Scoop: top GOP donors to meet in Miami in plot to stop Trump
Everybody hates Donald? An emergency gathering is set to be held in Miami next week to talk about “the Trump…
Free range eggs and supermarket hypocrisy
If you are shopping for eggs in the supermarket, free range eggs will be at eye level, barn laid eggs…
The time to move on from boomer Republicanism is now
Having been saddled by everyone involved with the largest portion of blame for Tuesday’s election disappointment, Donald Trump’s descent into…
The best way to stop Russian trolls is to ignore them
Almost from the moment the polls closed in the 2016 US presidential contest between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, accusations…
Religious schools struggle to keep the faith
The expression the price of freedom is eternal vigilance is certainly true when it comes to religious freedom and freedom…
Matt Hancock: Star of the ‘I’m a Celeb’ jungle
Has Matt Hancock gone mad? Maybe not. His appearance in ‘I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here’ is…
The last hours of the Russian occupation of Kherson
The only large Ukrainian city Russia has been able to capture since February’s invasion – Kherson – has now been…
In praise of Just Stop Oil
As a child in the 1960s, all I wanted to do was get to London: to be rich and famous,…
Watch: Matt Hancock grilled about affair
Westminster tuned in last night for another episode of I’m a Celebrity. There’s no winner yet but one obvious loser,…
Excess deaths? Governments should tread softly on Covid measures
Humility is not a dominant personality trait among Australian state leaders and health bureaucrats. Annastacia Palaszczuk’s rush to advise further…
Donald Trump, accidental Paul Revere
Is he a stone cold loser? The Wall Street Journal editorial page, not to mention its owner Rupert Murdoch, certainly…
Sydney: murdered by Brutalism and Modernism
I’m a relative novice, but I imagine one of the best things about being murdered with a jagged knife is…
The case of the missing red wave
What follows is conjecture, not evidence. But there is no way anyone can dispute it. So here goes. The US…
The Teals are ‘my people’
Facebook is something I try not to open. It’s not only a jarring reminder of mortality, with spectres from my…
How Russia is surrendering Kherson
The Russian evacuation of Kherson is now well underway, leaving an expected trail of destruction in its wake. Russian soldiers…
What if Daniel Andrews loses his seat?
Could Premier Dan Andrews lose his seat at the Victorian state election on November 26? This is a serious, surprise…
Massachusetts Republicans pay the price for Trumpism
Massachusetts voters are known to be pragmatic. Despite being one of the most liberal states in the country, Massachusetts has…
Don’t expect the midterms to change our foreign policy
President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies were expecting a romp on Tuesday. So were many of the career prognosticators…
Matt Hancock starts his jungle jamboree
‘Mr Hancock, I presume?’ was the reaction our former Health Secretary presumably hoped to elicit upon entering the jungle last…
The eradication of the victims of Enniskillen
In Northern Ireland, the dead are being eradicated. This week marks the 35th anniversary of the IRA bombing of a remembrance…
Trumpism is dead, long live populism!
Donald Trump is done for. Trumpism too. That’s the main takeaway of the Midterms. Many of the candidates Trump backed…
Biden vs Trump is a contest in which we all lose
Overnight President Biden announced that he intends to run again for the White House in 2024 and beat Donald Trump…
Palaszczuk’s war on retail
We are approaching the crucial Christmas sale period – the make-or-break moment when businesses terrorised by the government for two…
The remarkable transformation of Keir Starmer
Amid all the frenetic changes of leadership in the Conservative party, something important has been overlooked about the Labour party:…
What I learned making calls for Democrats and Republicans
I’m a registered Republican in Florida yet the only email offer I received to be a campaign volunteer this season…




