The Caribbean island that wants to claim a Russian super yacht
Earlier this year I asked Gretta Fenner, head of a Swiss Foundation that investigates oligarchs and financial crime, about confiscating…
Why is Sunak cutting a tax only paid by the rich?
Last week, Rishi Sunak struck a blow for ordinary people against the elitist project that is net zero, assuring them…
Olaf Scholz’s failing coalition is leaking support to the AfD
Germans are increasingly fed up with their hapless chancellor Olaf Scholz and his traffic light coalition. Just a quarter of…
The excruciating pain of being a Manchester United fan
Can there be a more wretched existence in football than being a Manchester United fan? Well, yes, would be the…
How to take on Opec’s oil barons
Beyond the environment, one of the most persuasive arguments for reducing western nations’ dependence on fossil fuels is the extraordinary…
Get a grip, YouTube hustlers. Don’t watch football with the camera on
Once upon a time, football fans used to come home from seeing their side lose, and they would shrug their…
Mestizo Australia
Reflecting on the centenary of Federation in 2001, the late Australian historian, John Hirst, imagined Australia in 2051: The marrying…
The Voice of unreason: no easy way out of this mess
The Voice will likely fail. Possibly at referendum, but, if it succeeds at clearing that hurdle, it will fail in…
London’s e-bikes are out of control
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but rental electric bicycles are becoming a bit of a scourge in London. Unlike…
The incredible meltdown of the Center for Antiracist Research
Professor Ibram X. Kendi has run into a spot of trouble. His fantastically funded Center for Antiracist Research – more…
It’s time football scrapped the Saturday afternoon TV blackout
The Premier League needs to wake up and smell the coffee: there is nothing sacrosanct about football matches that kick off…
Tory MPs can dare to dream about the next election
Were you a centre-right leader seeking the perfect person to condemn you for implementing a mildly populist measure then a…
What is the point of Ed Davey?
Since being elected as a Liberal Democrat MP in 1997, Ed Davey has been through many phases: conventional Paddy Ashdown…
Why ‘wokeness’ is doomed to fail
There are two dishonest conversations about wokeness, or identity politics if you prefer the less contentious term. The first from conservatives…
In defence of the noughties
Russell Brand always seemed repellant to me, but that had little to do with the fact he became famous in…
Rope-a-dope: conventional protest as cover for the real revolt
The governance mechanisms in Australia, and the West more broadly, are so manifestly corrupt that they are beyond salvage. The…
Cheerless, friendless, broke – Victoria in 2023
The decrepit state of Victoria in 2023 is far, far worse than it was when Labor was dramatically booted from…
Own goalie
As this magazine pointed out last week, there is no room for complacency in the fight to defeat the referendum…
