Red tape has broken Britain
The overwhelming smell of weed wafting down the street; heaps of decomposing litter floating in local canals and rivers; the…
Why Venezuela matters to Iran
The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford and three warships have been sent to the Caribbean, where they are joining a…
Who is looking out for Britain’s salmon and frogs?
Whatever happened to British ecology? I was thinking that when I read two reports in the Times this week, both pretty depressing.…
We must cut Send to help our kids
It is ‘insane’, Reform’s Doge chief Richard Tice said this week, that children are wearing ear-defenders in classrooms, supposedly as…
Memo to Jess Wilson: I’ve found your shadow Treasurer for you
On Friday, I spent an afternoon at the H R Nicholls Society annual conference, as a guest of the Society.…
Live not by spin
In 1974, after being arrested for the crime of telling the truth, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn released his famous essay Live Not…
Vale Allan Moffat, the gentleman racer
I was seven years old when Allan Moffat and Colin Bond crossed the line 1-2 in their Ford XC Falcon…
Javier Milei proves economists wrong with radical free markets | Adam Creighton S3 Ep 12
Argentina is defying the experts by clawing its way out of socialism under the leadership of Libertarian President Javier Milei.…
The CPS is desperate for a backdoor blasphemy law
I had hoped I would never have to write about Hamit Coskun again. After the Quran-burner won his appeal in October, it…
Nigeria: 303 children and 12 teachers kidnapped
It is now believed 303 children and 12 teachers have been taken hostage by gunmen in Nigeria after a more…
Will Mahmood’s asylum reforms force Ireland’s hand?
Labour’s plans to overhaul Britain’s overstretched asylum system have forced the Irish government to do the same. As the Northern…
Why was Turkey so keen to host COP?
It is not often we have cause to praise Turkey, but last week they saved the taxpayer $1.5 billion. Well, sort…
The Covid Inquiry has ducked the most important questions
The biggest lesson to come out of the first report of the official Covid Inquiry is what a mistake it…
Was Nathan Gill recruited by the Kremlin?
Was 52-year old Anglesey man Nathan Gill, a member of the European parliament, taking money from the Kremlin, or just from…
‘Monster parents’ are terrorising Japan
If you want to make a Japanese high school teacher break out in a cold sweat and suffer heart palpitations,…
We should admire Shabana Mahmood’s political conversion
It’s difficult to recall any minister in recent years, let alone a Home Secretary, who has been lauded with such…
It’s miserable being an Epstein
It was shortly after my fifteenth birthday that I discovered the music of The Beatles. A school friend and I…
There’s no writer quite like Mariusz Szczygiel
I’ve been a fan of Mariusz Szczygiel, the Polish author, investigative journalist and TV presenter, since reading his book Gottland:…
When ceasefires become a false end
History has taught one stubborn lesson: the page that ends the fighting is not the same thing as the page…
Drill, baby, drill
Net zero is deceased, it has gone to meet its maker, it is no more, it has shaken off its…
Give Sussan Ley a chance
She’s been leader for only six months, she’s disciplined and determined. And political knifings rarely end well
