The mystery of the Covid Inquiry’s missing WhatsApps
It will no doubt be referred to in Whitehall circles in future as the ‘Jason Leitch protocol’. Scotland’s clinical director…
Is the business world sane again?
There are signs that woke capitalism is on the way out. Unilever, purveyor of the most right-on brand of the…
Boris Johnson joins GB News
He’s back! Since the Privileges Committee probe earlier this year, Boris Johnson has been unusually quiet by his colourful standards.…
Conflict in Palestine … again – where do you stand?
As a nation, why is a minority, including some of our elected representatives, condoning pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel rallies? Most Australians are not…
Can Xi successfully stage manage Li Keqiang’s legacy?
Political deaths in China always carry the risk of social unrest. It was premier Zhou Enlai’s death that triggered the…
Why Putin hosted Hamas at the Kremlin
Since Hamas’s attack on Israel nearly three weeks ago, Vladimir Putin has been torn between who to back. It took the…
Let’s do away with EPC ratings
The Autumn Statement could propose offering discounts in stamp duty for homebuyers who take improvement to raise the Energy Performance…
Keir Starmer is losing grip on his Israel problem
Keir Starmer is losing grip on his party’s position on Israel. So far, over 25 Labour councillors have quit over…
Will the new US Speaker spell trouble for aid to Ukraine?
For the past few weeks, the US House Speaker’s chair has sat empty. Kevin McCarthy was ousted from the position…
Do asexuals really face ‘dehumanising discrimination’?
Bored with hearing about discrimination towards lesbians and gay men? Having an empathy meltdown when listening to stories of violence,…
Macron is wrong if he thinks Isis is finished
Emmanuel Macron has suggested the formation of an international coalition to combat Hamas similar to the one deployed against the…
Energising the Liberals
The Liberal Party’s energy policies lack clarity, making them ill-suited to take to the next federal election (due by mid-2025).…
Sunak sounds the alarm on AI
‘Dr Death’ was the nickname bestowed on Rishi Sunak by one scientist during Covid. But ‘Dr Doom’ seemed a more…
Occupation justifies murder…?
Dominating the news headlines this week on the Israel-Hamas war have been the calls for a ceasefire and for humanitarian…
Israel is facing an existential battle
Israel is fighting for its life. While the White House remains convinced that it is possible to somehow contain the…
Ukraine’s draft church ban: breach of religious freedom?
The Ukrainian parliament’s cautious nod of approval for bill 8371 banning the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) breaches religious freedom. Approval was tentatively…
Is a Great British Space Race about to take off?
Brits have, for many years, taken a back seat in the Space Race, but that could soon change. An all-UK…
Is the UN’s leader trying to alienate Israel?
The Secretary General of the United Nations is conventionally thought of as the world’s most high-profile diplomat, charged with the…
How Netanyahu’s ‘divide and conquer’ strategy backfired
Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to the Hamas terror attack has been slow and incompetent. Many of the efforts to house, clothe,…
Parliament votes for more fatherless children
October 19 was a dark day in Australia’s social history after our Parliament voted for more fatherless children… Labor’s draconian…
Netanyahu is looking weak
If the Israeli public had expected Benjamin Netanyahu to take responsibility for failing to foresee Hamas’s attack on 7 October,…
Who is Mike Johnson, the new House speaker?
At long last, House Republicans finally selected their new speaker: Mike Johnson, the Shreveport native who resembles nothing so much…
Rishi Sunak has lost his fizz
A harrowing session at PMQs. Rishi Sunak seemed subdued and de-energised. His fizz had gone flat. The usual hip-wriggling shuffle…
The shameful desecration of Israel’s kidnapped children
We have seen many grim images over the past two weeks. Images of the apocalyptic, Isis-style violence visited upon the…
Dave Courtney and the grotty reality of true crime
The death of the gangster Dave Courtney – found in his bed with a gunshot wound at the age of…
