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Obama’s political police
In the beginning there was a clandestine ‘surveillance’ and ‘unmasking’ program by operatives in the Obama executive branch, targeting figures…
Liberate London from lockdown now
I know good news is not allowed in coronavirus Britain. Instead we’re all meant to cower before the death stats,…
Coronavirus's forgotten victims
I am hearing stories about people with disabilities that make me feel ill. Visitors to care homes (parents and siblings,…
How Macron gamed the EU Covid fund
There are not that many advantages to electing a former investment banker as president. They are often aloof. They don’t…
Why is the United Nations trying to police our language on gender?
George Orwell popularised the word ‘thoughtcrime’, but he also wrote extensively about the destruction of language. This week, the United Nations…
Are young people more likely to catch Covid?
It has been clear from the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic that there is a very steep age profile to…
In defence of free markets in the time of coronavirus
One of the dominant political themes of the moment is that the big state, alongside either a high tax and…
The data is clear – Covid is receding
Data from across the capital is highly reassuring. The numbers are coming down. To be confident about what is actually…
Is Trump more left-wing than Biden?
Just when it seemed that Donald Trump had finally committed political suicide — his notion of injecting disinfectant to cure…
Trump’s hydroxychloroquine kick is a billionaire quirk
Though it is yet to enjoy the endorsement of the UN, or the approval of the Supreme Court, the greatest…
Should Britain relax the two-metre distance rule?
Could the Government be about to relax the two-metre rule for social distancing? On Wednesday morning, professor Robert Dingwall, a…
Keir Starmer's big weakness was exposed at PMQs
It has come down to a classroom contest. The swot versus the wag. The smart Alec against the rugger captain.…
Libya is now the Middle East's most important proxy war
Libya has been in the midst of civil war for almost a decade. However, in the last year, the conflict…
Boris Johnson is facing a rebellion over lockdown
Today is the last day of the hybrid parliament. When MPs return after recess on 2 June, it will be…
Hong Kong is baffled by Britain's coronavirus response
To Hongkongers, Britain’s coronavirus response is nothing short of a disaster. Since I began self-isolating in London days before the…
Could negative gilt yields be Boris Johnson's magic money tree?
A few months ago, Boris Johnson fought a general election saying that there was no ‘magic money tree’ and accusing…
Stanford study suggests coronavirus might not be as deadly as flu
One of the great unknowns of the Covid-19 crisis is just how deadly the disease is. Much of the panic…
Beware Scotland's hate crime bill
Burns, Hume, Adam Smith, and others who shone in that remarkable intellectual period in Scotland’s history, were not the cradle…
What does China actually want from Britain?
How the west responds to China is now the defining foreign policy issue of our time. The communist party’s suppression…
Pelosi goes full Trump
Speaker Nancy Pelosi skipped the sugarcoating and punched the President in the gut on Monday. Trump had announced to the…
California spreads the wealth…to illegal immigrants
California is mastering government of the people, by the people, for…illegal aliens? Starting this week, illegal immigrants living in California…
Trump picks a Swedish model
Donald Trump is moving toward a Swedish model. His vitality sustained by regular doses of hydroxychloroquine, President Prophylaxis is pushing…
Bill Barr and the single standard of justice
You have to hand it to the New York Times. They certainly know how to spin a story. Yesterday, Attorney General William…
It's time to take a stand against Chinese bullying
A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned in the magazine how the Chinese Communist Party has been trying to bully…
The Stacey Abrams presidency
‘You don’t run for second place.’ That’s how Stacey Abrams responded when asked if she would consider being presidential hopeful…
