David Frost
Is a deal any closer?
There is movement on everything, except the fundamentals
Breaking the UK-EU deadlock
The big concession to get talks moving is about to be made over the heads of Barnier and Frost
The UK-EU talks: deal or no deal?
The summer deadline is not all it seems. But is the Northern Ireland Protocol the real deal?
“We’re not going to subordinate our laws to theirs in any areas.”
There’s only two months left for one side to climb down, or the EU-UK talks will fail.
The return of Project Fear
It didn’t take long for the Remainiacs to weaponise the coronavirus crisis
No Brexit transition extension – bluff or brinkmanship?
This is a good time to bury bad news, so why the shortage of shovels?
Frosty reception in Brussels
The EU didn’t like Frost’s speech – but what do Brexiteers think?
Kilkenny’s golden age
A fascinating exploration of Irish history could have been better and more comprehensively illustrated
Fear the Keir
Starmer is Blair 2.0 — but this time, things can only get worse
As flies to wanton boys
Gambling with human lives is just another day in the lives of the one per cent
Why the goal glut?
Football — never boring, even when Italy is defending a 1–0 lead — has only grown more exciting
High art or high camp?
Elektra, Royal Opera House
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
The fallacy of soft power
The world runs on cold national self interest, not cultural capital
Talk of conscription is pure fantasy politics
We do not have the forces, the seriousness or the need for a major ground war
What’s with all the fuss over Simon Fanshawe?
The writer and activist’s nomination as Rector of Edinburgh University has been oddly controversial
Good for the sole
April calls for a recipe that combines the incoming and departing treats
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
