How to stop a blackout
Will the lights go out this winter? A letter from the energy regulator Ofgem reveals just how seriously it is taking…
How Liz Truss can wrongfoot Labour over human rights
Liz Truss’s government has taken a deserved pasting in the polls for its slapdash economics, but all is not lost…
France and Britain are brothers in despair
Since Brexit, Britain and France appear to have drifted apart. Leaders from both countries have engaged in an on-off war of words. But despite…
Will anyone ever be able to cut the 45p tax rate?
Well, that went well. Kwasi Kwarteng’s decision to axe the 45 per cent top rate of income tax triggered a…
Why would Tory MPs trust Truss now?
Most Tory MPs went to bed last night convinced that their party was heading for an almighty showdown over the…
The bizarre story of the ‘Jewish Taliban’
One of the more bizarre stories to have hit the headlines in recent days was the unsuccessful attempt by police…
What’s so funny about Elon Musk?
At the end of last week, at an AI event in California, Elon Musk unveiled his latest project: a humanoid…
Finland prepares for war
Europe is waking up. There have been small military scuffles over the years since the close of the second world…
If Albo was my president…
Can you imagine what life would be like if Anthony Albanese was President of the United States of Australia? Ruminate…
Australia’s Woke misogyny problem
It is almost ten years since Julia Gillard delivered her famous misogyny speech in Parliament in response to a motion…
Is levelling up dead?
Does Liz Truss really believe in levelling up? She doesn’t talk about it that much, and it wasn’t really a…
Safetyism – a fatal conceit
The law was once relatively simple: enforcing contracts and protecting our bodies and property from fraud, violence, and theft. Guilt…
What do the Tories have to show from their time in power?
After 12 years in Downing Street, four prime ministers (so far), two monarchs, and one mini-budget, the public are starting…
Is this a Black Wednesday moment for the Tories?
Kwasi Kwarteng delivered his mini-Budget one week after the thirtieth anniversary of Black Wednesday, when the markets forcibly ejected sterling…
Does Ukrainian exist?
After six months of war in Ukraine, most observers agree that the roots of Russian aggression lie in the country’s…
One bandana short of a tourniquet
It is with deep sadness and regret that constitutional monarchists mourn the loss of their greatest asset. The Red Bandana,…
The Voice of coercion
In support of Neil Brown’s excellent article in this week’s Spectator Australia edition, may I offer the following. The Declaration on the Rights…
Shoot the messenger?
In May 2020, the co-authors of this article each wrote a piece critical of lockdowns. In The Spectator, Paul Dolan…
Is sanity returning to the trans debate?
At last, Mermaids, the UK charity for, in their own words, ‘gender variant and transgender children’ is under the spotlight.…
China’s lockdown nightmare is far from over
Another Covid-19 lockdown, another angry confrontation. This time it was on the streets of Shenzhen, China’s high-tech hub, where videos…
What Liz Truss should do now
Markets are nervous and they are right to be. The government has announced a huge, open-ended package of energy subsidies…
Will Giorgia Meloni be an enemy of Macron?
French elites are annoyed and perturbed that Italian elections have produced a new prime minister of the right, Giorgia Meloni,…
How ‘Net Zeroists’ will keep their lights on
The elites won’t suffer from power cuts with the rest of us
An open letter to CHO of WA
Excess deaths, abuses in medical rights, coerced trials - the disaster of Covid continues in WA
