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Covid cases have collapsed
Last month, Imperial College’s React study claimed that new cases of Covid were static or even rising slightly. This contradicted…
Facebook has called the Australian media’s bluff
In 2021, it’s not uncommon to hope that everyone involved in an argument can lose, or to suspect that pretty…
Keir Starmer is attacking a Tory party that no longer exists
There has been a bit of a commentariat pile-on against Starmer in the last couple of weeks; not just from…
Of course there's a free speech crisis on campus
A free speech crisis on campus? Apparently, it’s a myth, concocted by right-wing commentators and latched on to by a…
There is something rotten in Scottish politics
It is now two years since Nicola Sturgeon accepted the need for a parliamentary inquiry into how, and why, her…
Unionists should work with the Irish Taoiseach
Sinn Fein is not a normal political party. Don’t take my word for it, the charge is laid by the…
Why Eastern Europe is looking to Russia and China for vaccines
With Central and Eastern European countries still gripped by Covid-19, the EU’s slow vaccine rollout has offered little solace in…
Joe Biden is still auditioning
Someone needs to tell Joe Biden he is the President of the United States. Yesterday he made his first real…
Rush Limbaugh, conservative rebel
‘The cutting edge of societal evolution.’ That was one of Rush Limbaugh’s catchphrases in the 1990s, and it was an…
Roger Stone: the New York Times is smearing me again
The New York Times is using guilt by association to imply that I was somehow involved in or had advanced knowledge of…
Rush Limbaugh was a giant of talk radio
The news of Rush Limbaugh’s death is certainly the end of an era. The voice of conservatism for over three…
Labour’s damning silence on Brexit
The Labour party has updated the old metaphysical question: ‘If a tree falls in a forest and no one is…
The danger of the work from home revolution
The work-from-home (WFH) revolution has clearly won hearts and minds. According to KPMG and the Financial Services Skills Commission, half…
Consequences for Cuomo?
In a matter of two weeks, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s reputation has slid from that of smug Emmy Award winner to…
What's behind Japan's vaccine scepticism?
Japan finally began its Covid-19 vaccination programme this week after a consignment of 60,000 vials arrived by charter flight from…
Dutch descend into curfew chaos
Police were ready and supermarkets closed their doors, but on Tuesday evening it was unclear if a controversial curfew in…
The EU is struggling to poach the City's business
The latest salvos have been fired in the EU’s battle to drain the City of London’s financial business. Brussels –…
Macron is using Islam to outmanoeuvre Le Pen
There was a rally in Paris on Sunday at which a couple of hundred protestors vented their anger at the…
Major Jewish groups split over Biden’s anti-Israel staffers
‘I’m actually frightened,’ says Morton Klein. This is surprising: Morton Klein is supposed to be fearless. He’s the president of…
CNN is complicit in the Cuomo COVID cover-up
Last week, the homepage of CNN announced that ‘The story keeps getting worse for Andrew Cuomo on COVID-19.’ The story, penned…
Does the SNP really want to copy Norway's gender revolution?
Five years ago, in June 2016, Norway allowed anyone to change their legal gender. Legislative Decree 71 was everything that…
What Starmer can learn from Miliband's mug
Since becoming Labour leader, Keir Starmer has single-mindedly been trying to persuade red wall voters that Labour is ‘patriotic’, just like…
Bryan Fogel on turning Jamal Khashoggi’s murder into a film
Bryan Fogel seems to have done it all. It’s hard to think of a showbiz figure with a more varied…
How did an enigma like Theresa May become PM?
Theresa May is not the easiest person to speak to in Westminster. She is reluctant to get drawn into a…
Is Boris Johnson opening the way for vaccine passports?
The government’s position on vaccine passports is a cause of continuing intrigue. Although Downing Street has insisted on several occasions…
