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Boris's China plan is a missed opportunity
From Brexit to China, ‘cakeism’ – the idea that it is possible to govern without making hard choices – appears…
Support for Merkel's party is crumbling
On Sunday, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) suffered a historic election defeat in their former heartlands of…
Tucker Carlson is the new Trump — because there is nobody else
‘Tucker Carlson is the new Donald Trump.’ So said CNN’s Brian Stelter on his Sunday program, Reliable Sources. Stelter was…
We shouldn’t forget the horrific crimes of Isis returnees
Summer 2015. A five-year-old girl is chained up and left outside in the desert sun in Fallujah, Iraq – a…
In defence of Charlie Hebdo's 'racist royals' cover
Amid the ongoing fallout from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s explosive Oprah interview, Charlie Hebdo seems to have done the…
Not all Americans are on Team Meghan
The press is awash with reports of the disgust and distaste of the American public towards the UK, in particular…
Is the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine safe? A doctor's view
One of the few positives to have come out of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the remarkable speed at which…
Scottish Tories must be more than the angry party of no
Among the many challenges facing Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross has been the question of definition. It is difficult to…
Inside the £2.9 million Downing Street press room
This afternoon ITV got the scoop they were all after – pictures of the elusive Downing Street press conference room. The…
The twisted logic of Shamima Begum's defenders
Shamima Begum is back in the news. Firstly because she’s had a makeover. She can be seen on the front…
Is Europe punishing Britain for its vaccine success?
Is it health and safety — or grubby EU vs Brexit politics? That’s the guessing game going on all the…
Will Boris Johnson take responsibility for the Union?
Even for a virtual party conference, Boris Johnson’s speech to the Scottish Tories was a muted affair. As might be…
The problem with Facebook's 'Supreme Court'
He might now be one of the most powerful men in global media, but I find whenever I see a…
Andrew Cuomo: the Princess Di of the Plague
Over the weekend, the two-hundred-and-forty-second woman to accuse Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment came forward. That number is no less…
Was the Clapham Common vigil unsafe? A look at the data
After facing widespread political condemnation, the Metropolitan Police has defended its handling of the Clapham Common vigil on public health grounds. …
Women have lost faith in the Metropolitan police
Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive living in Brixton, and a ‘wonderful daughter and sister’, was killed earlier this month.…
Mark Drakeford’s men-only curfew would break international law
Politicians, including Baroness Jones of the Green Party and Mark Drakeford, who is the Labour leader in Wales, have spoken…
The Met badly mishandled the Clapham Common vigil
A vigil was held last night on Clapham Common to both honour the memory of Sarah Everard and to protest…
Ruth Davidson’s exit reveals Scottish Tories’ independence secret
Ruth Davidson has used her final speech to the Scottish Conservative conference to appeal to pro-Union voters. In a video…
Clive Myrie, the BBC and the trouble with Ofcom
Ofcom’s tight grip on current affairs broadcasts has been likened by some observers to a choking collar. Clive Myrie, one of…
After Covid, get ready for the Great Acceleration
Before the pandemic struck, there was talk of a ‘Great Stagnation’ – the idea that the world economy was doomed…
Jordan Peterson and the cult of tidiness
The world is obsessed with clutter. Today, untidiness is seen as a moral failure and messy people are cast as…
Why is going to Oxford being held against me?
Should going to Oxford be held against you? In my experience, some employers think it should. A month before the…
Vogue declares war on ‘niggling’
In the wake of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview, much American commentary has been focused on the beastly British tabloid…
Boris, Biden and the era of big government
Bill Clinton’s declaration that ‘the era of big government is over’ summed up the late 1990s political zeitgeist. Centre-left political…
