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Britain's Magnitsky sanctions will hit Putin where it hurts
It’s rare for a Government minister to make an announcement that is universally welcomed in the House of Commons. But…
Unplugging Huawei will be harder than it looks
There is nothing some Conservatives like talking about more than Huawei. Each new development in global politics is a new…
Starmer has exposed Corbyn the coward
Being a radical feels nice. You get to think you’re a morally superior being in a society full of evil-doers…
Don’t erase Jesus’s Jewish identity
‘So when did your family convert to Christianity?’ asked an American General early on in the occupation of Iraq. ‘About…
The gentrification of revolt
Does anyone actually remember George Floyd? What started out as a noble cause to curb police brutality in urban and…
‘Defund the police’ just means ‘I’m rich’
Walk along the leafy streets of any neighborhood in so-called ‘brownstone Brooklyn’, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights, and you’ll…
Biden’s half-baked celebrity world
Remember how all those celebrity endorsements worked out for Hillary Clinton in 2016? In the end, it seems, even a…
Keir Starmer’s bizarre Black Lives Matter re-education
So now we know what happens if you criticise Black Lives Matter. You’ll be packed off for re-education. You will…
Labour’s wealth tax proposal is deeply flawed
Will Labour ever stop pushing for punitive taxation? Not content with gifting the Conservatives an 80 seat majority in December,…
The New York Times hits out at panto
Pantomime has been an essential part of British theatre for generations. Not only is it often a child’s first, magical…
Keir Starmer needs to find his own Guilty Men
This is a week of bittersweet anniversaries for the Labour party. It is now 72 years since Clement Attlee’s government…
Farewell, dear Hong Kong
There was no way to know that the last trip I took to Hong Kong just a few years ago…
College elites and defunding the police
In the first weeks of my freshman year at the University of Pennsylvania, I heard the phrase ‘abolish the police’…
Offence-taking has ruined comedy
I’m watching television more uncritically than usual but still can’t stomach the format of Live at the Apollo. It features…
Can the republic survive?
‘A republic, if you can keep it.’ That was Ben Franklin’s famous response when asked, as the Constitutional Convention ended…
The Black Lives Matter UK reverse-ferrets
As the first Black Lives Matter protests began to take place in the UK, following the killing of George Floyd…
Trump takes on anti-nationalism
Even the most ardent Trumpist must admit that it has been a bad few months for the President. The COVID-19…
The next culture war will be over climate change
It is steadily becoming clear where the woke brigade will go once the current moral panic over racism has run…
Now isn't the time for an NHS pay rise
Across Britain, the rainbow pictures are coming down. But in some houses, they are being replaced with new, more political…
Get ready for Starmer's Brexit conversion
A new problem is looming for Sir Keir Starmer: a leader of the opposition needs some shop windows if he…
Trumpism vs. Trump
Politicos have spent years asking what would happen to the Republican Party post-Trump. Establishment types prayed that he was an…
Macron has just dropped a clanger
His name is unknown, but resonates like that of a character from Astérix the Gaul. Jean Castex is France’s new…
The Ghislaine Maxwell I know
My wife and I were introduced to Ghislaine Maxwell by Sir Evelyn and Lady Lynne de Rothschild, and we subsequently…
The looming Tory trade debate
Post-Brexit, the UK needs to find allies on trade liberalisation. One obvious place to look is the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership.…
Boris's TV briefings could end the lobby pantomime
The daily coronavirus briefings from Downing Street were wildly popular by one measure, drawing in millions of viewers, but were they…
