Is one badly filed flight plan really to blame for the airport chaos?
A faulty flight plan filed by a French airline is unofficially being blamed for the meltdown in our national air…
Biddy Baxter and the perils of remembering the past
I’ve been reading the cracking, crackling new biography Biddy Baxter: The Woman Who Made Blue Peter by Richard Marson (he’s a friend,…
How the West made a mess of Syria
It was the last week of August 2013. I was Her Majesty’s Ambassador to Saudi Arabia. The course of the Arab uprisings of…
Why are governments spending so much money policing our speech?
The Albanese government’s attempt to make itself the arbiter of truth with its Orwellian ‘Misinformation’ Bill has thrown a spotlight…
Gippsland’s native timber industry: saving the Leadbeater’s Possum endangers the Sumatran Tiger
The Leadbeater’s Possum is critically endangered and logging the Mountain Ash forests in which it lives is a real threat…
Why weren’t police forces investigating every theft?
Police must investigate every theft. This is the message from the Home Secretary as the government heralds an agreement from…
Hipkins insists there’s ‘nothing to fear’ in co-governance
It can’t be long now until a supporter of co-governance repeats President Roosevelt’s famous exhortation at his first inauguration during…
Conservatism in a modern world?
What does it mean to be a conservative? One interpretation characterises conservatism as ossified, backward-looking, and incapable of change. In…
NAPLAN results offer proof: Australia’s education system is failing
If any more evidence were needed that the way we educate our children needs comprehensive reform, last week’s NAPLAN results…
Confessions of a Russiagate survivor
As the latest special counsel files new charges against former president Donald Trump, it’s beginning to look like legal crusades…
What Jeremy Vine gets wrong about cyclists
I can’t believe we need to say this, but here goes: Motorists should not pull over to allow cyclists to…
Who’s more useless – the Tories or the England rugby team?
In a curious way the decline of English rugby mirrors that of the Conservative party. Four years ago there was…
Watch: Nish Kumar meets his match on women’s rights
Who says Britain no longer produces quality telly? Mr S this weekend thoroughly enjoyed the sight of Nish Kumar –…
Trussites inspire their peers in parliament
So. Farewell Then. Nadine Dorries. The departure of the bestselling author from parliament got Mr S wondering just which books…
Net Zero is condemning more Brits to energy poverty
Here’s another great idea from the net zero establishment: only heat your home when it is warm and sunny outdoors.…
How Georgia Meloni plans to stop the boats
Few can argue that the arrival of 100,000 illegal migrants to Britain from France by small boat since 2018 is…
Is the game up for Justin Trudeau?
In the dog days of summer, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government are skating on thin ice…
What went wrong at the Open University?
The Open University is a cherished British institution. The sociologist Michael Young, who went on to become a Labour peer,…
Why is the RSPCA defending the American Bully dog?
Britain is caught in the jaws of a dangerous dog. In the past two years, fatal dog attacks in the…
The golden goose causes great harm
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are made up of many different and distinct groups, each with their own culture, customs,…
Diary of an ‘Expert’ (She/Her) + boosters 100 per cent masked
Dear Diary, Well, it’s happened. Deep down I knew it might, but I still can’t believe it. Today, Chris Hipkins…
Albanese’s fact-checkers and truth police
The federal government’s proposed Misinformation and Disinformation Bill poses a serious threat to freedom of speech and expression in Australia. I’ve experienced…
Australia is ruled by ‘experts’
Politicians can’t seem to live without experts. Faced with technical complexity all around them – whether in public health, climate…
Not in my backyard! No one wants to look at offshore wind turbines
When wind farms were nothing more than an apocalypse-mongering salvation shouted from the lips of a distraught truanting European teenager,…
Nadine Dorries blasts Sunak in first interview since resigning
It’s only been a day since Nadine Dorries announced her resignation as an MP – in a scathing letter released…
