced a couple of memorable sentences that will be imprinted into…
New poll gives Brexit a shot in the arm
On New Years’ Eve former Labour minister Andrew Adonis grandly declared on Twitter: ‘The campaign for Britain to rejoin Europe starts…
The EU’s vaccine grab breaches the rule of law
The EU is discussing confiscating and requisitioning private property. It is surprisingly brazen about this. The bloc is proposing both…
Has Britain learned from its failures in Afghanistan?
As the Americans prepare to leave Afghanistan, and in the UK we hold our own Defence Review, should we not…
Is AstraZeneca's Covid jab effective against the South African variant?
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been under attack ever since the results of its phase three trials were announced in December.…
Don’t count Bibi out just yet
Elections are supposed to settle things. That’s the idea, at least. Politicians argue, take decisions and pursue the policies they…
Prince Harry gets his second job in 24 hours
President Biden’s stimulus splurge is clearly working wonders, given the newfound desire of American companies to stuff dollars into Prince…
Prince Harry's new job is hardly 'public service'
At the tender age of 36, Prince Harry has got his first job since leaving the royal family. Congratulations to…
The case for a domestic abuse register
In the 12 months since the first lockdown, at least 112 women in the UK have been killed by men.…
If you must be white, try to be LGBTQ
Poor Colin Kahl. The Stanford professor is qualified, experienced, and shares President Biden’s views on defense and foreign policy. Ordinarily,…
Mass shootings and the presumption of whiteness
‘A lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.’ So said…
Boris tries to avoid a vaccine war
After France’s Europe Minister became the latest politician to threaten a vaccine export ban on the UK, Boris Johnson used today’s…
