Indigenous rights and voice silenced
As Australia considers the voice of its Indigenous peoples, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, in the upcoming referendum, concerning constitutional…
Everybody needs good Neighbours
Neighbours. Everybody needs good neighbours. The thing about good neighbours is that they actually do develop into good friends over…
Vogue circles wagons around the Biden admin with KJP profile
Vogue is on a hot streak when it comes to elevating the underqualified ladies of the Biden administration, with Karine…
Pope Francis should stop cosying up to authoritarian regimes
Pope Francis is on his way back from Mongolia this week. On a visit to that country, which has scarcely…
Congress is growing ever older. It’s time to reconsider term limits
Last week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell froze in place and was unable to answer questions for an agonizing period.…
Victoria’s duck hunting ban is a sign of things to come with the Voice
The recent state parliamentary report into recreational native bird hunting gives Victorians a taste of the kind of division the…
Carol Vorderman suffers a blow in her scrap with the Tories
Carol Vorderman’s campaign against the Tories suffered a setback today after the ex-Countdown host climbed down from a row with…
Why eco zealots love to hate Ryanair
There are many reasons why someone might want to throw a cream pie at Michael O’Leary, the motormouth boss of…
The George Santos report that led half his campaign staff to quit
If you want something done, do it yourself — that includes getting a report on your fake résumé written up…
Is Joe Biden really running again?
Will President Joe Biden be on the ballot in the presidential election of 2024? It’s a question that Biden seemed…
Why are so many Catholic schools affected by the Raac crisis?
We now know the names of the 156 schools across the country with crumbling reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (Raac) inside…
When will the Tories clear up the transgender confusion?
Schools are back but teachers are still waiting for the government’s guidance on transgender pupils. Back in March, Rishi Sunak…
Blundering mandarins forget £3.6 billion
Oh dear. It seems that Sir Humphrey has messed up again. Perusing parliament’s records this morning, Mr S was struck…
Tory MP Chris Pincher quits and triggers another by-election
To no-one’s surprise, Chris Pincher has now quit as a Tory MP, preferring to resign now rather than drag out…
It would be madness for Modi to change India’s name
India’s rulers are apparently unhappy with the country’s name and appear determined to do away with it altogether. They would…
A Wandsworth prison jailbreak was waiting to happen
As a former inmate of HMP Wandsworth, I can’t say I’m surprised that a prisoner, Daniel Khalife, has escaped. When I was…
How not to host a dinner party
I’m always a bit wary when invited for the first time to a dinner party at a friend’s home; some…
Australia’s biggest solar farm: ‘We are collateral damage in the race to Net Zero’
There’s nothing but heartbreak and dismay as another renewable energy project looms over regional Australia. Danish company European Energy has…
Concussions are killing players and the game
The rulers of footy codes have, for years, adopted a head-in-the-sand approach to the management of concussions, but the tsunami…
WorkSafe: socialism by stealth
The Victorian State government is forcing employers to pay for their mental health initiatives, and it is crippling businesses. Pending…
Tony Abbott’s record of achievement
Ten years since we elected the Anglosphere’s best recent Tory PM
Is the Bank of England done with raising rates?
Is the UK set for its 15th consecutive interest rate hike later this month? Markets expect that rates will peak…
The Birmingham council disaster was entirely preventable
Last month, in the heart of Birmingham’s Grand Central station, a mechanical bull called Ozzy was unveiled to great fanfare,…
Is Andy Beshear the new Mitch McConnell?
In a move that is right out of the hard political playbook of Mitch McConnell himself, the Democratic governor of…
The hypocrisy of Birmingham’s council
Who is to blame for Birmingham City Council’s dire financial situation? The council has long been struggling to pay its…
