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We need to talk about Democrats on TikTok
With his usual haunts closed thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown, Cockburn has been clamoring for a new source of entertainment.…
Dear politicians, life must go on
The worst day of my childhood was in 1995 when my father lost his job. He worked close by as…
Coronavirus reinfection fears appear to be unfounded
A week ago, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a warning which, if it were true, would constitute the most…
The old explorer is returning to the land of the lucid
‘There is a giant python slithering across the foot of my hospital bed. It’s at least eight feetlong and it’s…
Emmanuel Macron is experiencing the calm before the storm
Today marks the third month of my confinement in my fifth floor apartment in Paris. As I wrote all those…
How the lockdown could be modified
We’ll get a fairly detailed plan from the PM next week encouraging businesses to start operating again, public transport to…
Lockdown sceptics might be wrong, but let's still listen to them
Does Laura Perrins want me dead? The conservative commentator is coruscating about the government’s Covid-19 response. She abhors the lockdown…
China’s COVID cover-up shows it can’t be trusted
‘Hide your capacities, bide your time’, China’s former leader, Deng Xiaoping, famously once said. Few in the West understood what…
Can a South Korean approach help Britain defeat coronavirus?
The government now has a plan for how it intends to get out of this crisis. It is, as I…
In praise of old white men
Remember when it was fashionable to hate old white men? Of course you do. It was only a few weeks…
Do Joe Biden's supporters still ‘believe all women’?
There is an obvious attraction in certain simple claims. ‘Believe all women’, for instance, is easy to utter, beneficial to…
Meet the Pakistani cleric who blamed women for Covid-19
It was only a matter of time before a Pakistani cleric blamed the Covid-19 outbreak on women. It just happened…
Bail out the Italians and Spanish? 'No, no, no'
While most of us have been hunkering down at home, Brussels big wigs have been trying to thrash out of…
The world can still learn from Singapore's coronavirus response
Singapore has been praised around the world for its coronavirus response. Early on, the city-state closed its borders and began…
What is the US Navy doing in the Persian Gulf?
American alliances and security commitments tend to live on long after the world has changed. Many of our far flung…
Bill de Blasio isn’t an anti-Semite but…
Bumbling Bill de Blasio is all thumbs, and not just on Twitter. Slow to respond when Orthodox Jews suffered an…
Could Remdesivir eliminate the need for a coronavirus vaccine?
Over the past few weeks the government’s scientific advisers have indicated that the only real way out of the coronavirus…
Covid-19 is testing Putin's regime
Vladimir Putin is observing the old adage that you should never let a good crisis go to waste. With the…
It's no bad thing that the airline industry will never be the same again
British Airways is laying off 12,000 staff. Virgin Atlantic is desperately looking for a buyer. Air France-KLM is being bailed…
Justin Amash: a study in vanity
Every Democrat’s favorite ex-Republican has just announced he’s going to seek the Libertarian Party nomination for president. If he gets…
The complicated question of Boris's paternity leave
Earlier this month Boris Johnson was in hospital fighting for his life, this morning he was there for the arrival…
The world puts an * next to China
When Donald Trump publicly called into question China’s Covid-19 death rate claims at a recent White House press conference, the…
Will Hillary be Biden’s VP?
Far be it from Cockburn to compare a former secretary of state to a venereal disease, but perhaps Fox News…
Coronavirus Kentucky-style with Andy Beshear
Everyone in Kentucky knows what five o’clock means. It means it’s time for Andy. Andy, of course, is Kentucky Gov.…
A warning from Germany on lockdown easing
Those ministers hoping Boris Johnson’s return to work will herald an imminent easing of lockdown measures face an uphill struggle.…
