Huma Abedin trades up for Bradley Cooper
A few things Cockburn always enjoys (aside from alcohol and low prices) are drama and scandal. He was therefore delighted…
WA playing politics at the border?
In Western Australia, a state government minister has been accused of allegedly preferencing political donors for border entry during the…
Boris is finally free
A curious atmosphere in the Commons today. Relaxed. Jovial. Almost like a party. There was a bit of aggro at…
The case against all the Tory leadership candidates
The Tory leadership contenders have set out their pitches. Rishi Sunak is the sensible but boring choice. Liz Truss is the…
Who will halt the SNP’s velvet revolution?
Where do the Conservative leadership candidates stand on the Union? Jeremy Hunt has ruled out another referendum in the next…
Can Penny Mordaunt win it?
Is Penny Mordaunt the dark horse in the Tory leadership race? After topping a Conservative Home poll of Tory MPs, Mordaunt…
How Joe Biden can woo the Saudis
‘You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing,’ said Winston Churchill, ‘after they have tried everything…
Berkeley law professor: ‘Your line of questioning is transphobic’
Britain isn’t America. But that doesn’t stop us letting out a collective groan when we see the same loopy opinions…
The Treasury’s childcare trap
Announcements from Tory leadership pretenders have been noticeably light on big ideas. But one interesting policy suggestion was floated today…
Could the Tories suffer the same fate as the French right?
Here are some statistics that ought to send a shudder through Tory MPs. Between 1995 and 2012 the French centre-right…
What the Tory candidates’ logos say about them
There’s a particularly amusing picture from the 1997 Tory leadership contest of Ken Clarke and John Redwood awkwardly paired up…
Backing Badenoch is a risk the Tories should take
Whoever is chosen to lead the Conservative party will be plunged into a storm of problems needing rapid and decisive…
Sri Lanka’s revolution looks doomed
Reporting from Sri Lanka over the years has left me with mixed memories. On the one hand, there’s the horror…
Adding race to politics is not a good idea
It seems it is not only Indigenous Australians, but also some resident Kiwis, that may be given an extra voice…
The media’s Glenn Youngkin rope-a-dope
I regret to inform you that America’s decrepit media commentators are once again attempting to play a game of rope-a-dope…
No one wants to join the military anymore
Last week marked the 246th birthday of the United States. This year also marks, according to Lieutenant General Thomas Spoehr…
Woke churches erased women
It was the African American social commentator Candace Owens who once quipped: ‘Telling children they can pick their gender is…
Henan: China allegedly restricts protesters with Covid app
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The closing of the Australian mind
The quietly resurrected Alan Tudge, now Shadow Education Minister in the freshly minted Opposition, probably hopes the Albanese government won’t…
Sri Lanka: aftermath of a political tsunami
Members of the Sri Lankan diaspora, people like my family, have been noticeably quiet about the upheavals in their former…
The Governor-General is Australia’s Head of State
Some journalists, politicians, academic lawyers, and supporters of an Australian republic continue to claim that it is obvious from reading…
Taco Jill’s Latinx Incluxion
Taco Jill Jill Biden was in San Antonio yesterday, where she attended something called the “Latinx Incluxion Luncheon” as part…
Five tacos Jill Biden thinks are Hispanics
Jill Biden apparently thinks Hispanics are tacos and vice versa. At a conference in San Antonio on Monday, Dr. Biden…
How Justin Trudeau caved to Putin
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the West was certain that its sanctions were worth the pain. But there always was a…
Bleak, vapid and banal: why are the Tory leadership videos so awful?
The Tory candidates have released a set of videos presenting their claim to become Britain’s next prime minister. Frontrunner Rishi…
