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Beijing is quietly challenging Brussels
The new agreement between China and the US on climate change, announced this week, contained the usual worthy overtures. Both…
Can Biden bring relations with Russia back from the brink?
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov delivered a depressing assessment on the state of U.S.-Russia relations earlier this month. While holding…
There's nothing wrong with foreign owned football
Many are blaming the failed European Super League on foreign owners, presenting it as a greed fuelled attempt by overseas…
How to dip into political philosophy
Beneath the polarised political spats that characterise our national conversation, there is a surprising degree of consensus between left and right…
The collapse of the Brexit scare stories
The collapse in UK-EU trade after 1 January was widely reported. What has not been reported nearly as much is…
How fair was the Derek Chauvin trial?
The jury rendered guilty verdicts on all three charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin — second-degree murder, third-degree…
Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd’s murder
Former police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Jurors deliberated for ten hours before…
Biden blunders by weighing in on the Chauvin trial
President Biden made an outrageous error on Tuesday when he decided to opine on the pending verdict in the trial…
The two elites squeezing the life out of football
So, all of a sudden the chattering classes care about football fans? Yesterday, the kind of people who usually wring…
Black African lives should matter too
The treatment of black people, particularly by law enforcement, has become a principal point of protest in the western world.…
Boris scraps daily White House-style briefings
Boris Johnson has axed plans for televised White House-style press conferences. The announcement came six months after Allegra Stratton was unveiled…
Why we need a new Act of Union — and what to put in it
For the last century the United Kingdom has regarded itself as a voluntary union of four home nations. Consent, rather…
India’s selective Covid crackdown
India’s Covid crisis is raging out of control. Over the past two months, the country has witnessed a staggering ten-fold increase in infections.…
What Walter Mondale meant
Walter Mondale, who has died aged 93, is destined to be a trivia question: ‘which die-hard liberal did Reagan beat…
Why Sikhs are worried about the Indianapolis mass shooting
Last week, the New York Times mapped the location and number of casualties of mass shootings that have occurred on US…
Has the shine come off Saint Jacinda?
For a short time it seemed as if Jacinda Ardern, the popular premier of New Zealand, could do no wrong…
Now even Richard Dawkins is cancelled by the humanists
For years, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins enjoyed the acclaim and approval heaped upon him by universities and institutes across the…
The race to riot
Americans now know to expect riots. Minnesota has been dreading more carnage for weeks as the Derek Chauvin trial approaches…
Why a 'Unionist alliance' will never work in Scotland
When a commentator first referred to the ‘Ulsterisation’ of Scottish politics, he was jumped on by people keen to take…
Sinn Fein's hollow 'apology' for Mountbatten's murder
Prince Philip’s death presented Sinn Fein with a particular challenge, given that the IRA murdered his beloved uncle. ‘I am…
Why Boris was so reluctant to cancel his India trip
Just a few hours after Boris Johnson confirmed that his trip to India had been postponed, the country has been placed…
China's belt and road to nowhere
Sinoscepticism is on the rise in Parliament, with China’s controversial ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ increasingly being the subject of attention…
Two spies, an explosion, and the new Czech rift with Russia
‘Putin is a murderer,’ read the signs carried by protestors outside the Russian Embassy in Prague on Sunday. On Saturday…
Why Scotland loves Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon has two houses and they could hardly be more different. Her official residence, Bute House, in the heart…
Why are politicians picking on the football Super League?
The collective gasp of outrage – led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson – at the decision of a few wealthy…
