Backing Badenoch is a risk the Tories should take
Whoever is chosen to lead the Conservative party will be plunged into a storm of problems needing rapid and decisive…
Sri Lanka’s revolution looks doomed
Reporting from Sri Lanka over the years has left me with mixed memories. On the one hand, there’s the horror…
Adding race to politics is not a good idea
It seems it is not only Indigenous Australians, but also some resident Kiwis, that may be given an extra voice…
The media’s Glenn Youngkin rope-a-dope
I regret to inform you that America’s decrepit media commentators are once again attempting to play a game of rope-a-dope…
No one wants to join the military anymore
Last week marked the 246th birthday of the United States. This year also marks, according to Lieutenant General Thomas Spoehr…
Woke churches erased women
It was the African American social commentator Candace Owens who once quipped: ‘Telling children they can pick their gender is…
Henan: China allegedly restricts protesters with Covid app
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The closing of the Australian mind
The quietly resurrected Alan Tudge, now Shadow Education Minister in the freshly minted Opposition, probably hopes the Albanese government won’t…
Sri Lanka: aftermath of a political tsunami
Members of the Sri Lankan diaspora, people like my family, have been noticeably quiet about the upheavals in their former…
The Governor-General is Australia’s Head of State
Some journalists, politicians, academic lawyers, and supporters of an Australian republic continue to claim that it is obvious from reading…
Taco Jill’s Latinx Incluxion
Taco Jill Jill Biden was in San Antonio yesterday, where she attended something called the “Latinx Incluxion Luncheon” as part…
Five tacos Jill Biden thinks are Hispanics
Jill Biden apparently thinks Hispanics are tacos and vice versa. At a conference in San Antonio on Monday, Dr. Biden…
How Justin Trudeau caved to Putin
When Russia invaded Ukraine, the West was certain that its sanctions were worth the pain. But there always was a…
Bleak, vapid and banal: why are the Tory leadership videos so awful?
The Tory candidates have released a set of videos presenting their claim to become Britain’s next prime minister. Frontrunner Rishi…
China’s Ponzi banks are teetering
What began as a run on a handful of provincial banks is rapidly morphing into one of China’s worst financial…
How far will Tugendhat go?
There were three leadership launches in Westminster this morning. Rishi Sunak, the frontrunner, spoke at the QEII Centre; Kemi Badenoch,…
The big question over Kemi Badenoch’s bid
Kemi Badenoch has just completed her leadership launch. Although she is an outside bet, her campaign has been building momentum…
Cutting taxes isn’t irresponsible
Everyone is supposed to have their 15 minutes of fame. Perhaps I have just had mine, after the contenders for…
Cakeism is Boris Johnson’s true legacy
The smirk on the faces of politicians and journalists when they talk about ‘cakeism’ shows how Boris Johnson degraded public…
End of quote. Repeat the line. Joe Biden can’t go on
How much longer can the global disaster that is Joe Biden’s presidency go on? Surely there comes a point when…
How Love Island killed sex
Love Island’s annual ‘heart race challenge’ – where contestants perform jokily seductive dances on the opposite sex – took place last week,…
The problem with euro-dollar parity
The euro is nearly level with the dollar. It should not matter in theory, because of the relatively low share…
The case for Liz Truss
The past six years have been a turbulent and controversial time in British politics. Through them all, one person consistently…
The desperate drive to be the next Tory leader
There’s a scent in the air around the Tory leadership contest. It is the whiff of desperation. The aroma of…
Is Sunak really a big state believer?
There’s something strange happening in Tory politics. It’s not surprising to see leadership candidates taking special aim at the current…
