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Writing in The Spectator, James Lawson compares the arrival of the drone with the arrival of the tank. “The drone,” he writes, “has done to the...
Over the years, the campaign against smoking degenerated from a much needed educational effort into an assertion of state power, a means of...
One of the reasons why free enterprise works so well is (apologies, this is basic stuff) because of the discipline provided by the need to earn a...
Spain’s leftist government, led by Pedro Sánchez, an anti-American authoritarian increasingly styled by his admirers as the “leader” of Europe,...
The post-democrats of Brussels are, along with many European governments, very keen on online censorship. Free speech is not a “European value.”...
In a post last month, I noted that: Whether it is because of the need to replace equipment used in the Iran conflict, or the increasingly dangerous...
I returned last night from a long drive (close to 2,000 miles if Google is correct) in the Southwest, in the course of just a few days (research...
Attention is being paid. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has been in the Middle East promoting his country’s remarkable advance in...
Strange as it may seem (the reasons for it are worth a more detailed look at some point) a belief in UAPs/UFOs seems to be increasingly right-coded....
While policies to support the “race” to net zero global greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 are likely to persist for a quite a while yet, signs that...
It was always a certainty that serious trouble in the Gulf was going to mean a squeeze on fertilizer supplies, and thus prices. Natural gas is a key...
The pursuit of net-zero has been a disaster for German manufacturing in general and for its auto sector in particular, but German industry’s efforts...
The decision by the Bank of England to replace historical figures such as Winston Churchill on its bank notes with pictures of “wildlife” has...
Whether it is because of the need to replace equipment used in the Iran conflict, or the increasingly dangerous geopolitical situation, or European...
In 1990, about 30 percent of the EU’s electricity was generated by nuclear power, a share that has fallen by about half since then. The EU’s top...
An argument long advanced by Europe’s climate policymakers has been that renewable energy would be a critical step forward to independence from the...
A conflict with Iran was always going to mean a spike in oil and gas prices. That is indeed happening, although the impact will be far harder in...
Given its history and its geography, it is no surprise that Poland takes its defense seriously. Its reaction to the “full” Russian invasion of...
I posted on the Corner the other day about the increasing sophistication of Ukrainian defense tech, the investment it is attracting, and the prospect...
This is, of course, not always the case, but it is telling to see how often acute demand (or acute potential demand) for a resource can lead to...
It was one thing for Keir Starmer, Britain’s enfeebled prime minister, to decline to join in the attack on Iran, but quite another to refuse to...
When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Kremlin believed that the country that it regarded as a sham would collapse within days....
Gorton and Denton is an English parliamentary constituency located in Greater Manchester. According to the 2021 census, 29.6 percent of the population...
If Europe wants “strategic autonomy” from the U.S., it is going to have to pay for it. Given the stretched fiscal position of some of the nations...
France’s President Macron has long been an advocate of “Europe,” by which he mainly means the EU, achieving “strategic autonomy.” After the...
Last year, Spain, Portugal, and a small part of France suffered a massive power failure. Jim Geraghty wrote about it here and here. Authorities in...