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…
Banning Iran’s IRGC makes more sense than cracking down on Wagner
Is the Wagner Group a terror threat to Britain? Until this morning, the thought had probably never occurred to most…
Kemi Badenoch’s growing popularity makes her vulnerable
The news is grim for supporters of Kemi Badenoch: our heroine has climbed to the top of the Conservative Home…
Was Truss doomed to fail on day one?
‘I’m sorry for the damage and the loss. It was a scary time, and I’m sorry for that.’ Kwasi Kwarteng’s…
The SNP’s four day week won’t work
Pigs will surely sooner fly over Glasgow Pollok than business will take inspiration from Humza Yousaf’s approach to running government. Nonetheless, the…
Just Stop Oil protests cost Met police over £9 million
Staging sit-ins, slow marches and protests throughout the spring and summer, Just Stop Oil (JSO) and Extinction Rebellion (XR) have been…
Are pro-Voice advocates preying on children’s emotions?
The Hon Sarah Game, One Nation MLC in South Australia, published a letter addressed to the Labor Minister for Education,…
End the Net Zero nightmare
Matthew Warren knows as much about the energy industry as anyone and his book Blackout (2019) is a very good overview of…
Jolly (expensive) junketeers!
When you wake to the news that federal parliamentarians will be travelling to Washington DC to plead for the release…
Are we all pretending everything is ‘fine’?
You know that old trope about how the husband finally retires and then the wife finds him under her feet…
The unholy alliance between Kim Jong-un and Putin
On 27 July, while commemorating the 70th anniversary of what North Korea perversely terms its ‘victory’ in the Korean war, Kim…
Sunak is embracing wind farms because of politics, not principle
Michael Gove today announced that the government was relaxing the effective ban on new onshore wind farms that was introduced…
The road to Calvary
A presentation by the estimable Fr Tony Percy, until recently Vicar-General of the Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra-Goulburn, on the Australian…
The tragedy of Jordan Henderson
‘Money has never been a motivation,’ according to footballer Jordan Henderson, the ex Liverpool captain and recent recruit to Al…
Jimmy Buffett invented the Florida of our dreams
It was once said by somebody, and then repeated ad nauseum, that Brian Wilson invented California. Or, at least, the…
Labour can’t pass the buck for Birmingham’s troubles
Whose fault is it that Labour-controlled Birmingham city council, the country’s biggest local authority, is now effectively bankrupt? The answer,…
The lack of Indigenous mass graves in Canada
In May 2021, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the remains of 215 children had been found buried at the…
Why Birmingham council went bust
There’s a bit too much schadenfreude from Tories over the effective bankruptcy of Birmingham Council. Its ‘Section 114 notice’ is…
Bring in the Gen X politicians!
American politics has become a tug-of-war between two generations. Boomers (and those older) dominate positions of power even as their…
Kemi becomes the Tory members’ favourite
When the king abdicates, who inherits the throne? Following Ben Wallace’s departure as Defence Secretary, it seems that Kemi Badenoch…
What France’s rubgy racism row reveals about the French left
Emmanuel Macron spent Monday morning in the presence of the French rugby team and for once he spoke without ambiguity.…
Are civil servants taking their revenge?
Jonathan Slater, a former top mandarin at the Department for Education (DfE), has laid the blame for the school building…
What is mis-dis in climate change debate?
Speaking in Suva in July 2022, Anthony Albanese declared a climate emergency in the Pacific. This came after joining regional…
An impeachment inquiry looms
The signals coming from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are that his Republican majority will soon launch a formal impeachment investigation.…
