Reflections on the revolution in Britain

20 October 2022 1:23 pm

Like periscoped sheep, the palace hordes startled back and forth, lunging the gates, devices bobbing – flopping above the fray…

Why Gen X is the Trumpiest generation

20 October 2022 1:14 pm

Republican fortunes are again on the upswing as the 2022 midterm elections loom. A series of Biden administration legislative wins…

Was it worth it?

20 October 2022 10:00 am

For the last two and a half years, we have been subjected to some of the worst perversions of human…

Has Labor invited terrorism?

20 October 2022 8:00 am

The threat of terrorism is returning to Australia. The impending release of convicted terrorists at the end of their sentences,…

Government wins fracking vote amid chaos

20 October 2022 5:36 am

The government won tonight’s vote on fracking but it truly was a Pyrrhic victory. On paper, the numbers involved –…

Dam or be damned!

20 October 2022 4:00 am

Australia: the land of droughts and flooding rains. Dorothea Mackellar was clearly not just a poet – but a handy…

Why I had to resign

20 October 2022 3:40 am

Dear Prime Minister, It is with the greatest regret that I am choosing to tender my resignation. Earlier today, I…

Tsar Vladimir brings in martial law

20 October 2022 3:10 am

Martial law can arrive with a bang: tanks on the streets, Swan Lake on the TV. It can also creep…

How the British helped JFK navigate the Cuban Missile Crisis

20 October 2022 2:48 am

The Atlantic alliance hasn’t always been quite as special as politicians on both sides of the sea like to pretend.…

The gripping spectacle of Truss’s fight for survival

20 October 2022 1:32 am

A week of sheer hell for the Tory leader. Plots and rumours have swirled around Westminster. Rebels are said to…

Why are our universities still cosy with China?

19 October 2022 11:47 pm

It sounds like something from a spy novel: scientists linked to the Chinese military complex working at UK universities on…

The triple lock will condemn Britain

19 October 2022 10:50 pm

Liz Truss is almost exactly the leader the country is desperate for. Britain needs someone to take painful decisions and…

Giorgia Meloni shows Silvio Berlusconi who’s boss

19 October 2022 10:20 pm

Giorgia Meloni, who is about to become Italy’s first female prime minister, has won her first major battle. It was…

The Shakespearean tragedy of Liz Truss

19 October 2022 8:25 pm

In his book The Five Basic Plots, Christopher Booker outlines five stages of tragedy: anticipation, dream, frustration, nightmare, destruction. So…

Could the Tories’ downfall be Reform’s big chance?

19 October 2022 8:00 pm

The Reform party, under its leader Richard Tice, invented Trussonomics before Liz Truss – launching an economic recovery plan in…

Inflation is getting worse

19 October 2022 5:50 pm

In all the recent economic chaos, it’s been easy to overlook one of the most important factors contributing to the…

Poland wants reparations from Germany

19 October 2022 5:35 pm

If you think British politics is cracked, spare a thought for Europe. A spat between Germany and Poland is rapidly developing…

Politicians can’t fix our economic woes

19 October 2022 4:25 pm

The knives are out for the Prime Minister. The world watches as Britain falls into a simultaneous political and economic…

The murder of Lola and the failure of Marconism

19 October 2022 4:00 pm

Last Friday, a beautiful 12-year-old Paris girl named Lola failed to come home from middle school. Later that evening, her…

Meghan Markle’s meeting of the minds with Paris Hilton

19 October 2022 4:00 pm

‘I am kind, I have a big heart, I’m an Aquarius. I love animals and I’m shy. I’m a tomboy.…

Stop fooling around with Covid

19 October 2022 2:24 pm

Covid has been described as the ‘least deadly pandemic in history’ because its fatality rate among young, healthy people is…

What I saw at the Restoring a Nation conference

19 October 2022 1:32 pm

Take a drive through Steubenville, Ohio, Patrick Deneen urged the crowd at the recent Restoring a Nation conference. In downtown…

Stop infantilising victims

19 October 2022 11:00 am

Everything in this current era appears to be about feelings. There is feelings-based feminism and feelings-based hashtags. If the fembots…

‘Woke’ poisons everything

19 October 2022 10:00 am

If the intention of Woke acolytes is to make everything a lot worse, they should be given a gold star…

Old habits die hard

19 October 2022 8:00 am

Labor’s uncosted infrastructure