Putin is copying the propaganda playbook of Serbian war criminals
A year ago, Ukrainian soldiers discovered evidence of the Bucha massacre in which Russian forces slaughtered hundreds of Ukrainians in…
For once, there’s a battle of ideas happening in the Tory party
Yesterday’s announcement that the UK has joined the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership brought with it a unique sense of…
After 50 years: where next for VAT?
What is the appropriate act to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Value Added Tax in the UK? Are we celebrating?…
AI is the death of porn
I have a friend, let’s call her Ellie, who has a diverting side hustle: she sells erotic images of herself…
Did Brexit save Britain from France’s fate?
Stéphane Rozès, the author of a book entitled ‘Chaos’, was on French radio this week receiving congratulations for being a…
No wonder some Remainers are unhappy about the UK joining the CPTPP
The United Kingdom has become a member of a free trade bloc embracing 500 million consumers. And it isn’t the…
Charles Bronson and the problem with parole hearings
The letter delivered last week to Mr Charles Salvador, of HMP Woodhill, from the parole board did not bring him…
Poland’s burgeoning alliance with Britain is bad for Putin
Poland and the United Kingdom have been allies for years. But, since the outbreak of the Ukraine war, that union…
The politics of hunger
Starvation has ended more than one political empire. The pages of human history are frequently chaptered by acute moments of…
Climate wars rekindled
So, apparently the climate wars aren’t over quite yet. Thank goodness for that! That’s not us rekindling the battle, by…
Brown study
I feel obliged to bring to the notice of those who do not live in Victoria that at least in…
Writing about leaders
Historian Chris Wallace, who currently holds a professorship at the Faculty of Business, Government and Law at the University of…
Kiwi life
Climate catastrophe? Follow the money Because of the importance of the claim that CO2 has the potential to cause considerable…
Searching in vain for The African Queen
What a weird world we inhabit when it comes to popular culture or indeed to any culture high or low.…
Language
Australian journalist Miranda Devine (currently working on the New York Post) has drawn our attention to a new word ‘totting’.…
Mistaken identity
The World Athletics Council has taken the decisive step of announcing that transgender women who underwent male puberty before their…
