Biden’s hiring criteria: Woke before worker?!
Americans have until April 3 to challenge proposed subjective ‘suitability and fitness’ criteria for selecting Federal employees. Released February 14,…
Australia: suffocated by regulation and raided by greedy politicians
Gary Banks in The Australian notes how government regulatory measures are destroying our vital comparative advantage in energy supply and promoting inefficient labour…
The Illegal Migration Bill will define the next election
The government’s Illegal Migration Bill is finally here. Speaking in the House of Commons this lunchtime, the Home Secretary unveiled…
A Cold War mindset is thriving in Beijing
China’s new foreign minister Qin Gang has come out growling, using his first media appearance to accuse the US of…
Did Belarusian rebels blow up one of Putin’s planes?
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has some awkward explaining to do to Vladimir Putin after a Russian military plane, being stored…
Will Rishi Sunak admit the truth about net zero?
When Boris Johnson nailed the Tories’ environmental colours to the mast a few years ago, he probably gained votes from…
Rishi Sunak seems serious about stopping the Channel boats
So long as the extensive pre-briefing of the Illegal Migration Bill turns out to be a reasonably accurate reflection of…
Chris Rock’s criticism of Meghan Markle is spot on
The story of Harry and Meghan has often been portrayed as a clash of values between Britain and America. Between…
Radio 2 has misjudged its audience
BBC Radio 2 is one of the many modern cultural enterprises which seems to have as its primary aim alienating…
Macron’s France is a tinderbox
On 22 March 1968 the slow burn that would eventually flare into France’s ‘May ‘68’ began. The radical student movement…
Should I have had a sensitivity reader review my book?
Reason magazine reported last summer on the rise of sensitivity readers, and publishers have made headlines for their plans to…
The growing bipartisan backlash against ‘Latinx’
Since its emergence, the term “Latinx” has been unpopular with Hispanics. Yet despite this opposition, progressive activists and organizations continue…
Sensitivity readers: no better than Medieval statue butchers
‘Yeah, the good news is that this is a right-wing source that is probably blowing it out of proportion. But…
What is yours, is theirs
How dare you work hard, often across multiple jobs!!! You studied, innovated, invested, risked time and money, saved (rather than…
Rev. Calvin Robinson: a crisis of faith for the Anglican Church?
What follows is one of the most articulate and powerful speeches you are likely to view this year. It is…
Sea level rises?
Who would believe that the whole world has just woken up to the fact that climate changes? It changes constantly…
Qurangate has exposed the weakness of ‘liberals’
There’s a sudden vacancy in the constituency of Wakefield. The incumbent Labour MP hasn’t resigned or died. He just happens…
Alan Jones: Rio Tinto and Taiwan, or is that ‘Greater China’?
I have long wondered whether Australia’s corporate world places its interests above all others, including the poor coot in Struggle…
The Left’s aversion to teacher quality is harming our kids
The Productivity Commission has recently thrown down the gauntlet on teacher quality, and its importance to the nation’s economic health.…
Dyson tells Hunt: your tax grab sucks
As tax rates rise in the UK, so do business jitters. The windfall tax on oil and gas companies –…
In defence of Isabel Oakeshott
What shocks me most about Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages is the flippancy surrounding decisions to scare, manipulate and control the…
Harry and Meghan’s coronation guessing game isn’t fair on the King
Will they or won’t they? I’m talking, of course, about whether or not Harry and Meghan will attend the King’s…
Failing to stop the Channel crisis will cost Rishi Sunak his job
Finding an effective solution to Europe’s migrant crisis has eluded the continent’s leaders for a decade. Presidents, prime ministers and…
Cyclists have been given a licence to ride on the pavement
Let me confess: when I learned that a woman pedestrian had been sent to prison for causing the death of…
From lockdown paradise to love island: Australia’s bizarre pilfering of UK doctors
Last week, whilst perusing the internet, I stumbled upon a rather amusing story. It turns out a delegation from Western…
