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Starmer’s suspension of Corbyn took courage
Keir Starmer’s decision to suspend Jeremy Corbyn shows a courage so many lacked when the far left ran the party…
The challenge the Tories face after the pandemic
After the last few years of political turmoil, Westminster can’t break the habit of waiting for the latest poll to…
How Macron reacts to the Nice attack will be critical
The suspected terrorist attack in Nice’s Notre Dame Basilica this morning appears to be the third such incident in France in…
It's time for an alternative to lockdown
As France and Germany lock down again – and as Britain considers whether to follow suit – many people will…
The Philly riots could throw Pennsylvania to Trump
Rioters and looters in Philadelphia may have just paved Trump’s road to victory in Pennsylvania. Biden helped last week when…
The eurozone is in deep trouble
In Germany, the DAX index – the benchmark for the economy – is already down 4 per cent today. In…
Japan's carbon neutral pledge looks like a load of hot air
Japan’s new prime minister Yoshihide Suga is talking tough on climate change. Suga has promised that Japan will become carbon neutral…
Morning in America or mourning in America?
In the countdown to Election Day, the two campaigns are taking starkly different approaches. Joe Biden is sitting on a…
Tony Bobulinski and implausible deniability
It turns out that the 2020 US presidential election is not between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, as we have…
Obama's bid to make Trump a one-term president
With less than a week to go before Americans cast their ballots at polling places across the country, Donald Trump…
'This is how freedom dies': The folly of Britain's coercive Covid strategy
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the British state has exercised coercive powers over itscitizens on a scale never previously attempted. It…
Dear Democrats, pack the court and nuke the filibuster. I dare you
In the end, there was nothing the protesting left, the heavily slanted progressive media or the Democratic party could do.…
Everyone suddenly believes Vladimir Putin
For four years, Vladimir Putin’s meddling in Our Democracy™ has been the all-consuming political obsession of the entire Washington/New York…
The BBC needs a reality check
One of my favourite moments of viewing in this strange and dark year was the outgoing director-general of the BBC, Tony…
Macron isn’t Islamophobic
Sometimes a story does not receive the attention you think it should. Sometimes the news is too familiar or too…
Prince Harry needs to stop lecturing us
Prince Harry has seen the light. His awokening is complete. Earlier this week, in a video chat hosted by GQ…
Why is Macron so determined to infuriate the rest of the world?
In the course of his three-and-a-half year presidency, Emmanuel Macron must have the record for the most number of international…
The trans debate could cost this Cambridge porter his job
This is a story about a man called Kevin Price, who was until last week a councillor and who is,…
The Disneyfication of the moral universe
‘I’m sitting here struggling for words and my friend nailed it: “She was our Princess Leia.”’ With those words, Dr…
Macron's clash with Islam and the hypocrisy of the French boycott
Emmanuel Macron’s staunch defence of the right to publish caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad proved popular in France. But now the…
Will Spain’s nation of rogues comply with the curfew?
A few years ago, when I was in the queue to catch a plane, a Spanish lady caught me watching…
Joe Biden’s endless wars
In just over a week, the Empire hopes to strike back. Joe Biden personifies the foreign policy of endless war…
The Trump campaign is doomed
Freddy Gray is optimistic about President Trump’s political prospects. The polls showing that Trump is headed for the ropes are…
Covid or no Covid, social distancing could be here to stay
Throughout this year, the biggest worry for healthcare planners has been what happens if a second wave of Covid-19 coincides…
Covid-19 and the victory of quantitative easing
Crises often lead to new paradigms. The politicians of the day try to repair the damage, learn lessons and prevent…
