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Layla Moran will kill off the Lib Dems. But I still want her to win
Make no mistake: Layla Moran’s Lib Dem leadership platform is terrible. She wants to scrap Ofsted, stop publishing league tables of…
Why I'm glad Boris and Starmer are sitting out the trans rights war
I’m starting to think that Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer have quite similar views about the politics of trans rights,…
Why Covid cases in England aren’t actually rising
The government has restricted the movements of millions of people in England because Covid is apparently on the rise. But…
Covid-19 and the twilight of Britain and France
Is Covid accelerating the eclipse of France and the UK as ‘great powers’? For over two centuries Paris and London…
Taxi cabs are New York’s right-wing safe spaces on wheels
Conservatives in a place like New York — squirming daily beneath the iron heel of a newly hawkish progressive minority…
How to travel in the captivity of your home
We can’t travel with ease anywhere, anymore. First it was Spain, now Luxembourg is the latest holiday spot to require…
The government's new concern: winter is coming
It is remarkable to think that just 15 days ago, Boris Johnson was setting out a plan to end all…
Should the Russia Report have relied on Christopher Steele?
When the Intelligence and Security Committee’s (ISC) Russia Report was finally published last week, the name of one person who…
A look into the post-RBG world of American politics
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is in the hospital — again. The 87-year-old has overcome many health concerns while…
Is Scotland changing the law on gender by stealth?
It’s not often that feminists threaten legal action over plans to increase women’s representation on public boards, so the Scottish…
Who deserves a funeral?
No one would argue that Rep. John Lewis doesn’t deserve a proper memorial. He was a civil rights icon and…
Welcome to authoritarian Hong Kong
The national security law in Hong Kong has been passed for just over a month, but the scope of Beijing’s…
Boris Johnson pauses lockdown easing
After deciding over the weekend to impose a two-week quarantine on Britons returning from Spain, Boris Johnson has pulled the…
MPs are starting to question the local lockdown strategy
Boris Johnson’s policy of local lockdowns will no doubt come under increased scrutiny after new restrictions were imposed on Greater Manchester and parts of East…
Four main takeaways from the House’s Big Tech antitrust sideshow
Here’s a terrifying thought: Mark Zuckerberg is the only person in Silicon Valley that the political and intellectual right can…
Three hours to prepare for a local lockdown
My weekend plans have somewhat been ruined by Matt Hancock tonight. The government has announced new lockdown restrictions for over…
Jackson Carlaw’s successor and the fight to save the Union
The Scottish Conservatives are now in crisis. Jackson Carlaw has resigned six months into his leadership and less than a…
Riots for thee, but not for me
A funny thing happened on the way to the riots. Left-wing revolutionaries discovered ‘NIMBY!’ — Not In My Backyard. The…
Has Trump turned you into a masochist?
Welcome back to the Red Room, Democrats. On Thursday morning President Trump fired off a stream of consciousness tweet tinkering…
Why we can't just break up Big Tech
Yesterday was a historic day for Big Tech. For the first time, the CEOs of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple…
Trump’s election delay tweet smacks of desperation
Donald Trump’s tweet mooting an election delay isn’t a sign of strength but weakness. Maybe he’ll say it was just…
Trump’s troop move is a 21st-century strategy
Why should the United States prop up the defense of Germany, the richest country in Europe — and against Russia,…
Network Rail’s cowardly JK Rowling decision
I ❤ JK Rowling. There, now I’m a hate-monger, too. A digital advert reading just that — ‘I ❤ JK…
The rise of Dutch Euroscepticism
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has taken on the mantle of ‘Dr No’ across the capitals of Europe after he took a…
No, Trump can’t delay the election
While cries of ‘authoritarian dictator’ have been lobbied at the President by America’s progressives over the past three and a…
