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Libya is now the Middle East's most important proxy war
Libya has been in the midst of civil war for almost a decade. However, in the last year, the conflict…
Boris Johnson is facing a rebellion over lockdown
Today is the last day of the hybrid parliament. When MPs return after recess on 2 June, it will be…
Hong Kong is baffled by Britain's coronavirus response
To Hongkongers, Britain’s coronavirus response is nothing short of a disaster. Since I began self-isolating in London days before the…
Could negative gilt yields be Boris Johnson's magic money tree?
A few months ago, Boris Johnson fought a general election saying that there was no ‘magic money tree’ and accusing…
Stanford study suggests coronavirus might not be as deadly as flu
One of the great unknowns of the Covid-19 crisis is just how deadly the disease is. Much of the panic…
Beware Scotland's hate crime bill
Burns, Hume, Adam Smith, and others who shone in that remarkable intellectual period in Scotland’s history, were not the cradle…
What does China actually want from Britain?
How the west responds to China is now the defining foreign policy issue of our time. The communist party’s suppression…
Pelosi goes full Trump
Speaker Nancy Pelosi skipped the sugarcoating and punched the President in the gut on Monday. Trump had announced to the…
California spreads the wealth…to illegal immigrants
California is mastering government of the people, by the people, for…illegal aliens? Starting this week, illegal immigrants living in California…
Trump picks a Swedish model
Donald Trump is moving toward a Swedish model. His vitality sustained by regular doses of hydroxychloroquine, President Prophylaxis is pushing…
Bill Barr and the single standard of justice
You have to hand it to the New York Times. They certainly know how to spin a story. Yesterday, Attorney General William…
It's time to take a stand against Chinese bullying
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned in the magazine how the Chinese Communist Party has been trying to bully…
The Stacey Abrams presidency
‘You don’t run for second place.’ That’s how Stacey Abrams responded when asked if she would consider being presidential hopeful…
Germany’s flag burning ban is a threat to freedom of expression
Germany’s national parliament has made the public burning of the European Union flag and flags of foreign countries punishable by…
Where is Britain's China strategy?
The UK doesn’t have a China strategy. We have not had one since George Osborne declared a ‘golden era’ of…
Is it time to bring back Steve Bannon?
Until recently, it seemed unlikely that Donald Trump would need to call on the services of his former strategist Steve…
The growing evidence on vitamin D and Covid
The argument that vitamin D deficiency may contribute to more severe cases of Covid is gaining ground. It is now…
Tories should listen to Farage’s warnings about Channel migrants
The idea of a flotilla of little ships crossing the English Channel from France to deposit their beleaguered human cargo…
Why didn't Boris act sooner against coronavirus?
It is too easy to become obsessive in whole or partial lockdown. And my obsession for weeks now is why…
Still, the Global War on Terrorism goes on
I can think of only a single positive thing to say about World War One: it ended. Yet in addition…
It isn’t necessarily the economy, stupid!
‘It’s the economy, stupid!’ With those now famous words, the Democratic strategist James Carville summarized the 1992 election between President…
Jonathan Sumption: 'You cannot imprison an entire population'
The current rationale for the lockdown is incoherent. The old rationale was: ‘you must spread the infections over a longer…
Why did Justin Amash give up?
Three weeks after announcing his bid for the Libertarian party presidential nomination, Justin Amash has called it off. What went…
Sweden has pioneered an alternative to lockdown – and it works
Uppsala The culture of social distancing does strange things to us. A few weeks ago I got an invitation to…
The terrible ageism of our current lockdown
I’ve always thought western society was terribly ageist, and I don’t just mean ‘showbiz’ folk but across the board. Then…
