Meloni’s Italy scares the Woke
There are going to be a lot of ridiculous headlines as hysterical left-wing publications come to terms with the (presumed)…
Red tape locks pensioners out of work
On the campaign trail, now Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stressed repeatedly that his government would ‘change the way that politics…
What about Armenia?
Recently, a few hundred Australians of Armenian, Greek, and Assyrian descent took to the streets of Sydney’s CBD to protest…
Will Liz Truss take on the IMF?
Tonight the International Monetary Fund has weighed in on the UK’s mini-Budget, offering a direct rebuke of Liz Truss and…
Did Russia sabotage its own pipelines?
It almost seems worthy of the opening scene in a Bond film. Vital Russian gas pipelines running beneath the Baltic Sea close…
The problem with nationalising energy
Is nationalisation the vote-winner which Keir Starmer believes it to be? We will find out in due course, but my…
FitzSimons and Price won’t see eye to eye
Public discourse is under threat, and ironically, the progressive cause is to blame. This was exemplified by the recent spat…
PayPal backs down
At 5.30 p.m. this evening, PayPal notified me that it has restored all three of the accounts it cancelled a…
Trussonomics shows that Scottish independence doesn’t add up
As the pound fell to a record low on Monday on the back of Kwasi Kwarteng’s ‘mini-budget’, the pings on…
Keir Starmer’s cautious conference speech
Keir Starmer’s big speech to his party’s conference was about the practical things Labour could do to fix Britain. He…
Giorgia Meloni can’t afford to fight the EU
Ravenna, Italy The victory of Giorgia Meloni in Italy with ahuge majority of seats in parliament has prompted the expected…
The problem with Cambridge University’s slavery report
It’s perfectly legitimate for Cambridge University to seek to understand its history, warts and all. But the University’s final report of its…
Why the European right is gaining ground
Last month the new Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, shared online a brief video of a Ukrainian woman being…
Iran’s ‘kamikaze’ drones take to the skies above Ukraine
Ukraine is awash with foreign-made weapons, something that is true of both sides. While Ukraine uses American-made rocket systems, French,…
John Major has taken a pounding (1992)
It’s three decades ago this month since the UK government was forced to withdraw the pound from the European Exchange Rate…
Is Labour ready for power?
Labour conference has been pretty strange so far. Not the sort of strange that parties in opposition get comfortably used…
Is Europe’s attitude to asylum seekers changing?
The EU spent last November reinforcing its borders as Vladimir Putin directed a wave of refugees through Belarus towards the…
Does the EU respect the Italian people?
I know we’re all meant to be quaking over the election result in Italy. That we’re all supposed to be…
The British Social Attitudes survey misunderstands social attitudes
‘I’m not sure I even know what woke means,’ tweeted barrister Chris Daw at the weekend, ‘but if it’s just…
Why football needs a regulator
Plans by the government to introduce a regulator to the football industry – endorsed by all Westminster parties just a…
No, Albo. We don’t need more women at work
Unsurprisingly, one of the things to come out of the recent Jobs and Skills Summit was a greater emphasis on women in…
Only a fool would ditch the Crown
The criticism of last week’s National Day of Mourning for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, and the media coverage…
Labour storm ahead of Tories in latest poll
Tonight’s YouGov poll in the Times is brilliant news for Keir Starmer ahead of his conference speech tomorrow. It has…
