World
Has Covid accelerated the cashless society?
Time is, I fear, running out. Running out, that is, to avoid handing to a small number of multinational corporations…
Why Boris is loved by the French
Boris Johnson is more popular in France than Emmanuel Macron, which might not be a high hurdle to overcome, since…
In defence of Naomi Osaka
‘Kawaisou’ or ‘wagamama’ (poor thing or spoiled brat)? That’s the question Japanese tennis fans have been asking ever since world number…
Who wants Biden’s massive budget?
President Joe Biden just proposed the largest budget (as a percentage of America’s economy) since the country was fighting Nazi…
How Denmark helped America spy on Sweden
A large, investigative collaboration between Scandinavian public service outlets and European newspapers such as Le Monde and Süddeutsche Zeitung has…
Why can't King's College academics cope with a photo of Prince Philip?
Librarians aren’t known for causing trouble. But at our elite universities, in the grip of an increasingly unhinged culture of…
Boris's media critics are missing the real story
The five most frustrating words a journalist can hear are: ‘This is not a story’. Over the years, I have…
Brexit Britain can capitalise on the breakdown in EU-Swiss talks
It is a leading player in finance, and it’s companies are giants in life sciences and consumer goods. There were…
The DUP has been broken by Brexit
Are we witnessing the end of the DUP as the dominant unionist party in Northern Ireland? Tumultuous events in Belfast in…
Boris, Carrie and the politics of weddings
Well! The PM’s nuptials have taken everyone unawares. And it’s hard not to feel that a small and informal wedding…
Lori Lightfoot ruins the CRT racket
Give some credit to Lori Lightfoot. She’s really good at wrecking things. When America’s most Innsmouth-ian politician took over Chicago…
How London became a hub for Hamas
As the dust settles over Gaza, and Israel’s Iron Dome sensors cool, minds inevitably turn to the lessons that can…
'There is no alternative': Why Boris will keep winning
Those of us who generally wish this Government well and consider Boris Johnson a preferable holder of the office of…
The SNP's latest separation blueprint is pure project fantasy
‘A SNP MSP has claimed an independent Scotland could guarantee a couple with children a minimum income of more than…
Boris marries Carrie
After Dominic Cummings’s seven-hour evidence session slating Boris Johnson and his ministers, it’s been a difficult few days of press…
There is no appetite for the Paul Ryan doctrine
After whispering a prayer to St Ronald Reagan, Paul Ryan rose to his feet, solemnly kissed his bible, Atlas Shrugged,…
The problem with Prince Harry's mental health drive
Has Prince Harry ever had a thought and not made it public? Are there feelings or emotions he has experienced…
All is rosy in the Downing Street garden
After Dominic Cummings’s explosive testimony on Wednesday, you might have thought special advisers in Downing Street would be spending the…
The catalogue of failures that allowed Usman Khan to kill
The inquest into the murder of Saskia Jones and Jack Merritt by Islamist terrorist Usman Khan has revealed a collision…
The BBC cannot survive many more scandals
The BBC is still investigating one of its journalists almost one week after it emerged she had tweeted ‘Hitler was…
Macron fiddles as France burns
In May 2017 Emmanuel Macron struck a regal pose as he strode across the esplanade of the Louvre to address…
Is awarding medals to Bomber Command heroes a wise idea?
Will the heroic members of Bomber Command, who played such a vital role for Britain during the Second World War,…
Patrisse Cullors will have the last laugh
Patrisse Cullors co-founded Black Lives Matter on faux victimhood. In her Thursday announcement that she would be resigning from the…
France is paying a heavy price for Macron's vaccine catastrophe
The United States is growing at such a blistering pace the Federal Reserve may have to raise interest rates. In…
Read: Carrie Symonds's barking mad letter
It has been a ruff time in No. 10 for poor old Dilyn the dog. Adopted in September 2019, the…
