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Manners maketh America
When I moved to New York in 2005 to be the Daily Telegraph’s correspondent, the first thing I was struck…
Black Lives Matter is a state-backed religion
‘Protest’ often feels inadequate as a characterization for the public exhibitions that have erupted nationwide over the past several weeks.…
Keir Starmer is stuffed
The British political and media establishment had Remain winning the Brexit referendum at a canter, Hillary Clinton as US president…
Why Biden might be better for Brexit Britain
At the best of times, US presidential elections require the British government to walk a tightrope. In 1992, a Tory…
After BHAZ
Protesters tried to establish an autonomous zone between the White House and St John’s Episcopal Church on Monday. Law enforcement…
Meet Adrienne Elrod, Biden’s new bodyguard
Meet Adrienne Elrod, Joe Biden’s director of surrogate strategy and operations. She was hired in June and previously served as…
Revealed: What ‘Black Lives Matter’ really stands for
Anyone worth listening to agrees that black lives matter. But what does the organisation ‘Black Lives Matter’ stand for? Worryingly,…
NASCAR gets its own Jussie Smollett
NASCAR fans breathed a collective sigh of relief two weeks ago when the sport singlehandedly stopped racism dead in its…
Our collective nervous breakdown
It’s being sold by some as a glorious revolution, but what Western culture is really experiencing is a garden variety…
The right’s cannibalism problem
The right has a cannibalism problem. It gleefully attacks and eats its own. The left silently watches Republican after Republican…
You say you want a revolution?
In the early hours of May 30, after a night of violent protests in New York, two lawyers were arrested by the…
The rule of law is collapsing
It is the law that makes us ‘the best of animals.’ So saying, Aristotle had a very specific conception of…
How Boris Johnson plans to reset his premiership
The decision to significantly ease lockdown from early July marks a new chapter when it comes to the government’s approach…
The BBC's patronising new diversity quota
‘Diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ have become sacred doctrines within many of our major institutions, a religious fervour that has only increased…
Will there ever be another Conservative mayor of London?
Even in these strange political times, it looks very difficult for a Conservative politician to become Mayor of London. In…
The death of the private citizen
The internet is not a private place, but news outlets have decided that it’s up to them to determine when…
The rioters and the rentiers
It was inevitable that the wave of destructive rioting and looting that has swept through cities that are almost all…
The limits of Covid death statistics
As is often said, choose your statistics carefully and you can use them make just about any point you want…
Covid won't kill the office
The rapidity and willingness with which workers have adopted and adapted to remote working has led some – including Rory…
The drugs that can help us defeat Covid-19
Covid-19 is here to stay. Whether it flickers in wait or rages like wildfire, it will remain part of our…
The EU's new bond isn't as solid as it seems
Its rescue fund will bail out the poorer states. It will fuel a rapid economic recovery. And perhaps most of…
Modi's muted response to China is infuriating Indians
The mood in India simmers with retaliation following the death of at least 20 Indian soldiers in clashes with their…
What isn't being said about the Reading attack victims?
Imagine if on Saturday evening a white neo-Nazi had stabbed three men to death. Imagine, furthermore, if in the wake…
Kim Yo Jong's growing role is bad news for peace in Korea
The halcyon days of 2018 seem very distant. Two years ago, North Korea sent a delegation to the Pyeongchang winter…
Yes, it’s time to defund NPR
When the Public Broadcasting Act was signed into law in 1967, the stated goal was to provide public financial assistance…
