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The hypocrisy of Turkey and Pakistan's Islamophobia claims
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a sucker for conquest symbolism. As Covid-19 restrictions were being eased this year, he ensured that…
Meghan Markle puts on her big girl pants
Meghan Markle was the keynote speaker for the virtual Girl Up Leadership Summit on Tuesday. In her first major speaking…
Source: ‘Dozens of instances of bullying and harassment’ at New York Times
‘Bari Weiss’s letter was tame,’ a New York Times insider tells me. ‘She could have named names. She could have said,…
What is the point of the New York Times?
Earlier today, Bari Weiss resigned from the New York Times and published a devastating letter of resignation on her website…
It’s not all good news on Huawei
As with any mobile phone deal, the devil is in the small print – and that perhaps is the case…
Running against AOC
‘Orange Man Bad’ is a fairly predominant ideological maxim of today’s American left. Many Republicans are invoking its right-wing counterpart…
Twitter is editing the New York Times
Dear A.G. (Sulzberger), It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from the New…
Will the Hagia Sophia be a wake-up call to the west?
Turkey’s strongman president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia will become a mosque again,…
Has Boris lost the plot?
When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do sir? That defence of the political u-turn was…
Britain's GDP figures are dreadful but Sunak must still hold his nerve
A five hundred quid shopping voucher for everyone. Five per cent off VAT across the board. Maybe suspending income tax…
Will making face masks compulsory help us get back to normal?
The government will announce today that from 24 July face coverings will be mandatory in shops and supermarkets. Those who…
A disturbance in the Trump campaign
Is the Death Star about to implode? Trump campaign manager (at least at this writing) Brad Parscale bragged some weeks…
Two faces of Polish rebellion
The narrowness of President Andrzej Duda’s victory in this weekend’s Polish presidential elections, where he defeated Rafał Trzaskowski, the Mayor…
I curse the f-word
If you’ve witnessed (or rather, heard) the marches, riots and anarchy in support of DIY separatist nation-building tearing through your…
How Trump wins
Donald Trump is trying to break through a 2020 wall. By January 2019, after over three years of failed efforts…
The Kondo effect in politics
The decluttering crusade of home-organizing guru Marie Kondo has taken on a life of its own. Kondo’s effort to shame us…
Will Cambridge stand up for free speech in China?
Last month, Dr Priyamvada Gopal, of Churchill College, Cambridge University, tweeted ‘White Lives Don’t Matter’. She was abused online and…
Coronavirus has exposed the EU’s greatest flaw
Politics begins and ends with sovereignty: the duty and right to make the legitimate final decision. We have seen this…
Pro-lifers, it’s time for civil disobedience
The Supreme Court has ruled in June Medical Services, LLC vs Russo that the dismemberment and removal of unborn human lives was more…
Will the BBC become a victim of its own bias?
The BBC is losing me. It’s a sudden estrangement and an unwelcome one but I can’t seem to shake it…
President Trump grants clemency to Roger Stone
Well, he finally did it. After months of anticipation, President Donald Trump has signed ‘an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting…
'Rishinomics' could cost the Tories the next election
A truism is emerging that the Tories’ massive public spending has left Labour politically with nowhere to go. This quasi-social-democrat…
Prepare for Javid vs Sunak in the next Tory leadership contest
In 1992 a young footballer named Dion Dublin left my local team, Cambridge United, to take up one of the…
From letter to worse
It is a truth generally acknowledged that any statement of civil principles will now be met with pitchforks and personal…
If only Kanye’s run were serious
It was June 2015. Bill Maher was holding court with assorted journalists to discuss the 2016 race. The Republican field…
