Brexit
Can Boris's dash to Brussels secure a Brexit deal?
The upshot of Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen’s conversation this evening is that the pair will meet in…
Inside the no-deal reasonable worst case scenario
I’ve been passed the government’s ‘reasonable worst case scenario planning assumptions to support civil contingencies planning for the end of…
The texture of our country is changing before our eyes
On Saturday night we sat around the kitchen table, my family and I, and had a takeaway from the Turkish…
Will we end up with a Paphlagonian Brexit deal?
Freed from the bonds of the European Union, Britain is now in a position to sign whatever trade deal it…
Brexit talks go down to the wire
After the past few years, it is hard to take Brexit deadlines seriously; they have a tendency to always slide…
Did Brexit lead to the UK’s vaccine success?
Today the United Kingdom became the first country in the West to clinically authorise a vaccine protecting against Covid-19, after…
Left behind: how Labour betrayed its base
How Labour betrayed its base
China has a friend in Jesus
Last week, I wrote about ‘Frost & Lewis’ (David and Oliver), leaders of our country’s team at the Brexit negotiations,…
Letters: Solidarity is the best thing for Scotland
SNP sophistry Sir: Andrew Wilson (‘Scot free’, 21 November) poses the question: ‘What if the case for independence was a…
Are our churches safe from Justin Welby?
‘Frost & Lewis’. It sounds like a programme amalgamating two of the most famous TV detectives. The former diplomat, Lord…
Scotland can’t afford to remain part of the Union
Staying in the Union is now riskier than independence
The march of the fascist mushrooms
It has been too long coming. While conscientious and decent liberals have tried to explain why, to their horror, millions…
Brexit Britain will be the winner in the EU’s war on Joe Biden
A new era of transatlantic cooperation will have begun. The United States will pivot towards Brussels. The trade wars will…
Racists will love it: National Theatre's Death of England – Delroy reviewed
Death of England: Delroy is a companion piece to Death of England, which ran in February at the NT and…
Boris won't be forgiven if he caves on Brexit now
It now looks increasingly likely that lockdown will end on 2 December, after all. The decision to impose further restrictions…
Portrait of the week: Vaccine hopes up, Zoom shares down and Biden calls Boris
Home Pfizer and BioNTech announced a vaccine against Covid-19 of 90 per cent efficacy from two injections three weeks apart.…
There is no Santa Claus, Sir Patrick
It seems, then, that this latest lockdown has been instigated simply to protect two very questionable institutions — the National…
My Covid risk assessment
Classes of people at moderate risk from Covid-19. Addenda to current NHS guidelines. Those at risk from coronavirus now include…
Has Spitting Image ever been funny?
Thank you, Spitting Image, for the nostalgia trip! Your new series on BritBox has rekindled with almost Proustian fidelity those…
The generosity of French doctors
My last NHS scan showed a shadow on a rib. The scan report couldn’t decide between a new cancer metastasis…
Only a ‘good’ Brexit can stop Scottish independence
Only a ‘good’ Brexit can stop Scottish independence
How to stop trawling from trashing the North Sea
How to stop trawlers from trashing the North Sea
Opposites attract: Just Like You, by Nick Hornby, reviewed
Babysitters are having a literary moment. Following Kiley Reid’s debut Such a Fun Age, Nick Hornby is the latest author…
What’s the real reason behind Joe Biden’s Brexit threats?
Is Donald Trump taking the Democrats’ line on Brexit and the Irish border? We might think so from the Financial…
The Japan trade deal shows how desperate we are for investment
A small cheer for Liz Truss’s treaty with Japan. It is, says the official press release, ‘the UK’s first major…
