Top US pollster: don’t ditch Boris
To the CPS, the think-tank home of Thatcherite free-thinking. On today’s agenda: a sermon from Frank Luntz, the onetime populist Republican…
Why are progressives scared of Elon Musk?
Billionaire edgelord Elon Musk has just given progressives another reason to dread his ongoing attempt to buy Twitter. The founder…
Does Macron dream of the Nobel Peace Prize?
Emmanuel Macron has taken it upon himself to tackle the delicate diplomatic situation of the war in Ukraine with fresh…
The perils of ‘Bidenflation’
Has inflation peaked in the United States? Today’s update from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the annual rate of…
In defence of a British bill of rights
Amnesty International and Stonewall are no strangers to criticising the government. This week they’ve been at it again: blasting Dominic…
The real reason for Putin’s intelligence shake-up
It has been reported this week that Vladimir Putin is shifting responsibility for covert operations in Ukraine to a different…
Merkel is turning into Blair
Angela Merkel left the German chancellery at the end of last year with a bunch of flowers, a standing ovation…
Even the WHO has turned on China’s zero-Covid strategy
Covid infections are finally falling in Shanghai. The city reported just over 2,000 cases on Tuesday, down from over 27,000…
Is Britney Spears OK?
In a society obsessed with labels, we are surrounded by amateur psychologists at every turn. Low attention span? ADHD! Social…
Meghan Markle’s presidential run appears inevitable
Meghan Markle has starred in a Netflix show and married into the Royal Family, but has she got her eyes…
Waiter, can I get some more ‘Anglican’ in this activism?
In what sense is an Anglican school that rejects Anglican teaching in order to keep non-Anglican families happy still an…
Morrison’s ‘pitch and miss’ to small business
Last week Morrison made his pitch for the small business vote. It fell dead flat. That’s strange really. If you…
We get the politicians we deserve
Can our leaders really reduce the price of lettuce? That and other pie in the sky expectations were canvassed in…
Men need our support
Over twenty years ago, Federal Member of Parliament Greg Wilton took his own life. The tragedy was the culmination of a…
Germany’s wilful ignorance is hurting Ukraine
Berlin, Germany Germans have a complex relationship with their Erinnerungskultur, or ‘culture of memory’. Whenever the word appears, it almost invariably…
Why the new Anglo-Swedish pact matters
Boris Johnson will arrive in Stockholm tomorrow to sign a defence agreement with Sweden to tide the country over until it…
Boris is gearing up for a new round of the Brexit wars
As prime minister, Boris Johnson does not follow the normal rules. To put it mildly. And this year’s Queen’s Speech,…
Why I’m not falling for Prince Harry’s latest eco-venture
Just when you thought Prince Harry’s post-royal career couldn’t get any more absurd, he manages to make it so. His…
The abortion insurrection
Pro-abortion activists are proving themselves a greater threat to the country than a man smiling and carrying Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s…
Is Channel 4’s sex obsession really a ‘public service’?
Is Channel 4 a public service broadcaster that should be saved from privatisation? Today’s Queen’s Speech, which lays the groundwork…
Why progressives can’t tolerate Christians
For decades, Christians have talked about feeling persecuted in advanced secular and liberal democracies. They’ve often sounded a bit hysterical.…
This isn’t the beginning of the Charles Regency
One of the cruellest and most accurate remarks made about Prince Charles is that he is less king-in-waiting and more…
What the UK can learn from the demise of British Rail
British Railways lives again. Well sort of. The Queen’s Speech is expected to contain plans for a Transport Bill, the…
The politics of an energy dystopia
We are seeing unprecedented prices in the Australian gas and electricity wholesale markets. The first five days of May saw…
What’s so ‘progressive’ about abortion?
From the UK Spectator this week comes a pair of essays by Douglas Murray and Melanie McDonagh praising the American abortion…
