Williamson out after bullying allegations
In the past few minutes Gavin Williamson has quit the government after another formal complaint was made about his conduct.…
The voice of energy realism
The transition from coal is limited by the lowest level of renewable energy input to the grid on windless nights……
Sunak escapes blame over Williamson allegations… so far
Pressure is mounting on Rishi Sunak and Gavin Williamson. The official who alleged that Williamson bullied them when defence secretary…
WaPo calls out Biden’s lies with ‘Bottomless Pinnochio’ award
Cockburn’s monocle popped out of his head and plopped into his oatmeal yesterday morning as he perused the Washington Post.…
Good on ya Greta!
Big corporations will always find a way to be Net Zero with a bit of tricky accounting, but small businesses are the ones who will suffer
Macron won’t fix the migrant crisis
Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron met on the fringes of Cop27 in Egypt on Monday and the Prime Minister emerged…
Britain would be wrong to pay climate change reparations
Is it right that Britain should pay £1.5 billion for developing countries to adapt to floods, cyclones and rising sea…
Cop27: Sunak’s first overseas trip as PM
Rishi Sunak is back from his first overseas trip as Prime Minister. Despite Downing Street having initially said he wouldn’t…
Raising inheritance tax is fair and right
Here’s a thought experiment about tax and fairness. Imagine two people, Janet and John. They’re both 30 years old. Janet…
Boris’s babes to join the Lords
They were the dynamic, priapic premiers who guided their country through a pandemic – and the comparisons between Boris Johnson…
Eco-loonyism is an upper-middle-class rite of passage
Greta Thunberg, the Shirley Temple of the apocalypse, let the cat out of the bag last week. She told the audience at her book launch that…
Rishi Sunak should consider levelling down HS2
If you’re after a lesson in how to lose friends and alienate people, look no further than the government’s cack-handed…
The Biden elephant in the room
Let us face an unpleasant fact that many seem curiously reluctant to report or discuss. President Joe Biden appears to…
Blake Masters grows up
In the clusters of billboards at intersections in Phoenix, positioned to grab the attention of drivers waiting for the lights…
The evidence is not ‘in’
It might take a catastrophe to stop politicians (and other cohorts) making assertions to justify consequential decisions without evidence –…
Renewable Woke: welcome to ‘nightmare’
When my lads were little, they liked watching Lamb Chop’s Sing-Along. Invariably, the characters ended the show by singing The Song That…
Dying for attention: murderous TikTok trends
The youth have always craved attention. It is a natural part of growing up, feeling out one’s place in the…
How Stacey Abrams blew it
Atlanta, Georgia “Ms. Abrams, public opinion polls in our state show support for the right to abortion, Medicaid expansion and…
Scoop: FBI warns local parties of election interference from foreign actor
Shortly before Tuesday’s midterm elections, the FBI warned multiple US state political parties of possible foreign election interference, sources tell…
Greta and her green-communism
Many breathed a sigh of relief when Greta Thunberg announced she was not going to attend COP 27 Climate Change…
Braverman chooses Jenrick to be her shield
Suella Braverman didn’t come to the Commons to answer the Urgent Question that her Conservative colleague Sir Roger Gale had…
Why Trump jumping in early would be a mistake
Donald Trump is expected to announce that he is running for president again next week on November 14, according to…
Australia’s Amsterdam moment
The new film Amsterdam from David O Russell tells of an almost forgotten moment in American history when, in 1933, a group…
Meloni Derangement Syndrome
Before her election as Italian Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni faced accusations day in and day out that she was a…
Matt Hancock’s taxpayer-serviced Aga
For the first time since Covid, it’s the question all of Westminster is asking: where is Matt Hancock? Within the…
