The absurdity of the £10 Christmas bonus for pensioners
In the time honoured tradition of underwhelming Christmas gifts, surely none is quite so derisory as the government’s Christmas bonus…
Will Australia finally take anti-Semitism seriously?
After four days of looking like a rabbit in the headlights, embattled Australian prime minister, Labor’s Anthony Albanese, finally started…
Why misogyny lessons for schoolboys will backfire
All parents and teachers of teenagers will know two things. The first is that teenagers are the human equivalent of…
Europe has left Ukraine living on borrowed time
Russia started the war on Ukraine, so Russia should pay for the damage it has wrought. Such was Volodymyr Zelensky’s…
The fiscal case for mass migration is being demolished
Perhaps because it’s the week before Christmas, the Migration Advisory Committee’s (MAC) latest annual report has attracted little attention. Many…
Australia’s fatal moral naivety
One of the great confusions in modern Australia is the belief that niceness equals alignment. Every Australian has had a…
Starmer should pick a UN ambassador who knows Trump
After three months of speculation, Keir Starmer has appointed a replacement for Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington. The winner…
Keir Starmer just declared war on the lobby
This evening, Downing Street has announced a major overhaul of the ‘lobby’ briefing system. Currently, accredited political reporters are invited…
Kemi Badenoch is right to call for more defence spending
Kemi Badenoch has announced a series of commitments on defence spending that she would implement if she were to become…
How Donald Trump could serve a third term
The 22nd Amendment leaves open several possible ways a two-term president could serve all or part of a third term…
Appeasement 0, Jew Hatred 15
As, slowly and painfully, we come to terms with what happened on Bondi Beach on Sunday, I divide my reactions…
What the word ‘intifada’ really means
Finally the left is showing an interest in freedom of speech. And all it took was a police clampdown on…
That is no country for old men
The fall of Constantinople showed what happens when sovereignty is lost
Despite the rate cut, inflation remains a danger
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has just voted to cut interest rates to 3.75 per cent and…
Bats are paying the ultimate price for our wind turbine obsession
The 11,000 wind turbines in the UK are not only an eyesore, they are also a killer. Their blades can…
How to really save the BBC
Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the BBC has accidentally done Britain a favour. One ‘fake news’ moment involving the…
Why did scientists think the Beachy Head Lady was African?
A human skeleton found in a box in the basement of Eastbourne town hall in 2012, has, not for the…
Why should British taxpayers fund students’ European Erasmus jollies?
Half a billion pounds of taxpayers’ money will be spent on rejoining the EU’s Erasmus+ student exchange programme. With libraries…
The police crackdown on ‘globalise the intifada’ chants is too little, too late
Protesters chanting ‘globalise the intifada’ will now be arrested, according to the heads of Greater Manchester Police and the Metropolitan…
Trump’s firehose of MAGA rhetoric
Rumors flew around like great, big beautiful birds ahead of President Trump’s address to the nation tonight. Was he going…





