Were fears of a third wave overblown?
So, the third wave is officially no more. New modelling by SPI-M, the government’s committee on modelling for pandemics, has,…
Oh my Josh, it’s the Oprah budget
Pop culture obsessives will never forget the famous episode of the Oprah Winfrey Show where the queen of America gave…
Build Le Wall: Barnier backs a French migration ban
Since the conclusion of Brexit, former EU negotiator Michel Barnier has been keeping himself busy, releasing his own ‘secret journal’…
Who killed bipartisanship?
Who wants bipartisanship? The short answer is: neither side, so neither is getting it. Activists in both parties have been clear…
Sturgeon can’t hide the economic costs of Scexit
Might the 2020s be the seismic decade in which the post-war consensus, that liberal democracies do not and should not…
Generation Z: Stalin’s little helpers
Gen Z are the source of Cancel Culture. They are the generation that pride themselves on a heightened state of…
Sadiq Khan’s victory is good news for the Tories
Sadiq Khan is here to stay. London’s mayor has suggested he wants to stay on until 2040. But is this really good…
Daniel Andrews and hotel quarantine: the case for the prosecution
We’re at the stage where another day is almost guaranteed to reveal another disaster for Victoria’s hotel quarantine scheme; another…
A pre-budget boost in the PM’s polling?
Is all the talk of budget benevolence already boosted Scott Morrison’s standing? Today’s Essential Poll provides some support for the…
Fauci must answer for his role in Wuhan’s COVID lab
We still don’t know the origins of COVID-19, a full year and a half out from the start of the…
Budget 2021: a spendathon sugar hit to keep the punters high till polling day
Despite Josh Frydenberg’s denials, we appear set for a spendathon budget tonight, a budget where an unexpected surge in revenue…
Could the Tories lose the South?
The coming Batley and Spen by-election — triggered by the incumbent MP’s election as the first mayor of West Yorkshire — is currently attracting a…
Are Meghan’s Covid claims correct?
When you are on the side of global enlightenment, the standards of proof required for your assertions tend to be…
The furlough scheme is holding back the jobs market
Last week the Bank of England increased its forecast for economic growth in 2021 from 5 to 7.25 per cent.…
Nine lessons from the elections
Here are the big things I learned from Thursday’s elections and their aftermath. 1. The Scottish parliament will vote to…
Starmer is Labour’s Iain Duncan Smith
After a gruelling election campaign the most important thing to do is to have a rest and have a think. Everyone…
Westminster must avoid the Sturgeon trap
The challenge for the UK government in the coming months is to make Nicola Sturgeon look like a constitutional obsessive.…
Why French soldiers are moving against Macron
Emmanuel Macron was in Strasbourg on Sunday where he addressed the Conference on the Future of Europe. This is where…
A is for arrogant, B is for boring and C is for contemptible
Over a year ago I wrote that ABC TV current affairs was in trouble and drifting badly. The people, policies…
Jon Lansman finally gets a left victory
While the Conservatives in Cornwall may celebrate winning control of the council in last week’s election, they had one notable…
Diane Abbott calls for Labour to embrace free movement
Left-wing figures are picking over the carcass of the Labour party this morning, after the party performed poorly in Hartlepool…
Scotty from Marketing plays into the left’s lines about “problems with women”
It’s now a badge of honour to be seen as blatantly promoting women ahead of men. The papers of the past few…
The SMAge descends into imbecilism
And to think that we were under the impression that The SMAge’s target demographic was neurotic single women aged 18-45.…
The problem with investing in cryptocurrency
‘This time next year Rodney, we will be millionaires.’ If Only Fools and Horses was still being made I imagine…
“He’s a turd. He’s easy to loathe…”
“[He has] fallen into the classic trap of the egomaniac…This childish business of putting his leadership on the line every…
