Will a French coalition join forces against Le Pen at the next election?
Emmanuel Macron is not happy. He would love to run for a third term as president but the French constitution…
‘Chinese spy’ arrested in the Commons
Oh dear. The Sunday Times is tonight reporting that a Westminster parliamentary researcher has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.…
Dead-celebrity market worth US$2.25 billion
‘Deleb’ (as in dead celebrity) is a label used in show-business to describe a deceased star, celebrity, or artist whose…
Rising tyranny: the public-private partnership
The slogan cuius regio, eius religio (whose the reign/realm, his the religion) was adopted in Europe in the mid-16th Century to end…
The Voice is the latest saviour cult
Is Western Civilisation’s middle-class being pranked? The people we thought we knew – peers, colleagues, relatives, and friends – are…
Braverman backs Douglas Murray
Stop the presses: common sense has broken out in parliament. On Thursday, Suella Braverman delivered an update on the anti-terror…
Watch: Macron booed at World Cup opening ceremony
You know it’s bad when the rugby fans are booing you. Poor Emmanuel Macron had his big moment upstaged last…
Harmonies and strains in campaign songs
In the long history of pop songs being co-opted or leveraged for social cause campaigns, almost none seem an immediately…
Rishi Sunak will have a tougher time than he thinks in India
Rishi Sunak, the first British leader of Indian descent, has to walk an unenviable political tightrope at this weekend’s G20…
The UN Declaration of Human Rights asks us to reject the Voice
Not since the days of the prophets has there been a greater clarion call for human civilisation than that espoused…
Britain’s shrinking army faces an uncertain future
Old soldiers never die, the song goes, they just fade away. Next year, General Sir Patrick Sanders, Chief of the…
The tragedy of Italy’s dead bear – and the folly of rewilding
A butcher who has killed the most famous wild bear in Italy is now unable to leave his house for…
Flight risk
Seasoned air travellers are familiar with the sight of a swarm of masked and gloved cleaners waiting to rush on…
New HRC madness
In Canberra a parliamentary committee is considering whether to recommend a huge transfer of power from the elected executive government…
Don’t lose the peace, Mr Dutton
Labor is entirely to blame for the Voice fiasco but the Libs will have to clean up the mess
Poets don’t stink
The Australian Book Review poetry prize is upon us again and it’s worth mentioning that the ABR editor Peter Rose,…
Aussie life
Presumably, you don’t get to become head of football’s governing body in a football-mad country like Spain without putting in…
