Annastacia Palaszczuk: an unflattering legacy
For many, the lasting image of Annastacia Palaszczuk won’t be of a Premier basking in the glory of an Olympics…
Isn’t it ironic?
Last Thursday on Music Band T-shirt Day, the Prime Minister chose to wear a T-shirt from the Australian band Radio Birdman.…
The French elite have realised that Marine Le Pen might win
You can tell that French elections are in the air because legal proceedings are being taken against a leading figure…
Does Macron want to make France more multicultural?
Emmanuel Macron will address France in the coming weeks in what is being billed as a ‘Message of Unity’ speech.…
An election campaign is still dangerous for Putin
It was elaborately staged precisely to try and look unstaged. After a medals ceremony at the Kremlin for Heroes of…
‘Rizz’, ‘vibes’, and what we lose with Very Online language
Welcome to our language: ‘rizz’. Here’s the OED definition: colloquial noun, ‘defined as ‘style, charm or attractiveness; the ability to…
A very merry interruption
Christmas is the season of interruptions. Who isn’t relieved, at year’s end, for the interruption of a week or two…
The Tories aren’t being honest about foreign marriages
Western liberalism was built on the principle of marrying out. Our beliefs about the freedom of the individual ultimately stem from…
Could killing Yahya Sinwar end the Gaza war?
Somewhere beneath the rambling town of Khan Yunis, Yahya Sinwar, the murderous leader of Hamas in Gaza, is awaiting his…
The Turner prize doesn’t make sense anymore
In 1950 the American critic Lionel Trilling suggested, in his book The Liberal Imagination, that there was no meaningful right-wing…
Net zero has doomed Europe’s car industry
The decision of the European Commission to delay, for three years, tariffs on car exports between Britain and the EU…
Will Tory plotters sink Sunak?
After months of tedium, Sunday newsrooms everywhere rejoiced at Robert Jenrick’s resignation on Wednesday night. Finally, a return to the…
Watch: Naga Munchetty’s X-rated jibe at Boris
Pity the poor staff and stars of Have I Got News For You. Having propelled Boris Johnson to fame in the early noughties,…
The US Senate is playing into Putin’s hands
The news this week that Republicans in the US Senate had voted together to block a supplemental funding bill that…
Jenrick takes aim at Rishi’s Rwanda fix
After three days of speculation, Robert Jenrick has finally broken cover. In this morning’s Daily Telegraph he sets out in…
Joe Biden is all at sea on Israel’s war in Gaza
No amount of presidential bluster or White House spin can disguise the fact that the Biden administration appears increasingly clueless…
Brighton says ‘no’ to Eddie Izzard
‘If there’s one thing Eddie Izzard can’t be faulted on, it’s enthusiasm,’ Steerpike opined this week on the news that…
Why Kim Jong-un keeps crying
Crying in public is something we tend to associate with the North Korean people rather than their rulers – who are…
What Hugo Chávez failed to understand about Karl Marx
It’s 25 years this week since Hugo Chávez – an inspiration for leftwingers like Ken Livingstone and Jeremy Corbyn –…
Why this atheist celebrates Christmas
I believe in Jesus, but I don’t believe in god. I don’t go to church, but I do celebrate Christmas.…
Capacity Investment Scheme hog-ties nation to energy woes
Market regulation is designed to modify the outputs of, and inputs to, goods and services. In doing so, they will…
Where was the White House when Guyana was sounding alarms?
Venezuela’s controversial Esequibo referendum received the support of voters on Sunday. In short, it asked Venezuelans if more than two-thirds…
Watch Cop28 and weep
What a hoot. The global warming cult have finally learned their lesson and decided to hold this year’s annual Cop…
