Labour won the Tory leadership debate
That was quite a debate.I’ve never seen senior Tory ministers and MPs lay into each other so publicly. Rishi Sunak…
The verdict: the second Tory leadership debate
‘If you’re still watching this debate, well done,’ said Mordaunt, bizarrely, in her closing statement. ‘I wish tonight had been…
The Queen is Australia’s Head of State – don’t deny it
History tells us that new wars are lost because generals re-fight the last one. The looming battle to keep Australia’s…
The second Tory leadership debate – as it happened
Good evening. The second Conservative leadership debate between Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss, Penny Mordaunt, Kemi Badenoch and Tom Tugendhat has…
Revealed: Penny Mordaunt’s hidden equalities agenda
The bookies’ favourite to win the Tory leadership race, Penny Mordaunt, has had a difficult few days. She’s facing questions…
The volatility of the Tory leadership race
In just a few days, the Conservative leadership race will be down to the final two candidates. But what happens after…
Penny Mordaunt’s worst trait
Right-wingers appear not to be terribly keen on Penny Mordaunt. Toby Young read her book Greater: Britain After the Storm…
Sunday shows round-up: Penny under the spotlight
Penny Mordaunt – I’m being smeared over self-ID claims No Conservative party leadership race is ever without drama. With the…
Is Labour changing its mind on trans issues?
Amid the noise of the Tory leadership fight, some significant comments in the papers could be missed today. Here’s the quote,…
Labor to ‘rescue’ ISIS brides?
If it wasn’t bad enough watching Foreign Minister Penny Wong hand $1 million to the Taliban in aid, it now appears that…
Liz Truss is right to look at family taxation
Launching her campaign for party leader and prime minister, Liz Truss said something that barely registered amid the big tax-cutting…
China’s economy is grinding to a halt
Economic growth in China is grinding to a halt. The days of soaring double-digit growth are over, and the malaise…
Which Tory leader does Labour fear the most?
Ask any Labour politician which of the Conservative leadership candidates they fear most and they will most likely say: none…
Britain’s sclerotic state is killing prosperity
To listen to the would-be prime ministers of the Conservative party, things in Britain are going pretty well. Sure, Covid…
Why does Kemi Badenoch want to break up the Treasury?
Conservative leadership elections aren’t usually associated with big policy ideas. But last week Kemi Badenoch put forward a proposal that…
How to not argue at the dinner table
Family dinners, like almost every area of American life, have become a subject of fierce politicization recently. In the years…
Of age and stage: over 50s excluded from workforce
I find it ironic that everyone wants to live a long life but nobody wants to get old. Even fewer…
Sydney: third-worst place for making friends
There is an odd condition known as Prosopagnosia – a cognitive disorder where the ability to recognise familiar faces is…
Ditching Boris was a terrible mistake
Watching the Channel 4 leadership debate last night was thoroughly depressing. If only Boris Johnson’s premiership hadn’t ended in the…
The real winner from last night’s debate
Last night Channel 4 held a 90-minute live event starring Rishi, Liz, Tom, Penny and Kemi. Not a manufactured pop-band…
Glyndebourne goes gender neutral
Angela Rayner caused a bit of a stir a few weeks ago when she rocked up at the Glyndebourne opera…
The next Tory leader should commit to ditching net zero
‘We’re all Keynesians now,’ Richard Nixon reportedly said in 1971 before ushering in a decade of high inflation. In the…
A storm is coming – and none of the leadership candidates are ready
You’ve probably heard the joke about the two hikers facing an angry bear. One changes into his running shoes, telling…
Albo learns nothing from European crisis – doubles down on renewables
Europe (and parts of Asia) are in the middle of an energy, food, social, and economic crisis exacerbated by ‘green’…
Do Tory MPs still represent their members?
As the Tory party leadership race enters its next stage this weekend, one thing is becoming very clear: the two…
