Dan Hannan

The surge in antisemitism caught a lot of commentators off guard. After the horrors of the 20th century, Western societies erected strong taboos

Will the Budget turn around a 20-point poll deficit? No, says DAN HANNAN. But falling taxes and borrowing announced by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt should allow for accelerating prosperity.

Exactly 170 years ago, in Ripon, Wisconsin, the Republican Party was born. For 162 of those years, it got the big calls right.

Imagine the reaction if Vice President Kamala Harris declared that, having worked with him up close, she could no longer back President Joe Biden . It would almost certainly mean the end of his campaign.

Gentlemen's clubs are cheaper and shabbier in London than in New York but somehow grander.

But reread that clumsy paragraph from the draft law. Its effect would be to increase state control over all internet platforms, not just TikTok. Is that really a proportionate reaction? Surely the worst possible response to Chinese authoritarianism is to embrace American authoritarianism.

Revenge is, by definition, pointless. It cannot undo whatever wrong we have suffered. It can only expose us to further harm.

Rwanda is an astonishing country: safe, prosperous, orderly, and open. Its success is remarkable enough given the rough neighborhood in which it finds itself.

In those face-masked, neurotic features, we see a horrible glimpse of the future. A generation screen-addled, aggrieved, socially inept and, ultimately, lost.

But, as Israel learned on Oct. 7, military dominance is no guarantee against terrorism.