Will France’s PM offend Britain like her predecessor?
Élisabeth Borne was unveiled as the new prime minister of France last night and in her acceptance speech she paid…
The EU is hopelessly muddled on Ukraine
A couple of weeks ago Ursula von der Leyen portentously announced a further package of EU sanctions against Russia –…
The rise and fall of the WAG
The Wagatha Christie case is a brief, exhilarating reminder of a bygone culture. But it’s worth casting our minds back…
A masterclass in how to lose an election
If the Coalition loses the coming election, they have nobody to blame but themselves. Labor are pathetic, making promises without…
Australia set to sign Geneva’s Global Pandemic Treaty
The ‘New Normal’ of medical fascism is coming regardless of how Australians vote at the federal election. Having acquired a…
The Seinfeld election: a show about nothing
With the virus abating, and with the confected anger over supposed government inadequacies for compensation owed to those harmed by…
Progressives prefer to keep ‘their’ women ignorant
On extremely rare occasions, news stories about political focus groups reveal something interesting. Last Friday, Newscorp reported on a group…
France’s new prime minister will never overshadow Macron
Meet Élisabeth Borne, the new prime minister of France. Borne has hardly worked a day in the private sector. She…
Lockdowns did more harm than good
Third World v. First World: what’s the difference? In a nutshell, the way they make public policy. For the most…
Andrew Bailey’s inflation excuses have been exposed
This afternoon the Bank of England’s governor Andrew Bailey appeared, as he has done many times before, in front of…
Should Thatcher fall?
It didn’t take long for the first egg to hit. Just a few hours after Margaret Thatcher’s statue was delicately placed on…
North Korea is in the midst of a Covid catastrophe
As Covid spread throughout the world in 2020, North Korea slammed shut its borders. It was an approach that has…
Russia and the death of the Golden Arches theory
Ah, well, it was a lovely idea, born of the age of liberal-democratic triumphalism that was the 1990s: the ‘Golden…
Olaf Scholz is tanking
North-Rhine Westphalia is Germany’s largest state, almost as large as the Netherlands. It was a traditional SPD fiefdom during the…
In praise of smartphones
The online PE teacher Joe Wicks has announced, in a fit of self-reproach coinciding with the launch of his new…
Frocky horror picture show
Running alongside the gladiatorial spectacle of two men locked in verbal combat across Australia [Scomo and Albo] is another, only…
Here’s to the Christian knuckle-draggers
At the conservative Christian schools I attended from kindergarten through the end of undergrad, I became familiar with two types…
Sergeant Bruno’s big mistake
A Victorian policeman is under investigation for posting online that there are only two genders. And so he should be!…
Australia needs a Ron DeSantis
There is a craving for the principled defence of liberty in Australia, given our experience of reverting to a penal…
Miserable Ghost: a rite of passage for former Prime Ministers
What was the label that Malcom Turnbull gave to former Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott after being ousted…
The French right is hopelessly divided
Here we go again. Exhausted by a presidential campaign that ultimately produced the same choice as in 2017 (and the…
Cracking consciousness: how do our minds really work?
With scientists mapping our neurons in ever greater detail, and programmers creating ever more humanlike artificial intelligence, the gap between…
Why Russia needs to be humiliated in Ukraine
As Putin’s war against Ukraine drags on, Russia now faces the very real prospect of defeat. There are still difficult…
Are sanctions on Russia failing?
Sanctions are the West’s key weapon in the fight against Putin, but there are signs that Russia’s economy and financial…
Why Saudi Arabia is trying to take over the world of golf
Golf came to Saudi Arabia in the 1930s. American expats, working in the nascent oil industry, brought their clubs with…
