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The final humiliation of Rudy Giuliani
Poor Rudy Giuliani. Kellyanne Conway has her daughter accusing her of abuse on TikTok, yet somehow Rudy may be the…
The human costs of an ‘Australian-style’ quarantine system
Richard Curtis’ iconic Love Actually airport scenes may fall on the wrong side of saccharine, but they capture something of…
Drinking my way through the Capitol riots
What would you do if the world was ending? I suppose I would be somewhere drinking. At least, that’s what…
Is this the key to understanding Covid immunity?
Just how strong an immunity do Covid patients develop after they have acquired the infection and how long does it…
Why we should worry about the censorship of the far left
There are many important, principled arguments for free speech. But one of the most convincing is purely tactical. Why empower…
Manchin of the moment
Joe Manchin could be the most powerful man in the Senate. The senior senator from West Virginia is the last…
No, Spike Lee: Donald Trump is not like Hitler
I wish people would stop comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Not because I’m worried about Trump’s feelings — he’s…
The rise of the super pessimist
Covid isn’t the only thing to have developed a dangerous strain in the UK; pessimism has also mutated and is…
Joe Biden is no Al Smith
January 20, 2021 saw Joe Biden become the second Catholic to be inaugurated as president. His installation was hailed by…
The EU’s vaccine catastrophe is a crisis of its own making
As news emerges that both Pfizer and AstraZeneca are cutting supplies of their Covid-19 vaccines to the EU by up…
The tragedy behind every Covid death
On a grey January morning, at a small, sparsely attended ceremony in a chapel in North London, we said goodbye…
Do Tories know the truth about Boris Johnson?
Exactly 40 years ago tomorrow, four Labour party grandees issued the Limehouse Declaration, signalling ‘the re-emergence of social democracy in…
Duterte Harry: why is he the Philippines' most popular ever leader?
If you thought Donald Trump was rude to journalists, hang on to your hats. Miffed by a journalist’s temerity in…
Rhodes shouldn't fall but Clive had to go
Tearing down statues and renaming places is all the rage. But acting in this way isn’t always a mistake. Take…
Protests for Navalny sweep Russia
The protests began in Vladivostok, on Russia’s Pacific coast, and spread Westwards across 85 cities across the country’s nine time…
Russians are daring to dream of life after Putin
Alexei Navalny, Russia’s leading opposition figure, demonstrated unfathomable courage in returning home after the Kremlin had poisoned him with Novichok.…
Word of the week: Sceptic
Definition: A person who questions the beliefs of others Lord Sumption, is a sceptic. The former Supreme Court judge has…
Spain's transgender wars are turning nasty
Lidia Falcón O’Neill is a legendary figure in Spanish politics. Half a century ago, she stood up to Franco as head of…
'Smart' motorways are an accident waiting to happen
If I could wave a wand and reverse just one government policy it would be the expansion of so-called ‘smart…
CNN is already running PR for the Biden admin
If you thought the thinly sourced stories from anonymous ‘administration officials’ would end once Trump left office, think again: CNN…
Joe Biden’s ‘harmony’ is curiously divisive
It is a truism that while it takes much time and patience to build up a civilization, those achievements can…
Has Covid killed the EU's dream of open borders?
‘All non-essential travel should be strongly discouraged both within the country and of course across borders,’ Ursula von der Leyen,…
Has the current wave peaked?
Yesterday, the news was dominated by Imperial College’s React study which suggested – in contrast to the fall in recorded…
Is it all over for the Tokyo Olympics?
Any long-term resident of Japan will know that ‘reading the air’, as the locals put it, is an essential skill…
Trump didn’t break America. Biden won’t fix America
One era ends; another begins. As J-Lo sang her patriotic wine-bar set at Joe Biden’s inaugural in Washington DC, the…
