Xi Jinping’s chilling words for Putin
It was perhaps the most intriguing moment of their Moscow summit. As Xi Jinping left the Kremlin last night, he…
Why is inflation going back up?
For the past few months, the debate over inflation in Britain has centred around just how fast the rate might…
The UK is right to refuse entry to a Quran-burning activist
Nobody came well out of the Quran-scuffing incident at Kettlethorpe High School in Wakefield last month. Following calls from Islamic…
Is it game over for Boris Johnson?
I don’t know about you, but it’s getting rather tiresome for me now. The Boris Johnson saga, that is. Did…
Were vaccines a political treatment for public fear?
‘All of the public health response [around Covid] appeared to be focused on ‘well’ people, and none of it was…
Labor’s Net Zero dream left in the car park
Nothing describes Net Zero better than Labor’s campaign ‘e-bus’ sitting dead on arrival in front of reporters after suffering a…
Where is the Royal Commission into Covid?!
Australians were shocked when the news of the potential enormity of the coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020. Many were…
Guilt by association
There are two issues at stake in the transwars that are again finding their way to our shores with ‘Posie…
Alan Jones: Ukraine, China, Russia, and the crisis in Western leadership
All the talk is about submarines and Aukus, but the very big geopolitical issue is the war in Ukraine. Elements…
Balls: women don’t have them, and neither does Pesutto
I was so close to writing a good news story about cancel culture. There have been many examples of bravery…
Does it matter if Putin uses a body double?
Was it Vladimir Putin or wasn’t it? ‘Vladimir Putin’ was certainly shown on television being helicoptered into Crimea this week,…
Does Boris Johnson’s partygate defence stand up to scrutiny?
This morning, Boris Johnson’s response to the accusations against him was published in a substantial dossier to the Privileges Committee.…
Prince Harry’s new project to challenge ‘gender norms’
What are Prince Harry’s pronouns? The obvious ones, of course, are ‘he/him’, but the mischievous might suggest that ‘heir/spare’ are…
Johnson makes his partygate defence
Boris Johnson has today published his long-awaited ‘partygate’ defence, ahead of his appearance before the Privileges Committee tomorrow afternoon. In…
The UN’s global net zero target isn’t realistic
Does UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres really have any hope of persuading rich countries to commit to achieving net zero…
Has government borrowing really been brought under control?
To what extent have the public finances really been brought under control? This morning’s update from the Office for National…
Beijing is already bankrolling Putin’s war
It hardly seems like the most propitious time for Xi Jinping to be visiting Moscow. There’s an international arrest warrant…
The Stormy Daniels case won’t stop Donald Trump
The 45th president of the United States of America — and the leading Republican contender to win back the White…
Has Emmanuel Macron become France’s ‘Caligula’?
The government of Emmanuel Macron won a vote of no confidence in the National Assembly on Monday by a mere…
Were Ukrainians behind the Nord Stream bombings?
Vladimir Putin has his story, and he’s sticking to it: the destruction of three of the four Gazprom-owned Nord Stream…
The Donald Trump Show’s arrest plot twist just isn’t convincing
When last we checked in on The Donald Trump Show, the absurdist political thriller that’s been airing nonstop on CNN…
Pesutto has doomed the Victorian Liberal Party
The Liberal Party is doomed. It doesn’t exist anymore. That’s the only way to understand the decision by John Pesutto,…
What’s left of our cultural inheritance?
Though it may come as a surprise to a postmodernist, 3,000 years of Western history offers some viable solutions to…
Failure on the horizon
The consequence of Daniel Andrews’ constitutional ban on gas is about to catch up with Victoria’s energy supply, to the…
How Russia’s neighbours are falling out of love with the Kremlin
Putin’s illegal war in Ukraine has united the West. Nato has been strengthened and there has been much support for…
