What UEFA won’t tell you about the Stade de France fiasco
UEFA has published its independent review into the chaotic Champions League final last May and it is brutally honest in…
The spies never really went away
The news headlines this week brought a warm glow of nostalgia to anyone brought up during the 20th century’s Cold…
Latino Australia? A radical leftist populism may be lying in wait
According to the common narrative, the spectre of rightist authoritarianism has haunted the West since 2016. For as is usually…
Enes Kanter Freedom on LeBron, Erdoğan and the earthquake
Basketball player and human rights activist Enes Kanter Freedom was invited as Leader Kevin McCarthy’s guest of honor to the…
No, renewables are not cheaper
‘Renewables are the cheapest form of new energy.’ – Chris Bowen A return to typical Queensland summer conditions this month…
The jaws effect
It’s not easy being pro-human in the shark debate. Eco-warriors think we not only hate sharks, but nature in general.…
Victoria’s Indigenous shame
If you believed the A-Grade spin emanating from the Victorian government’s massive media team, you would be forgiven for thinking…
How Russia is weathering the storm of Western sanctions
After war broke out in Ukraine a year ago, amidst a slew of shop closures, sanctioned products and predictions about…
What’s behind the secret Brexit summit?
Is there a plot to unravel Brexit? Tory Eurosceptics are asking this question after the Observer published details over the…
Will Lula’s Brazil turn away from the West?
Joe Biden has promised to bring Brazil and America closer together. ‘Both of our democracies have been tested of late’,…
The truth slips out about Justin Trudeau’s euthanasia regime
Two cheers for a brief hiatus in the Canadian stampede towards suicide for all. Earlier this month, David Lametti, Justin…
Is Brexit really costing households £1,000 each?
They never give up, those Remainers. Like the Japanese soldier found on a Pacific island still fighting the second world…
Who really owns Britain’s waterways?
Stop press: Fleet Street is officially full of sewage. Flicking through the papers this morning, Steerpike was intrigued to see…
Do face masks work?
Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, international agencies, national governments, and local public health departments claimed that their policies followed ‘the science’.…
Has Macron turned France into America’s poodle?
A notable feature of how the French public view the war in Ukraine is that the strongest support for its…
It’s time for ‘reality-based’ politicians to start addressing Brexit
Praise be. A day or two ago, something potentially quite exciting took place in Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire. It was a two-day…
Fission vs fusion and the limits of utopian energy
All operational nuclear power plants are based upon the breakthrough technology of nuclear fission. A controlled chain reaction is initiated…
Medical hostages: freedom died on the advice of experts
Imagine the government has mandated special tyres that you need to continue driving your car. You’re not sure why, as…
Climate ruminations: the markets reject Chalmers
Combatting the perceived incidence of global warming is driving government policies. In Australia this has been obvious for many years,…
Why did medical authorities reject vitamin D?
I hope this does not count as boasting, but I wrote, rather exasperatedly, about the lack of promotion of vitamin…
Combatting Woke tyranny: can science be saved?
The takeover of universities and scientific associations by radical Woke activists seeking to impose an ideological straight jacket on academia…
The Westminster Holocaust memorial ignores Jewish suffering
It’s groundhog day all over again for the long-planned Holocaust memorial and learning centre in Westminster’s Victoria Tower Gardens. This…
Ukraine shouldn’t cancel Russian culture
It is entirely understandable that the barbaric attack on Ukraine launched a year ago by Vladimir Putin has sparked enraged…
How African gold pays for Russia’s war in Ukraine
African wars are paying for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at least indirectly. When Vladimir Putin was running low on manpower…
Is Kim Jong Un’s daughter being lined up to lead?
The photograph shows a happy family. After a 35-day public absence, the corpulent Kim Jong Un has been pictured this…
