UK economy grows by 0.5% in June – defying expectations
So the economy has defied the predictions of doom once more. The latest figures released by the Office for National…
Europe’s migrant crisis is about to get much worse
The first time Mohamed Bazoum came to the attention of the European media was in the aftermath of the Great…
Why Australian migrants are voting ‘no’ to the Voice
In 1924 the US Congress passed the Immigration Act banning Asian – particularly Chinese – immigrants to America. Faster than the Yanks,…
Local councils are becoming fiefdoms obsessed with identity politics
One great thing about Australia’s Federation is its system of checks and balances. In addition to a Westminster-style separation of…
‘Get the boats done’ – could there be a referendum on the ECHR?
It’s ‘stop the boats’ week in 10 Downing Street as part of government plans to avoid a news vacuum over the…
Prince Harry could learn from the Japanese royals
Plain old Harry Windsor, as he is now, is in Japan for the International Sports Promotion Summit and a few…
Elon Musk scorns ABC for ‘preferring censorship-friendly’ platforms
Usually when people delete their social media accounts, it’s because they’ve become the target of media scrutiny and they really really…
Reconciliation: what the heck is it?
There are a number of opaque memes that now corrupt the debate surrounding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. We just…
Biometric harvesting and digital currency: Kenya Suspends OpenAI’s Worldcoin
Concerned Kenyan authorities have suspended the cryptocurrency Worldcoin, citing digital identity concerns. The organisation, officially launched by project owner and…
Truth-telling: the dark side of Queensland’s gender clinics and affirmation care
Last month in Cairns the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) held a Queensland Branch Conference at…
Shackled to the demons of history?!
Let’s talk about Captain James Cook. One of the greatest mariners and scientists of all time, Cook arrived on Silver…
Diane Abbott deletes foul-mouthed migrant tweet
Is Diane Abbott OK? A day after the independent MP hit out at Tory party deputy chairman Lee Anderson for…
Tory deputy chair: Tories have failed on migration
Oh dear. It’s ‘Stop the Boats’ week in 10 Downing Street as the government tries to set the news agenda…
Britain could lose five years of economic growth
It’s no great secret that the events of the past few years have delivered a serious economic blow to the…
Was Putin behind the Electoral Commission hack?
The hacking of the Electoral Commission’s databases highlights the way that in the interconnected modern world, ‘warfare’ can be as…
Why Britain’s prisons will only get more violent
Prison and probation staffing is approaching dangerously low levels’ said the Ministry of Justice in a document they published by…
Alex Salmond teases a reconciliation with Sturgeon
Even in her absence, Nicola Sturgeon dominated Iain Dale’s discussion with Alex Salmond and David Davis at the Edinburgh festival.…
Suella Braverman’s Turkey deal won’t stop the boats
It hardly takes a genius to work out that whoever is in charge of the government’s media grid over the…
Macron can’t escape blame for France’s failures in Africa
Emmanuel Macron was the recipient of a letter on Monday from nearly 100 senators from across France’s political spectrum. The…
Why is Scotland’s government spending money on play doh and laser tag?
Another day, another ridiculous revelation emerges about the Scottish government. This time, it’s civil servants who are in hot water…
The truth about ‘gender-affirming care’
‘My breasts were taken away from me (and) the tissue was incinerated.’ Every word of destransitioner Chloe Cole’s testimony to…
Number of civil servants on £100k almost doubles
It looks like trimming the fat isn’t going too well at the civil service, despite the government’s middling efforts. Between…
You don’t need to ‘Queer’ the Mary Rose
I have an idea for the Mary Rose museum in Portsmouth. My idea is for a Mary Rose Ultimate Experience…
Why aren’t we more afraid of China?
Electric cars made in China could be turned off remotely, immobilising them instantly and crippling the West. That terrifying prospect…
Talk of a civil war in France is overblown – for now
Is France at war? Alain Finkielkraut, one of the most popular and respected – if controversial – intellectuals in France,…
