Green, powerless, and defenceless
As Net Zero strangles Australian industry, Australia is becoming green, powerless, and defenceless. History holds lessons that we ignore at…
Sick of Marvel? Watch these instead
I think it’s safe to say that I’m getting sick of the same old superhero movies. The chances of me…
Why Putin thinks war with Ukraine is like the Israel-Palestine conflict
Who is to blame for the shocking pogrom in the Dagestani city of Makhachkala, where a mob of hundreds stormed the…
When will XL Bully defenders admit that genes matter?
It’s not a good time to be an American XL Bully. The breed, an extra-large pitbull variant, has been blamed for a threefold rise in…
Toward a new totalitarianism
There’s no doubt cultural-Marxist-inspired Woke ideology is destroying the best parts of Western Civilisation. Rationality, truth, and a spiritual or…
Sam Smith, can you put your clothes on?
Undressing. Getting one’s kit off, whether for the gentlemen or the ladies, depending on one’s bent. Disrobing, divesting, denuding. Slipping…
What can Rishi learn from the EU’s plummeting inflation rate?
Good headlines are coming out of the Eurozone this morning, as the inflation rate slowed to 2.9 per cent in…
Is Sunak winning over Scottish voters with his petrol ban delay?
Fewer than one in five Scots can reliably be expected to vote for the Conservative party, but a poll this…
Vote Leave duo turn on Johnson at Covid Inquiry
Boris Johnson wasn’t in attendance at the Covid Inquiry this morning, but he was certainly there in spirit. The ex-Prime…
Starmer takes on his party over Gaza ceasefire demand
Keir Starmer has tried to get back on the front foot today over his party’s position on Israel and Palestine.…
Is Suella Braverman wrong about pro-Palestine ‘hate marches’?
Supporting the Palestinians is a reasonable thing to do. Flying their flag is not an act of hatred. Expressing sympathy…
Will Elon Musk end up humiliating Rishi Sunak?
Bill Gates was probably otherwise engaged. Mark Zuckerberg was busy in the metaverse. And Jeff Bezos was tied up on…
Airbus Albo has forgotten Alice Springs
It is unlikely Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will return to Alice Springs now the referendum is finished and there is…
Israel, Palestine and the troubling silence of Britain’s anti-racists
There’s no room for racism in Britain, we’re told. EDI (equality, diversion and inclusion) initiatives and anti-racism strategies are everywhere.…
The horror of Halloween
Temperate weather, perfect apples, and leaves turning yellow, red, and purple – ‘Fall’ ought to be the most charming time…
Raining missiles, reigning lies: flags, ceasefires, and ‘proportionality’
The gentle, lispy tones of Tony Burke, Minister for the Arts and Workplace relations in the Albanese government, belie the…
The Witchery weaves Halloween magic in Edinburgh
Halloween traditions might hail from All Hallows’ Eve, the Christian celebration preceding All Saints’ Day, but that has roots in…
What’s the point of the Covid inquiry?
Was anything in Martin Reynolds’s evidence to the Covid inquiry surprising today? We already knew that Boris Johnson had a…
What are the WHO up to this time?
For most Australians, any distant international bureaucracy seems a world away from their everyday lives. When discussing the WHO (World…
Is Argentina doomed?
Argentina is a third world country with first world taste. It is the land of Malbec, Borges and polo, but…
De-banking Nigel Farage: a tale of politics, not commerce
Documents that further vindicate Nigel Farage’s claim that he was de-banked by Coutts for political, not financial reasons, emerged last…
It’s the mens rea, stupid!
The young female journalist-cum-activist from the ABC (suffering early onset bias) was asking Amir Maimon, the Israeli Ambassador to Australia,…
Afghanistan is on the brink of another catastrophe
When a massive earthquake struck western Afghanistan on 7 October, thousands of mud houses collapsed, crushing and killing the people…
How Rishi Sunak can finally win over ‘generation rent’
‘We’ve had 30 years of vested interests standing in the way of change,’ Rishi Sunak declared in his conference speech…
Jews feel abandoned by the British left
Like 9/11, the massacre in southern Israel changed everything. From the great movements of Middle Eastern geopolitics and international alliances…
