Alistair Darling only saved the country
Alistair Darling was one of the most consequential politicians of the past half-century but he had the misfortune to be…
Alistair Darling was a great man
The death of Alistair Darling is a grievous loss. British politics has lost a man of decency, character, integrity and…
Peak stupid? NSW Liberals back Greens and Labor on Net Zero target
Two big events occurred in Macquarie Street on Thursday morning. In Parliament, the Liberals joined the Greens in the Lower…
Winston’s moment
The Shaky Isles have a new government. At last. Christopher Luxon, with whom I spent a pleasurable day in Hawke’s…
Henry Kissinger saved us from a much worse world
‘If I give you a copy of my book,’ I said to Henry Kissinger two months ago, ‘which chapter will…
Newsnight doomed itself
Whither Newsnight? Or do I mean wither, Newsnight – shortly to be reduced to a 30-minute debate show shorn of…
The remarkable life of Henry Kissinger
The next few weeks will be filled with remembrances, fulsome appreciations, and harsh criticism of Henry Alfred Kissinger, who died…
Time for Albo to cut Bowen loose
Australia’s energy policy is an embarrassment on the international stage
Get used to Labour being the party of low taxes
It takes some to get used to Labour posing as the party of low taxes, but it is something that…
Blueberry Fields Forever
‘Let me take you down, ’cause I’m going to blueberry fields. Nothing is real, and there is nothing to get…
Is Treasurer Chalmers the Pontius Pilate of interest rates?
Australian Prime Ministers typically leave a single memory to mark their reign. Morrison had his lump of coal. Rudd loved…
Do hangover pills work?
Everyone talks about how your twenties are a period of change physically, emotionally and financially; of self-discovery and exploration and…
Joe Biden don’t get no respect
During Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House, it became common knowledge that the best way to lobby the president…
Did Starmer let slip Labour’s secret plan to win back the Red Wall?
Winter looms, and at PMQs the Scottish nationalists were swift to exploit the darkness and the chill. ‘Dread,’ intoned Stephen…
Transylvanian gold
Why is everyone arguing about the validity of Roman gold found by a peasant in Transylvania? More to the point,…
Has Israel learned the lessons of Ukraine’s war with Russia?
Israel’s ceasefire with Hamas – which has allowed for the release of dozens of hostages – looks set to continue.…
Game of wolves
The Albanese government mantra regarding relations with China ‘we need to cooperate with China where we can, disagree where we…
Why Argentina is turning its back on Brics
‘Today, the rebuilding of Argentina begins’, Javier Milei declared in his first speech as the new president-elect. The anarcho-capitalist is…
When will Rishi Sunak see sense on the Triple Lock?
When Jeremy Hunt announced his ‘Autumn Statement for Growth’ last week, there was a slight problem: the Office for Budget…
Curbing work visas won’t solve Britain’s migration issues
Why can’t we seem to distinguish between good and bad migration? Brexit allowed the government to do what the Leave campaign…
The Italian left wants to blame Giorgia Meloni for the patriarchy
This weekend, demonstrations took place in major Italian cities to mark the UN’s international day for the elimination of violence…
Harry, Meghan and the mystery of the ‘royal racist’
Ever since 2021’s absurd Oprah Winfrey interview, in which the Duchess of Sussex coyly suggested that a member of the…
Does football really need sin bins to tackle bad behaviour?
Here we go again. Just when you thought a period of welcome stasis might have descended on the world of…
Sunak has doomed Britain to a total ban on smoking
It is an indictment of the intellectual vacuum in British politics that when a prime minister is looking for a…
Multiculturalism put to the test
‘Australia is the most successful multicultural nation in the world.’ Australian political leaders of all persuasions have often paraded this…
