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Andrew Cuomo’s Midsommar
Andrew Cuomo has turned his governor’s office into Pee-Wee’s pandemic playhouse. He has giant cotton swabs and foam mountains that…
Stripping Julian Lewis of the Tory whip could backfire on Boris
Boris Johnson hasn’t had as much authority over his MPs as he might have expected over the past few months.…
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Instead of telling us about America, or even the world outside, American journalists now tell us about other American journalists. The…
Starmer’s weaknesses are on show at PMQs
Keir-mania. Is it possible? Can we imagine it? Stadiums full of besotted voters chanting his name in frenzies of adoration.…
Apple has struck a blow against the EU's out-of-control federalists
A massively profitable American technology giant that pays small amounts of tax on vast profits, while massively over-charging for products that quickly…
Is it a 'transphobic lie' to say 'only females get cervical cancer'?
A long, long time ago – by which I mean last month – I was firmly under the impression that…
Oxford's Covid-19 vaccine is showing positive signs
I am hearing there will be positive news soon (perhaps tomorrow) on initial trials of the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine that…
How to deal with an aggressive China: lessons from Australia
What can the UK learn from Australia and its occasionally rocky relationship with China? The welcome decision to ban Huawei from…
What's up with Banksy's mask propaganda?
Is Banksy a Tory propagandist now? His latest juvenile stunt suggests he might be. On the day the government announced…
Erdogan, Hagia Sophia and the rebirth of an Islamic Turkey
Here in Greece the temperature is rising. As July rolls on, the heat thickens: people become irritable in 40 degrees.…
Why face masks weren’t compulsory during WW2
Britain has been here before when it comes to furores about face masks. Exactly 80 years ago the same argument…
The hypocrisy of Turkey and Pakistan's Islamophobia claims
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is a sucker for conquest symbolism. As Covid-19 restrictions were being eased this year, he ensured that…
Meghan Markle puts on her big girl pants
Meghan Markle was the keynote speaker for the virtual Girl Up Leadership Summit on Tuesday. In her first major speaking…
Source: ‘Dozens of instances of bullying and harassment’ at New York Times
‘Bari Weiss’s letter was tame,’ a New York Times insider tells me. ‘She could have named names. She could have said,…
What is the point of the New York Times?
Earlier today, Bari Weiss resigned from the New York Times and published a devastating letter of resignation on her website…
It’s not all good news on Huawei
As with any mobile phone deal, the devil is in the small print – and that perhaps is the case…
Running against AOC
‘Orange Man Bad’ is a fairly predominant ideological maxim of today’s American left. Many Republicans are invoking its right-wing counterpart…
Twitter is editing the New York Times
Dear A.G. (Sulzberger), It is with sadness that I write to tell you that I am resigning from the New…
Will the Hagia Sophia be a wake-up call to the west?
Turkey’s strongman president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced that the Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia will become a mosque again,…
Has Boris lost the plot?
When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do sir? That defence of the political u-turn was…
Britain's GDP figures are dreadful but Sunak must still hold his nerve
A five hundred quid shopping voucher for everyone. Five per cent off VAT across the board. Maybe suspending income tax…
Will making face masks compulsory help us get back to normal?
The government will announce today that from 24 July face coverings will be mandatory in shops and supermarkets. Those who…
A disturbance in the Trump campaign
Is the Death Star about to implode? Trump campaign manager (at least at this writing) Brad Parscale bragged some weeks…
Two faces of Polish rebellion
The narrowness of President Andrzej Duda’s victory in this weekend’s Polish presidential elections, where he defeated Rafał Trzaskowski, the Mayor…
I curse the f-word
If you’ve witnessed (or rather, heard) the marches, riots and anarchy in support of DIY separatist nation-building tearing through your…
