Donald Trump was Mark Carney’s greatest asset
This election could have been a lot worse for Canada’s Conservatives. As I write, they have taken 41.7 per cent…
The landmine ban is handicapping Britain
There are few better symbols of Europe’s military fecklessness during the brief era of relative peace that followed the end…
There is still no rationale for our Chagos surrender
The government’s iron determination to surrender the Chagos Islands to Mauritius is puzzling. Why are ministers so keen to hand…
The Chagos Islands deal is uniquely terrible
Last year, a Mauritian politician raised eyebrows in Britain when he told a political rally that ‘England has agreed to…
History will not be kind to the MPs who backed assisted dying
Before MPs voted to support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, Kim Leadbeater, who has sponsored the bill,…
The ICC has destroyed its own credibility
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister…
Keir Starmer’s choice of Attorney General should concern conservatives
Of all Keir Starmer’s appointments to government, none have been so personal or politically significant as his choice of Attorney…
How the Commonwealth reacted to the Queen’s death
Without Queen Elizabeth II, Head of the Commonwealth, there would be no Commonwealth today at all. Long after the organisation…
Why is Canada euthanising the poor?
There is an endlessly repeated witticism by the poet Anatole France that, ‘the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the…
British judges are right to cut ties with Hong Kong
The resignations of Lords Reed and Hodge from Hong Kong’s highest court is not much of a surprise, except perhaps to…
