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Let's use this crisis to tackle Britain's woeful skills shortage
Training. What a turn-off. The very word casts a shadow over the page. That is partly because it has become…
Has coronavirus killed the Democrats’ healthcare referendum?
Late last December, Democrats were heading into the homestretch of their presidential primary optimistic that although they faced an internal…
Newsflash: Trump insults everyone
Want to know the worst kept secret in America? Every time President Trump and the White House Press Corps do…
Cut! Weekend news shows give Barr and Pompeo the chop
The communications teams at the State Department and Department of Justice spent the past couple of days trying to correct…
Can we trust Covid modelling? More evidence from Sweden
At last we’re getting a debate about Covid-19 modelling. When people finally got to look under the hood of the…
Why Benjamin Netanyahu has outlasted all his political rivals
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a coalition agreement, after a year of uncertainty and three elections, to create…
Who will be Joe Biden’s co-president?
Joe Biden needs a co-president. Not just a running mate, not just a potential vice president, but someone who will…
Scotland’s chilling new blasphemy law
The new Hate Crime Bill proposed by the Scottish Government is a sweeping threat to freedom of speech and conscience.…
The Lib Dem leadership race is descending into farce
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the finer details of the contest to choose who will be the next leader…
Joe Biden’s broken record
‘Get your words straight, Jack!’ As Joe Biden campaigns for the Oval Office, the 77-year-old frequently recounts his five decades…
Taiwan, the WHO and the tactical struggle in US-China relations
Over the coming weeks, a battle between Washington and Beijing over the inclusion of Taiwan as an observer at the…
Coronavirus shows why it's vital to distinguish sex and gender
The Covid-19 pandemic shows all too clearly the importance of data. Knowing that men and older people are more likely to…
How Number 10 should illustrate its Covid alert formula
Following the Prime Minister’s address last night, Twitter was ablaze with mockery of the equation the government will use to…
How government can learn from disasters
Soon enough, Congress will hold hearings to investigate the federal response to the Wuhan virus pandemic. It is almost a…
Britain could learn from France's coronavirus approach
If there is a God, He’s not French. Last night I was on the balcony of my apartment in Paris…
Two big gaps in Boris Johnson's lockdown statement
There were three messages in Boris Johnson’s address to the nation, and quite a lot of important gaps. The messages…
The R-number – and the danger of false certainty
Not much about Boris Johnson’s Sunday night television address was clear. The one definite new measure – one which will…
We should heed the world's warnings about China
Mathias Döpfner is that still rare thing — an outspoken German. I have known him slightly for many years and…
Kayleigh McEnany’s media jujitsu
Kayleigh McEnany, President Trump’s new White House press secretary, has breathed new life into the briefing room and already proven…
Why is the EU sharing loopholes in its own anti-terror rules?
You know those stories about how the EU is banning busty barmaids or Bombay mix that turn out to have…
New York has mismanaged COVID-19 from top to bottom
Andrew Cuomo is having the time of his life. His approval ratings are through the roof and he’s being talked…
Ten reasons to end the lockdown now
Writing in this magazine a month ago, I applauded the government’s stated aim of trying to follow the science in…
Can we trust Neil Ferguson’s computer code?
Newspapers aren’t the place to debate expert advice on a crisis. Advisors advise, ministers decide. We should keep politics out…
Johnson's honeymoon is well and truly over
When sorrows come, they come not as single spies, but in battalions. This has been a week in which pretty…
Has Trump finally decided to dump Saudi?
In a dramatic move even by his own mercurial standards, Donald Trump has authorised the withdrawal of two Patriot missile…
