Today’s Edition – 15th October 2024
Will the UK sanction extremist Israeli ministers?
British and American diplomats are weighing sanctions on ministers and weapons pauses as Israel’s conflict in Gaza enters a new phase.
Will the UK sanction extremist Israeli ministers?
British and American diplomats are weighing sanctions on ministers and weapons pauses as Israel’s conflict in Gaza enters a new phase.
How the US and Canada took very different approaches to alleged Indian assassination plots
Gabriel Lane
October 15, 2024
Relations between Canada and India are at rock bottom.
A Long Time in Finance: the mystery of Dame Linda Dobbs
Reaction Podcast
October 15, 2024
Neil and Jonathan talk to Ian Fraser about Lloyds Bank and the HBOS Reading Affair and its parallels with the Post Office scandal.
Alex Salmond: a bathetic end for the man who nearly broke the union
Adam Boulton
October 15, 2024
Ironically, the Nationalist was happier operating at Westminster.
Beijing bullies Taiwan with military exercises
Caitlin Allen
October 15, 2024
The Taiwanese government said it would “prepare for war without asking for war”.
CFO survey: geopolitical risk to the fore
Ian Stewart
October 14, 2024
In a new survey, CFOs say that geopolitical developments represent the greatest external risk to their businesses.
Why the Tories should choose Kemi Badenoch
Iain Martin
October 14, 2024
The Conservatives need a truth teller who stands a chance of persuading the public to confront reality on defence, immigration, integration and the economy.
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Columnists
Will Reeves’s Halloween Budget spook the markets?
Maggie Pagano
October 10, 2024
Gilt markets are soaring ahead of the Chancellor’s first Budget.
Hurricane season could influence how America votes
David Waywell
October 10, 2024
Donald Trump is desperate to capitalise off of Hurricane Milton.
Expect a far harsher Israeli response to Iran than in April
Tim Marshall
October 3, 2024
Tehran will be thinking through how far it wants to take this, even as the ground moves beneath its feet.
No clear winner in forgettable Vice-Presidential debate
David Waywell
October 2, 2024
Vance vs Walz was old-school politics: cordial and ever so slightly dull.
Time may be up for Tehran’s terror-sponsoring ayatollahs
Gerald Warner
October 2, 2024
The Iranian regime is looking ever more impotent and discredited at every turn.
Columnists
Tories heading for Cleverly v Badenoch run off
It’s uncertain where centrist Tugendhat’s twenty voters will now go. Though it is highly unlikely that Jenrick will pick up any.
Starmer needs a top civil servant who can stand up to Morgan McSweeney
What the Prime Minister’s new team will require to succeed.
The benefits system is designed around certain assumptions
People too often assume that life is about choices we make, rather than duties we are morally bound to take up.
Escalate to de-escalate: Israel’s high-risk strategy against Hezbollah
Israel is going for the nuclear option of threatening a ground war in the hope this persuades Hezbollah to back down.
Labour conference is packed but the mood is different to Brighton 1997
Luckily for Starmer, “Freebiegate” has not picked up momentum in Liverpool.
The politics of strong emotions
“If you love cats, vote for Trump” is the former President’s latest fear-driven appeal to the masses
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World
Franco-German economic engine of Europe stuck in reverse
Josh Schlicht
October 11, 2024
A proposed budget in a divided France has investors spooked as economic woes plague Europe.
Global emissions are very close to peaking
Giga Watt
October 9, 2024
The masters of the renewable universe, gathered at the New Energy Finance summit this week, were adamant: Net Zero is happening come what may.
Bottled up in the Black Sea
Colin Flint
October 7, 2024
A contest for control of the Black Sea has seen Russia stunningly defeated.
Middle East crisis accelerates on multiple fronts
Josh Schlicht
October 4, 2024
Massive airstrikes are pounding Beirut, the Ayatollah stands defiant in Iran, and missiles are flying towards Israel from every direction as the region spirals towards a greater war.
Britain’s relationship with the EU should prioritise defence and security
The Editorial Board
October 4, 2024
When Russia is raising its defence budget by 25 per cent, Brussels, as well as Britain, must get its house in order.
PMQs: Starmer accused of picking train drivers over pensioners
At the first PMQs following the summer recess, Sunak grilled Starmer over his party’s public spending priorities.
Culture
An intimate hour in Handel’s old home
Gerald Malone
October 11, 2024
The gifted English Concert fellows have a bright future ahead of them.
Stop and Look: Ruth Returning from Gleaning by Samuel Palmer
Andrew Wilton
October 11, 2024
The sugar-loaf hills belong to the dreamlike landscape of Palmer’s evolving feelings for the natural world.
The success of the International Opera Awards is intellectual rigour
Gerald Malone
October 4, 2024
At the awards ceremony in Munich this year, a jury dug deep into the purpose of opera and its impact on society.
Word Watch: Outcomes
Andrew Wilton
October 4, 2024
“Outcomes” was absent from our vocabulary a few decades ago and is now thriving at the heart of it.
Upstart: why it took the West so long to pay attention to China’s rise
Oliver Rhodes
October 3, 2024
Beijing has accumulated power by avoiding emulating the methods of its main competitor, argues Oriana Skylar-Mastro in her new book.
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