Colombia is the obvious next target for Trump’s narco war

8 January 2026 6:17 pm

Why exactly Donald Trump ordered that another head-of-state should be kidnapped is up for debate. The official reason for the…

Albanese folds, appoints Virginia Bell to lead Royal Commission

8 January 2026 5:08 pm

In a press conference this afternoon, Prime Minister Albanese announced a Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. He claimed…

A call that rose from the streets

8 January 2026 5:04 pm

For the first time, a public call was issued by Reza Shah II, a call that emerged directly from the…

The Birmingham Maccabi scandal proves multiculturalism has failed

8 January 2026 4:00 pm

Imagine if a UK police force had information suggesting white supremacists were planning to attack black football fans from overseas.…

Australia’s next great shift is regional

8 January 2026 3:56 pm

Regional Australia could save the national economy

Trump’s proto-British Empire built on oil

8 January 2026 2:20 pm

One remarkable thing about Donald Trump’s adventure in Venezuela is just how old-fashioned it is. It is a world away…

The moral righteousness of Trump’s Venezuelan coup

8 January 2026 1:07 pm

Does a nation have rights? Must others respect its sovereignty? It depends. Since only individuals have rights, Ayn Rand (1905-1982)’s…

Melting pot?

8 January 2026 11:35 am

Can Labor balance integration with multiculturalism...

Kai is the queen of Generation Alpha Trumps

8 January 2026 6:25 am

Americans hate to love, or love to hate, the country’s First Family, the Trumps, a melodramatic cast of characters that…

The SNP is up to its old referendum tricks

8 January 2026 3:31 am

There will not be another referendum on Scottish independence if the SNP wins a majority in May’s devolved elections. We…

Starmer brings the spirit of Dry January to PMQs

8 January 2026 3:03 am

‘New year, new you’. One can imagine the Prime Minister repeating this most hollow of secular mantras in front of…

Immigration is foreign policy now

8 January 2026 2:14 am

Invade the world, invite the world. That pithy phrase was invented in the 2000s by Steve Sailer, the right-wing writer,…

Stonewall’s collapse can’t come soon enough

8 January 2026 1:33 am

At last, some good news: Stonewall, the charity behind so much of the gender insanity that has gripped Britain in…

Nigel Farage was the winner of PMQs – and he wasn’t even there

8 January 2026 1:32 am

‘He has got no choice but to be here for Prime Minister’s Questions! That’s why he’s here. If he could…

A crackdown on dangerous elderly drivers is overdue

7 January 2026 10:45 pm

Drivers over the age of 70 will soon need to have their eyes checked every three years in order to…

Labour’s drink-driving law won’t cut road deaths

7 January 2026 10:19 pm

‘We will tread more lightly on your lives,’ promised Keir Starmer in his first speech as Prime Minister. Yet his…

Can Laila Cunningham win London for Reform?

7 January 2026 10:13 pm

Laila Cunningham has been unveiled as Reform’s candidate for the 2028 London mayoralty race. Cunningham, who was elected as a…

Does Greenland really belong to Denmark?

7 January 2026 9:46 pm

Nordic politicians are trying to stir up anxiety following Donald Trump’s operation in Venezuela – and his threat to grab…

There’s a better way for Farage to win the motorist vote

7 January 2026 7:51 pm

It is easy to see the political attraction for Nigel Farage of promising to reverse Rachel Reeves’s decision to end…

Israel won’t hold back on Hezbollah for long

7 January 2026 6:08 pm

Israeli aircraft struck targets in Lebanon on Monday. Hezbollah and Hamas military infrastructure was targeted in the Hezbollah heartland of…

Britain will struggle to put ‘boots on the ground’ in Ukraine

7 January 2026 5:30 pm

The current conflict in Ukraine has frequently been compared to the first world war. There is an echo of the…

Trump’s Greenland grab would expose Europe’s ultimate weakness

7 January 2026 4:15 pm

As Donald Trump weighs up taking control of Greenland, Britain and the EU has fallen back on a familiar strategy:…

Is Viktor Orban about to lose power?

7 January 2026 4:00 pm

Hungary is bracing for its next general election in April. It is the tightest race since Viktor Orban came to…

How does the Beijing-Moscow-Tehran Axis interpret Maduro’s ouster?

7 January 2026 1:25 pm

The January 3, 2026 extraction of Nicolás Maduro by US forces marks one of the most dramatic American interventions in…

Immortal Guard: Long live the Shah

7 January 2026 1:07 pm

The Achaemenid Immortals were the elite and permanent guard of the Achaemenid Empire a force that served both as the…