Rupert Hawksley

Abu Dhabi

Opinion Editor at The i Paper

Opinion editor @theipaper. Previously The Independent, The National and The Telegraph

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Articles

The note that proves it: Meghan has won

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Rupert Hawksley

It is unarguably the classiest clapback ever. A calligraphy clapback, no less. Two weeks on, we’re all still talking about Meghan Markle’s – sorry, Sussex’s – Netflix show. Every human being on the planet with social media has scathingly reviewed or parodied it, and in presumably the most brutal blow to date, Kerry Katona let it be known that she switched off after five minutes.
Kemi’s on a kill mission - and net zero is her target

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Rupert Hawksley

The setting for Kemi Badenoch’s speech in which she attacked net zero targets, describing them as “impossible”, was the offices of a swanky business advisory firm in London’s King’s Cross. Here was a clear signal that the Leader of the Opposition’s vibe is shifting from spiky doyenne of right-leaning think-tanks to a pragmatic figure, challenging Labour’s view of the route to British prosperity.
Trump's bellicose rhetoric only increases the chances of World War Three

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Rupert Hawksley

Whatever one thinks about President Trump’s showboating, he is undoubtedly shaking up the world order and the serene environment of geopolitics and diplomacy like almost no peacetime leader in memory. So when he speaks of threats of global conflict, we must take him – and them – seriously.
Starmer is doing many of the things the Tories were too chicken to try

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Rupert Hawksley

In Westminster, a question is often asked when it comes to rating prime ministers: who is the heir to Blair? The three-time election winning Labour leader may these days be a dirty word in some Labour circles but his endurance and legacy mean he is often held up as the pinnacle of owning the centre. Before he was elected in 2005, David Cameron described himself as the “heir to Blair” – not everyone in his party was impressed. They already found him a little too modern.
Russia's response to drone attacks was highly revealing

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Rupert Hawksley

“Peace talks constructive. Many dead in latest massive drone strikes” is, I think, a fair summary of the latest events in the Russia-Ukraine-US trifecta. That paradox is indicative of a number of factors which will now play out fast, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top aide, Andriy Yermak, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio conduct talks in Saudi Arabia to expedite a resolution to the war in Ukraine.
A trip to the dentist with my son taught me a harsh lesson about nostalgia

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Rupert Hawksley

My 13-year-old son did as 13-year-old sons are wont to do and broke one of his teeth this week while arsing about at school. So off we went, with many muttered imprecations from me and many muffled responses from him, to get it fixed by an emergency dentist. We had, as is the way of these things, never met this dentist before. And he, it turned out, was old school. He greeted us unsmilingly. There was no welcoming chat. Just a command to the patient to “Sit down. Lie back.” And then he began.
This Labour Government is about to get a whole lot more Tory

1 month ago | msn.com | Rupert Hawksley

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This Labour Government is about to get a whole lot more Tory

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Rupert Hawksley

Rachel Reeves will be relieved that the international excitements of the past weeks have taken the glare of attention away from her upcoming trial: a Spring Statement on 25 March, which is a de facto admission that Britain’s economy is still in slumber mode. At the same time, the Government needs to ramp up defence spending, adding another burden to the books, not to mention the inflation figures, which are stuck at three per cent – well above the declining Eurozone average.
The AI big beasts are consuming whatever they will for their survival

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Rupert Hawksley

Like prehistoric dinosaurs lumbering across the landscape, the AI big beasts are now all around us, consuming whatever they will for their survival. But while Tyrannosaurus Rex devoured 22 stones of meat in a day (that’s a whole lot of duck-billed hadrosaurs), that kind of diet is small fry for a modern AI monster.
Europe is in a flap over this 'black swan' event

1 month ago | inews.co.uk | Rupert Hawksley

As fate would have it, I was recently at a conference exploring “black swan” events and how politics and policy makers can contend with developments which are highly unexpected, disruptive and hard to predict – or simply don’t get anticipated because we are not used to looking for them at all.