Vale Rule of Law and Rule of Logic
Shannon Fentiman is the Minister for Justice, Minister for Women, and soon to be the former Queensland Attorney-General. She is…
Britain should get out of the electric vehicle business
A frantic round of last-minute lobbying is already underway. Officials are trying to stitch together a deal. And the Prime…
BT replacing jobs with AI is nothing to be scared of
BT has announced that it will cut up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade. The company currently…
Does Harry and Meghan’s car chase story add up?
Anyone who has ever visited New York City will be scratching their heads over Harry and Meghan’s claims about a…
Cambridge Footlights launch ‘sensitivity reading’ service
Here’s something that will make John Cleese splutter on his cornflakes. The Cambridge Footlights – whose alumni include Peter Cook,…
The Covid Royal Commission is nowhere to be seen
Australia’s Prime Minister is known for emoting and for pursuing nothingburger public policy issues (the Voice, the republic, climate emergencies,…
Empowering consumers in the era of greenwashing
It is no shock that the rise of environmentalism has dominated the political scene for the last few years; evidenced…
EVs and a tale of two Italians
A recent article in The Australian gave a fascinating insight into the world of EVs, told from the point of…
The myth of the beautiful green belt
What a nonsense debate the fight over the green belt has become. Today Keir Starmer has been – rightly –…
The ‘marking boycott’ is yet another betrayal for students
Students have had a rough deal over the past years. They’ve had their degrees interrupted by Covid and teaching strikes,…
Will Rishi Sunak admit the truth about Net Zero?
Grant Shapps, the energy secretary, popped up on television at the weekend to explain that the cost of installing a…
How Keir Starmer plans to snatch the centre ground from the Tories
Tories have spent the week giving speeches about what it means to be a conservative at the National Conservatism conference…
Nat Con won’t save conservatives
Nat Con is the talk of Twitter, a dubious accomplishment for any movement seeking popular relevance. Progressives are having a…
Starmer’s savvy Brexit position
Keir Starmer has made the anodyne demand that Britain seek a ‘closer trading agreement’ with the EU. But why doesn’t…
Meghan’s lecture on ‘service’ is hard to take
Since the publication of Prince Harry’s memoir Spare in January, Meghan has kept an unusually low profile by her standards.…
Suella Braverman is making Rishi Sunak look weak
The National Conservatism conference is entering its third day in London, and has managed to grab more headlines than the…
Keir Starmer’s housing pledge has trapped the Tories
Sir Keir Starmer has broken cover on planning. In perhaps his most daring policy announcement so far, he has declared…
The chromosome-thin line between ensuring civil discourse and policing the opinion corridor
The Australian’s online comments moderation is at the risk of falling into the trap of censorship of ideas and debate…
Truss in Taiwan warns of new Cold War with China
Liz Truss is in Taiwan this week, urging the West to take a stronger stance against China. Her message is clear:…
Danny Kruger is right: marriage is the bedrock of society
It didn’t take long for Danny Kruger to get jumped on for stating the obvious. His observation yesterday that ‘The…
The ultimate symbol of Sisu
For Finnish people, the concept of sisu cannot be directly interpreted. Roughly translated, it means strength, perseverance, and a firm determination to…
Solar: a risky waste of time and money
In Australia, great reliance is being placed on electricity generation from solar panels, both roof-mounted and solar farms. The aim…
The Lincoln Project tries to Bud Light Dr. Pepper
The Lincoln Project, a disgraced PAC launched in 2019 “to defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box” and “to ensure…
Why are the Nat Cons so serious?
The problem with socialism, the saying goes, is that it takes up too many evenings. Well, the National Conservatism conference,…
