Why should British Jews take their skullcaps off?
I was proud when my son, then aged three, wore his kippa (Jewish skullcap) for the first time. We placed…
Albanese everywhere – but nowhere: the Voice has been overshadowed
Politics happens in a context. This means that national leaders must operate in the knowledge that their plans will be…
The winners and losers of this year’s conference season
Conference season 2023 is done and dusted, with punchy Wes Streeting having performed the final significant act yesterday via his…
No wonder Britain’s prisons are almost full
It’s finally happened. Our prisons are almost full. Last night the Times reported that ‘Lord Justice Edis, the senior presiding…
Britain’s sluggish growth is nothing to celebrate
So, the doomsters have been proved wrong again – not least the Bank of England, which a year ago forecast…
The desperate plight of Humza Yousaf’s relatives, trapped in Gaza
Scotland’s First Minister Humza Yousaf has his flaws as a politician but when it comes to the brutal attacks on…
Putin has been blindsided by the Israel attack
Inevitably, some have tried to suggest the terrorist invasion of Israel was in some ways orchestrated by Moscow. ‘Russia is…
Will the ‘Al-Aqsa flood’ unite the Islamic world?
The name of Hamas’ deadly terrorist attack on Israel over the weekend, the ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’, was deliberately chosen to galvanise…
‘Voices’ are stacked against remote Indigenous communities
‘We need to listen to people’ so that ‘governments actually respond to people on the ground’. These were the words…
Despatch from the front lines
For the past week I have been handing out referendum ‘No’ case information to the public as they present themselves…
Do social housing residents really age slower?
Great news. Living in a damp home can help you live longer. Admittedly, I am not all that convinced, but…
Australia’s worker shortage is a Canberra policy shortage
Australia’s persistent worker shortage crisis is a major roadblock to the growth of our economy and our nation’s prosperity. There…
Another nude Biden pic scandal?
There’s something about mirrors and cameras that the Biden men just can’t seem to resist — they are compelled to…
Reflection on the quest for a two-state solution
In December 1987, an uprising that became known as the Palestinian intifada began in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.…
Harvard’s shameful response to the Hamas attacks
Harvard university is at the centre of an unprecedented backlash after some of its students released an inflammatory statement claiming…
Australia’s night of infamy
Awakening to news on my X feed of 40 babies being beheaded by Hamas animals at a kibbutz in southern…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr ditches the Democrats
Robert F. Kennedy Jr has cut ‘Camelot’s’ century-long political ties with the Democrats. Using a euphemism for draining the swamp,…
The Middle East’s new grandmasters
On Monday, while IDF troops were clearing the last Hamas terrorists from Israeli communities near the Gaza border, Benjamin Netanyahu…
What happened to ‘Never again’?
For Jews everywhere, there was an eery familiarity about the terrible violence unleashed on Israel during Saturday’s attack by Hamas.…
Football’s shameful silence on Israel’s tragedy
Few top-flight football matches these days kick off without an expression of solidarity with a cause or condolence. Along with…
Labour is already tearing itself apart. How would it cope in government?
Keir Starmer’s chances of becoming the UK’s next prime minister seem to be improving by the day. From a huge win…
The kids are running the classroom
The Democratic Party is in a state of rhetorical paralysis. This weekend, as Palestinian terrorists streamed across the Israeli border,…
RFK goes it alone in Philadelphia
Had you blindfolded me yesterday morning, led me to the front lawn of the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, removed…
Aboriginal Elder: ‘White fellas saved us’
‘I would say to everybody in Australia, for the health and welfare of people like myself, out in the bush…
Keir Starmer looks ready for an election
The stage invasion at the start of Keir Starmer’s speech was a total failure for the protestor who carried it…
