The Tory leadership race is at its most unpredictable

19 July 2022 7:30 pm

The fast pace of this Tory leadership contest means that MPs are voting again in just a couple of hours.…

Tobias Ellwood stripped of the whip

19 July 2022 7:11 pm

Oh dear. It seems that not all Tory MPs got the memo about last night’s no-confidence vote. Tobias Ellwood, a…

Kemi Badenoch’s last chance

19 July 2022 4:26 pm

Kemi Badenoch has one last chance. With Tom Tugendhat out on Monday evening, the MP for Saffron Walden is now…

It’s impossible to know which crisis to take seriously

19 July 2022 4:00 pm

As I write this, the first day of the heatwave has just dawned. FEAR COMES THE SUN is the Daily…

Prince Harry should stop lecturing Americans

19 July 2022 4:00 pm

Washington, DC Prince Harry is once again mouthing off about American politics despite a rudimentary understanding – at best – of…

Boris Johnson is irreplaceable

19 July 2022 3:30 pm

It has been less than a fortnight since Boris Johnson’s premiership exploded so spectacularly just three short years after his…

Australia in race to host COP 29 in 2024

19 July 2022 12:11 pm

It’s the prize no sane country wants to win, but Labor – egged on by the Pacific Islands – is…

What do we really know about the IPCC?

19 July 2022 10:00 am

Having concluded the latest Climate Change talk-fest – the United Nations COP26 in 2021 in Glasgow – the confected outburst…

Victorian Liberals: left of Labor?

19 July 2022 7:00 am

Since when does a centre-right political party win office by proposing policies even further to the left than its centre-left…

Speaking on Cancel Culture at Friedman

19 July 2022 4:00 am

Last weekend, Sydney played host to the Friedman conference where politicians, centre-right activists, and writers – including many Speccie contributors –…

Prince Harry’s clunky Mandela day address

19 July 2022 3:17 am

Every time that a picture of the Duchess of Sussex arriving at the United Nations is beamed around the world,…

The journalists who got it wrong about the Good Guy with a Gun

19 July 2022 3:16 am

On Sunday, at a mall in Indiana, a mass shooter’s rampage was cut short after he was shot by a…

Parly staff make a mess of their House

19 July 2022 2:10 am

It’s not just the Tory party that’s in a bit of a mess. Fresh off the back of Partygate –…

Why feminists like me are backing Badenoch

18 July 2022 9:22 pm

Kemi Badenoch is the surprise candidate in the Tory leadership contest. Badenoch was, until a few weeks ago, a relatively lowly…

The ghost of Thatcher is haunting the Tory leadership race

18 July 2022 9:11 pm

At least one groundless anxiety has surfaced during the Tory leadership contest. It concerns Boris Johnson’s future and the fear…

Whisper it, but we’re allowed to enjoy the heatwave

18 July 2022 8:55 pm

It was with some trepidation that I set off into the hills of Pyrenees Orientales on Saturday. The temperature was…

What a tale of two political ‘scandals’ says about the French elite

18 July 2022 6:57 pm

Two of Emmanuel Macron’s ministers were rebuked last week for words they had spoken in the past, but only one…

‘Taking back control’ will end up biting the Tories

18 July 2022 4:48 pm

Unfriendly commentators can recite insults against the Conservative party in our sleep. It is a rolling shambles, populated by backstabbing…

The heatwave green hysteria is out of control

18 July 2022 4:41 pm

If you find yourself wondering over the next few days why it is so swelteringly hot, I have an answer…

The latest Tory leadership debate was a grim spectacle

18 July 2022 3:00 pm

The eyes had it, in last night’s leadership debate. Penny Mordaunt and Rishi Sunak took turns directing to the camera…

Will the January 6 committee get a second season?

18 July 2022 12:30 pm

Are the January 6 hearings over yet? Is this a miniseries or will it be picked up for a season…

Hollywoke hypocrites: Chinese & Muslim critics of Disney’s ‘Lightyear’ told their beliefs are ‘backward’

18 July 2022 12:00 pm

Socio-political critics of Pixar’s progressive flop, Lightyear have been mocked as 14 countries banned the ‘kids animated film’ for its…

China rising: do we need a Defence Levy?

18 July 2022 10:00 am

[ This is part 3 of a series. Read part 1 and part 2 ] The truth lurking under the political spin is that…

Gender quotas bite Labor hard

18 July 2022 9:00 am

It is going to be extremely difficult to write this while maintaining an air of sympathy – so bear with…

Climate Change, the art of sophistry

18 July 2022 7:00 am

Sophistry is the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving. Climate alarmists who know the…