Commentaries

Cash, Coal, Cars, Trees were at the heart of Cop26 and the 1.5c limit of increase of the heat of the planet remains alive.

Uncertainty and fear of the unknown have been so promoted that many people fear the future with little confidence: a reset is required.

Police must be permitted to prioritise the worst of crimes, not asked to protect the public from being offended.

Making positive changes, not knee-jerk complaints, should be the reaction to the global problem of shortages.

Game-changing medical advances contrast sharply with the negative bickering of President Macron.

Covid is a pandemic of impossible balancing acts: benefits, risks and people’s rights all compete in every decision to combat the disease

Short-termist Western politicians meander in the mist in the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s single-minded efforts to control domestically and abroad.

Afghanistan: an appalling human crisis but also a tool to be manipulated by terrorists and hostile nations to harm Western and other democracies.

An imminent global climate catastrophe? Avoidable, if World leaders learn the pandemic lessons, cooperating, thinking boldly and doing bold things together.

From Olympic medals to freedom’s return, from 1 million job vacancies to artificial intelligence, 2021 is surely a Summer of hope.