The David Trimble I know (1998)
David Trimble, Northern Ireland’s first minister from 1998 to 2002 and leader of the Ulster Unionist party from 1995 to…
Where in the world is J.D. Vance?
Cockburn loves campaign gossip, and the latest gossipy article from the Daily Beast does little to inspire confidence in Ohio GOP Senate…
Boris ‘wants to carry on’ as PM
Faced with the choice of Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss, some Tories are experiencing something close to sellers’ remorse. Was…
Liberals: stop chasing the Left into the abyss
There is an old saying that my supervising partner said to me when, in a previous life, I was employed…
Putin has Europe where he wants it
Have we reached the endgame of Vladimir Putin’s energy war against the West, the point at which he turns off…
Why wasn’t Hunter Biden prosecuted for illegally buying a gun?
This morning, Cockburn’s eagle eye was drawn to an exclusive in the Washington Examiner, which reports that the Delaware police…
Viktor Orbán won’t save conservatism
It’s always the ones you most expect. Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, nationalist strongman and post-liberal poster-boy gave a speech…
The Ukraine War enters its sixth month
On February 24, Volodymyr Zelensky, the comedic actor-turned-president of Ukraine, addressed his countrymen at the same hour Russian missiles were…
All the Keir and no idea: what’s Starmer up to now?
Keir Starmer has given another one of his speeches that seems aimed at his own party rather than the general…
Is the US thinking straight about Taiwan?
As the Tory leadership candidates tussle over China, it is well worth reading this essay by the US strategist Hal…
Will Liz Truss dare to face Andrew Neil?
It’s six weeks to go until voting closes for the Tory leadership and polls suggest that Liz Truss is the…
The curse of ‘deadmin’
George Monbiot has gone to war. Some readers may know this fellow by his nickname ‘Moonbat’ – he’s a Guardian…
It’s crunch week for Truss and Sunak
The next 48 hours have the potential to be decisive when it comes to the outcome of the Tory leadership…
Will the police finally see sense on ‘non-crime hate incidents’?
Sex offences, violence and fraud have spiked, according to the latest crime figures. Meanwhile, the number of convictions remains staggeringly low: in…
Can the new PM survive the looming winter energy disaster?
Climate and energy have been peripheral issues in the Conservative leadership campaign thus far. In the early stages, only Kemi…
Will Boris be back?
‘Hasta la vista, baby’ Boris Johnson told the Commons at his final PMQs. But could the fallen leader be seeking…
Why Macron would prefer Rishi Sunak as PM
France and Britain have been bickering again, this time about the chaos at the ferry ports over the weekend. The…
How dare you assume the gender of ancient skeletons!
Anarchist archaeologists re-write history in the name of gender politics.
WorkSafe takes a second bite of the cherry
WorkSafe announced it filed charges against the body corporate of St. Basil’s Age Care, over alleged breaches to the Occupational…
Dobbs has changed America forever
For nearly half a century, American politics has been defined according to the strictures of a single Supreme Court decision:…
The crisis of Generation Z
The youth aren’t doing well — not in America, at least. Even before Covid, experts were ringing the alarm bells…
Danistan: extending or exiling an era
An era is about to continue or end in Victoria. I preference the latter. Victorians are a measured lot and…
Bill Shorten is right about mothers
If Australian government records are to be believed, 55 men gave birth to babies in 2014-15. Those are the official…
Politicians destroy nuclear when the world needs it most
Human advancement has rested on harnessing increasingly dense sources of energy from non-human origins. Animal power, burning wood, wind technology,…
Why prime minister Truss might surprise us all
Many Labour supporters are quietly allowing themselves to celebrate: if Liz Truss does win the Tory leadership, a Labour government,…
