Rishi Sunak: My vision for a better future
New Year should be a time of optimism and excitement. Yet I know many of you look ahead to 2023…
Matt Gaetz is making Trump look like a fool
In the Quaker denomination, they have a term: “bloody-minded objector.” Because the Society of Friends requires consensus on all matters…
Childcare is broken in the UK
The Truss administration made many missteps, but on childcare it was on the right track. Though details were lacking, the…
Is Boris going to do the chicken run?
Is 2023 going to be the year of Boris? Much of the commentariat seems to think it’s possible, with the…
The Republican party’s civil war will delight Joe Biden
Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis declared as he was sworn in for a second time yesterday that, under his reign, Florida…
Canada to re-educate Jordan Peterson for ‘wrongthink’
Wokeism has destroyed Canada. We knew the situation was bad when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau froze the bank accounts of…
Kevin McCarthy is a dead man walking
On Tuesday, Governor Ron DeSantis enjoyed an orderly ceremony as he was sworn in for the second time in Tallahassee.…
Twitter’s free speech threatens radical trans activism
I sat down to write this article about how Elon was being held captive in some areas in his expressed…
The power of many
It was 2014 when I first heard from Andrew, a young Queensland dad, who was being denied contact with his…
Will Beijing block Britain’s embassy?
It’s not been the best few years for Sino-British relations, what with Huawei, Hong Kong and the whole Covid thing.…
Why can’t the UK remove EU laws in a year?
As is increasingly common, government policy was leaked to the Times this week by a ‘senior government source’. The source stated that…
That’s not cricket! The Don knew his economics
It is increasingly common for professional sportsmen and women to express political opinions, particularly in the age of Twitter. Most…
China is paying a high price for opening up
Beijing’s roads are busy once more. Though zero Covid had ended in December, cities across China emptied out again over…
Was Pope Benedict XVI right about Catholic tolerance?
It is not for me, a non-Catholic, to say whether the late Pope, Benedict XVI, served his Church well. But…
The trouble with Prince Harry
The promotional clip trailing Prince Harry’s upcoming interview – which has kicked off the publicity trail for his forthcoming memoir Spare –…
Edward Luttwak, the uncontained strategist
“Christ, Edward! No!” Edward Luttwak has just lunged at me with a knife in the study of the house he…
Dry January is cruel
Allow me to set the scene for you. It is the coldest month of the year and also the darkest.…
Challenging anti-Semitism is a moral imperative for non-Jews
One of the functions of the honours system is to articulate our principles and priorities. Amid the cringe cronyism and…
America’s flip flopping has exacerbated Venezuela’s tragedy
Amid New Year celebrations, and a tide of high-profile obituaries, you might have missed something small and far away, but…
Trump’s war on pro-lifers is a sign of desperation
Donald Trump just made his first significant political error of the 2024 nomination battle, and it’s a doozy. After being…
Adams aims wrong’un at the Don and Kamahl
The recent disclosure that Sir Donald George Bradman warmly welcomed Labor’s defeat in the 1975 federal election must have come…
Monarchist League issues ultimatum on the Voice
The federal government under Anthony Albanese, regardless of what it admits and what the media reports, is moving fast to…
What is Prince Harry’s latest sulk trying to achieve?
A new year, a new grudge. Or, at least, a new expression of an old one, which is pretty much…
The decline of traditional university study is no bad thing
University vice-chancellors will find some uncomfortable reading in their New Year in-tray today. Last month the chairman of accountancy giant…
An ode to Mrs Brown’s Boys
‘A mother hen watching all her chicks, a sassy old lady full of tricks’. Mrs Brown’s Boys recently returned to…
