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What will Biden do?
The oddities of Joe Biden’s third presidential campaign are impossible to ignore. He is the oldest man ever nominated by…
Europe’s coronavirus rescue fund is dead on arrival
Just imagine what would happen if real money was at stake. Over the last four days, the leaders of the…
LA Times thirsts after ‘Naked Athena’
‘She emerged as an apparition from clouds of tear gas’, writes Richard Read; ‘[a] woman wearing nothing but a black…
Can we finally put the Russia-Brexit conspiracy to bed?
So there you go. There is still no hard evidence that Russia interfered in the EU referendum. What’s more, it…
The West failed to stop the Holocaust – now we're failing the Uyghurs
In 1944, Slovak rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl sent the US government a 30-page report detailing an extermination facility in Poland…
Boris Johnson’s command and control administration
Conservatives once knew that command and control didn’t work. Even if they didn’t know it intellectually, one former Conservative minister…
Hell in Portland
Portland has had one of the most turbulent histories of any town in America. At the time of the Great…
Where can patriotic Americans find America?
If we’ve confirmed anything in 2020, it is that liberal-progressives really do control the major influencers in America. This puts…
What we don't (yet) know about the Oxford vaccine
How excited should we be about the latest news of the Oxford vaccine? At least this time – in contrast…
The Oxford vaccine appears to have surpassed expectations
It has been yet another busy medical day in our ‘new-normal’ coronavirus world. Today, the Phase One results of the…
Why police shouldn't stop using the term 'Islamist terrorism'
The Times has revealed today that counter-terror police officers are considering dropping the term ‘Islamism’ to describe terror attacks motivated…
Biden offers no change and no hope
For too long, Republicans and the media refused to take Joe Biden seriously as a presidential candidate. It’s hard to…
Boris Johnson’s leadership skills are in doubt
Two ‘c’s come easily to Boris: charm and cheerfulness. He has always believed that he can charm his way out…
The continued existence of the United Kingdom is now at stake
When they come to write the history of the Union’s demise, there will be three guilty men. Tony Blair was…
Chilling stories from inside China’s Muslim internment camps
Vegetable-seller Kairat Samarkhan didn’t know why he had been summoned to the police station. ‘I had to empty my pockets…
China's ambassador has no answer to the treatment of Uighur Muslims
When Liu Xiaoming agreed to come on the Andrew Marr show, he ought to have expected that – as the…
The Begum Appeal is a fundamental error of logic
There has been an emotional response to the case of Shamima Begum, quite rightly. It is not clear to me…
Crowdfunded cases have turned the law into a political weapon
In 1739 a London attorney called John Theobald fell into a dispute with a man called John Drinkwater, widely regarded…
Italy owes Wales reparations for the wrongs of the Roman Empire
There’s talk of reparations in the air. Lobbyists from around the world are demanding sin-payments from former colonial powers. Let…
The ruthlessness of Huawei
Huawei’s 5G path is blocked. In a few months’ time, Huawei may no longer see the point of paying six-figure…
Will black voters abandon the Democrats in 2024?
Joe Biden owes his nomination to black Democrats, who never joined the revolution led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, closed ranks…
Trump has been right about China for years
Back in the summer of 2015, all the cleverest people made fun of Donald Trump for obsessing about China. One…
Is this the sanest debate on race yet?
The race debate is rapidly descending into a one-note diatribe where white accountability has become the only game in town.…
Should we forgive Lauren Southern?
As a society, we have become exceptionally bad at forgiveness. How much does anyone really deserve? Are they remorseful? What…
The Prime Minister's plan for ‘significant normality’
Normally Fridays are spent thinking about how to unwind from work. Today though Boris Johnson announced changes to government guidance…
