Fraser Nelson
Fraser Nelson
Bush is to blame for chaos but not the storm that hit New Orleans
AMID the condolences pouring in for the bereaved and homeless of New Orleans, a hint of vindication can be detected from corners of Europe. America, it is being whispered, is paying the price for climate change.
Let's face the blunt fact: Iraq is still in chaos
FOR the dwindling band of people willing to admit they supported the Iraq war, there are increasingly few straws to cling to. We can argue that a dictatorship has fallen, that Iraq has a new constitution and troops will soon withdraw.
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Move over for Darling would ensure a more effective Home Office
NEWSPAPERS have an excuse for the "silly season" - the Home Office does not. Yet in the last fortnight more nonsense has emerged about terror laws than the media could ever have concocted.
So who's still afraid of the oil price surge?
ANYONE who lived through the drama of the Seventies oil crises would have good reason to be alarmed at reports of crude-oil prices reaching new records. Three decades on, could we be facing world recession again?
Politicians join the battle of Britishness
THE Last Night of the Proms will this year take on special poignancy. It's the only non-sporting arena for British nationalism: an arena for people to sing about empire, wave the Union Flag and be unashamedly patriotic.
An early handover could be best for Blair
GORDON BROWN is not a betting man, but if he popped into Ladbrokes this summer he would get a shock. It has opened a book on Tony Blair fighting a fourth general election, and staying on as Prime Minister well into the next decade.
PM must act to end 'Londonistan' extremism
TONY Blair heads off on holiday this week as a prime minister whose personal fortunes have been recharged by tragedy. His approval rating has jumped five points to 44 per cent - but this honeymoon may not last longer than his summer vacation.
Economic growth is green
THE Kyoto Protocol? That was so last century. Even the Japanese, who founded it, have moved on to the next big thing. The plastic wristbands aren't yet printed, but the new logo is complete: growth is green.
'Surrender' puts ball in Unionists' court
THE IRA first announced a ceasefire in 1994: it struck London the year after. Tony Blair told us about a "hand of history" peace settlement five years ago: why should we believe him now?
The curse of consensus comes to Westminster
A NEW spirit of consensus is descending on Westminster. The three party leaders who held talks in 10 Downing Street yesterday agreed on new terror laws - but this was more than just a reflexive response to the London attacks.
Will anyone rise to take al-Qaeda's bait?
THE VOICE of Muslim Britain seems almost provocative in the opinion sampled so far. A quarter claim some sympathy with the "feelings and motives" of those who carried out the attacks, and 6% consider the July 7 attacks justified.
7/7 questions must not remain unanswered
LAST summer, the American government published a national bestseller. "The day dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States," it began - telling the story of 11 September, 2001.
Time to rethink our multicultural society
TONY BLAIR faces two enemies in his new war against British terrorism: the seed of jihad, and the fertile ground on which it is sown. The last mission of his premiership will be finding policies to neutralise both.
How Britain sows the seeds of terrorism
HOW could three boys from Yorkshire have become suicide bombers? As police laid out their grim conclusions yesterday, it seems the extremists were homegrown and laid on a suicide attack. Suddenly, this is a very British problem.
Blair delivers a star performance on world stage
FEW democratic leaders have achieved genuine worldwide stature. From America we have seen Kennedy and Roosevelt: from Britain, Churchill and Thatcher. But to that list, we must now add Tony Blair.
Summit of the Dead Men Walking
EIGHT MEN IN A ROOM CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. That was the slogan projected above the stage in Hyde Park at the Live 8 concert - but for the eight men dining with the Queen at Gleneagles Hotel this evening, the political realities are cruelly different.
King of the World's sole power is spin
GENEVA would make a perfect weekend break for the Prime Minister. Its waters are just the right swimming temperature, and the Swiss newspapers are on-message. Le Temps, one of its main titles, was last Friday proclaiming "Tony Blair: King of the World." Well he is, after all, chairing both the G8 and the European Union. At home his authority is recharged by a UK election victory - while Jacques Chirac is on the ropes in France and Gerhard Schroeder is facing election defeat in Germany.
How Tony Blair turned protest into triumph
WHEN the history of G8 meetings is written, the Gleneagles summit will deserve its own chapter. Little matter if there is no progress inside the electric fence: an incredible event is happening outside. Never has a protest been so successfully tamed by the government.
Gleneagles: a Kyoto deal for grown-ups?
SHARKS were not on Sir Bob Geldolf's radar when he invited the world to Scotland for the G8 summit. But they are swimming north anyway, we learnt last week, as refugees from the global warming which makes England's water too hot.
After the chaos, an EU worth having?
THE CHAOS is delicious. European Union leaders meeting this week are in stalemate, Gerhard Schroder will soon be thrown out by German voters, Poland is growing cold on the Euro and Italy is talking about bringing back the Lira.
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