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The hounding of a Scottish poet by trans activists
For a witch hunt to begin extremists must so dominate a movement any sin, however slight, becomes a heresy the…
Godforsaken: religion is vanishing from American politics
The United States has always been the world’s leading religious marketplace. Even before independence, the American colonies were more fervently…
Sunak warns of hardship
When Rishi Sunak was appointed Chancellor in February, he must never have imagined that his first address to the Conservative…
Why won't the UK vaccinate the whole population?
In British COVID vaccine taskforce head Kate Bingham’s interview with the Financial Times, where she says that vaccinating the whole…
Are all political parties destined to fail?
We seem to be entering another era of political party expansion. There’s Laurence Fox’s new party, not to mention the…
Biden can smell victory in his battle against Trump
‘How is the president feeling?’ shouldn’t be a difficult question to answer. And yet over the last 24 hours, nobody…
Why are journalists making Trump's illness all about themselves?
What’s the most important part of this developing Trump-has-Covid story? Is it ‘how sick is the President?’ Or is it…
Boris Johnson warns of turbulence ahead
As Conservative party conference gets underway online, Boris Johnson used an appearance on the Andrew Marr show to warn of the…
Following the evidence for hospital admissions
The recent warnings of exponential growth of Covid-19 cases, inevitably followed by a rise in hospital admissions, is one focus…
Nigel Farage is watching and waiting for the next Tory slip-up
A few weeks ago, Nigel Farage enjoyed a get together with a very senior Conservative party figure. Brexit was, naturally,…
The New York Times has no editorial policy
The New York Times put many lives in danger in June when it published an op-ed from Republican senator Tom…
‘The Melania Tapes’ reveal she’s even cooler than we thought
Just a couple of hours before President Trump announced that he and his wife, first lady Melania, had tested positive…
Why the EU can't sue the UK
Michel Barnier has very politely confirmed that the EU will be suing the UK in a respectful manner. That has…
America has a long tradition of voter fraud
Donald Trump was making modern political history even before he fell ill in the final stretch of his election campaign.…
Covid-19 is Trump's hardest fight yet
Donald Trump has confronted a long list of adversaries and weathered an even longer list of scandals in his nearly…
Trump’s enemies badly want him to survive coronavirus
President Trump is being helicoptered to Walter Reed Hospital following his coronavirus diagnosis. The media are following the story closely…
The real reason for Pope Francis’s disgraceful Pompeo snub
Why did Pope Francis refuse to meet Secretary Pompeo in Rome this week? The obvious answer is that he didn’t…
Johnson turns up pressure on EU for a deal
Hopes of agreeing a Brexit deal have increased among ministers in recent weeks, but today the UK’s chief negotiator Sir David Frost offered…
Trump campaign urges staffers exposed to COVID to self-quarantine
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien sent an email to staff on Friday after President Trump’s positive COVID test, urging them…
Covid conspiracies and the new anti-Semitism
Britain’s Jewish community has been hit hard by Covid-19. Three more British Jews were laid to rest last week after dying from coronavirus, the…
On Russia, the EU should learn from the Baltics
When is the EU going to take action against Belarus, the Soviet dictatorship crumbling away on its eastern edge? Dominic Raab…
When a president gets sick
President William Henry Harrison died, famously, after giving the longest inauguration speech in history. On a bitterly cold winter day…
When will Harry and Meghan stop hectoring us?
Another day, another Zoom missive from the Duke and Duchess of Woke. Hot on the heels of their thinly-veiled intervention…
Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19. The President and first lady underwent testing…
Trump’s right, the US election could easily be rigged
In the furore over Trump’s bid to fill the vacant Supreme Court slot, commentators have pointed out that his nominee’s…
