Why did it take Seb Coe so long to see sense over transgender athletes?
World Athletics has decided to protect women’s sport by restricting it to females. From 31 March, transwomen will not be…
Dmitry Medvedev and the weakness of Putin’s Kremlin
It’s a long time since Dmitry Medvedev was last considered a potential liberal hope for Russia. Most recently, after all,…
Did Scotland’s minimum alcohol pricing work? A look at the data
As Nicola Sturgeon prepares to exit stage right, she’s been reeling off her greatest hits. Things she thinks she’s done…
France is on a knife edge
Thursday was a day of anarchy in France. In Lorient a police station was attacked, in Bordeaux a town hall…
Social media: radicalising the West into the climate cult?
Facebook users are aware of the suffocating control the platform exerted over the Covid narrative. The Silicon Valley giant became…
Trust is a big fat nothing burger
I was back at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the opener of the 2023 AFL Season. This time last year,…
The powerful politics of Covid vaccines
When did Pfizer accumulate the 94 cases which would have qualified for the primary endpoint (the evaluable efficacy population) for…
The activism industry
The activist professional caravan has moved on. Hitting the social media headlines in 2017, the #MeToo movement disrupted the community…
Could the markets force Macron to back down on pension reforms?
Is Emmanuel Macron reaching his Liz Truss moment when financial markets finally determine his future? On 20 March Moody’s ratings…
Why Boris Johnson might escape a partygate punishment
After several months of anticipation, two contentious legal submissions from Lord Pannick KC and a bumper 52-page witness statement, Boris…
TikTok’s powerful friends in DC
TikTok’s CEO is gearing up for a grilling in Congress, but he’s got some new, powerful allies in his corner:…
Will the interest rate hike be enough to tame inflation?
There was no easy option for the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) this week. Raising interest rates, even…
Tory MP: Boris’s hearing like OJ Simpson’s trial
Whether it was No. 10 parties or Chris Pincher’s misconduct claims, Tory MPs grew used to having defend Boris Johnson…
Jonathan Portes – my part in his downfall
In 2018, the Equality and Human Rights Commission commissioned and promoted a report which predicted that an extra 1.5 million…
Rishi Sunak was wrong to publish his tax returns
He has plenty of money. He earns a substantial amount from his investments. And he gets a City firm to…
Ron DeSantis is coming for Trump
Donald Trump faces legal jeopardy about payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, but his Republican opponents face political jeopardy about…
DeSantis sets Trump’s hair on fire
Donald Trump faces legal jeopardy about payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, but his Republican opponents face political jeopardy about…
Why are we still funding gain-of-function research?
If someone had asked you in winter 2019 your views on gain-of-function research, you would likely have given them a…
Why Trump’s indictment is no ‘moment of choosing’
Why Trump’s indictment is no ‘moment of choosing’ His former vice-president recently said that “history will hold him accountable.” This…
The Paraguay predicament over Taiwan
On April 30, Paraguayans will go to the polls to select a new president. Though elections in the landlocked South…
The most disliked Hollywood film trailer in history?
Well, that didn’t last long. It seems my faith in Hollywood to tell a decent story bereft of identity politics…
The Fed’s rate rise shows it is confident about the banks
So, things really are different this time. The US Federal Reserve has decided to raise its Federal Funds Rate (its…
Five things we learned from Boris’s Privileges Committee grilling
Boris Johnson has just finished a mammoth three hour evidence session in front of the Privileges Committee inquiry into whether…
BoM(bed) again!
The mainstream legacy media have done it again. As a collective, they have demonstrated how utterly untrustworthy they are as…
Big Tech only wants to hear one ‘Voice’
In the push to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia’s Constitution, censorship is the greatest weapon – and…
