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There's nothing wrong with profiting from a vaccine
A couple of shots to the arm and this will all be over. With today’s news from Moderna, last week’s…
Who's laughing now? Cancel culture is killing comedy
The BBC and Channel 4 are self-censoring their comedy output because they are so terrified of offending people. So says…
The inevitability of Trump 2024
Donald Trump’s increasingly outrageous attempts to contest the results of the US presidential election were given their absurd symbol early…
Have Moderna outdone the Pfizer vaccine?
Another week, another set of preliminary results from a Covid-19 vaccine trial. This time it is the Moderna vaccine candidate,…
Boris set to unveil 'Ten Point Plan' for a green industrial revolution
Boris Johnson wants to use this week to relaunch his leadership after a torrid few days in his top team.…
Boris Johnson's 'reset' week gets off to a bad start
After a weekend of torrid headlines over infighting in 10 Downing Street, Boris Johnson had hoped to use this week…
Brexit Britain will be the winner in the EU’s war on Joe Biden
A new era of transatlantic cooperation will have begun. The United States will pivot towards Brussels. The trade wars will…
Does Boris have a supporters’ club left in Parliament?
Boris Johnson needs to use the departure of Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain to repair relations with his Parliamentary party.…
‘He said, she said’ reports from the MAGA march
It’s all so infantile isn’t it? Antifa jackals harass Donald Trump fans during their ‘Million MAGA March’ on the streets…
Trump 2024! He definitely lost – but he’s not finished yet
Donald Trump’s increasingly outrageous attempts to contest the results of the US presidential election were given their absurd symbol early…
Is Macron following in the footsteps of de Gaulle?
It can’t be much fun being a national leader these days. Be it the US, the UK, all are assailed…
Temper your excitement about the Covid vaccine
Ever since Giacomo Pylarini, a physician working in the Ottoman Empire, sent a report to the Royal Society in 1701…
The Cummings' debacle shows Boris isn't fit to lead
For all his Falstaffian swagger, Boris Johnson resembles no Shakespearian character so much as Henry VI. He is a weak…
The time is ripe for a Boris comeback
‘The thing about the greased piglet is that he manages to slip through other people’s hands where mere mortals fail.’…
A warning from history for Keir Starmer
It is nearly a year since one of the Labour party’s worst ever election defeats; and just over six months…
Don't silence the anti-vaxxers
Pfizer has come up trumps. Now that a vaccine for Covid-19 is more than just a possibility, we can breathe…
Washington State is a worrisome window into the future
Seattle I have seen the future, and it looks much like Washington State. But let’s get there by steps. The…
Can you really blame Trump supporters for refusing to accept the election result?
It’s been a week and a half since Election Day and the results are still not certified — some votes…
Dominic Cummings leaves the building
After a week of infighting in Downing Street which saw the resignation of Director of Communications Lee Cain and senior aide Dominic…
Why would Biden grant the press access now?
Joe Biden had barely finished his acceptance speech on Saturday when journalists, tired and weary of four years of mean…
Dominic Cummings's departure is dangerous timing for Boris
Dominic Cummings didn’t angle for this job: Boris Johnson begged him to take it. The Tories faced extinction after the…
The next American empire
Americans have never been sure of their standing in the world, and the world has never been sure of Americans’…
Why No. 10 is cautious about the Covid vaccine
The news about the Pfizer vaccine has persuaded Tory MPs that there is now a route out of this crisis,…
Britain's economy has been bouncing back – but there's a major caveat
Britain’s economy rebounded by a record 15.5 per cent between July and September, reflecting the relaxation of lockdown measures and increased consumer…
The Trumpist agenda going forward
While Donald Trump appears to have lost the 2020 presidential election, Trump’s agenda of populism focused on the working class…
