Bill Gates vs Elon Musk? I know who my money is on
Is Bill Gates shorting Tesla? He certainly didn’t deny it in an interview with the Today programme. The suggestion is…
How Hungary torpedoed the EU’s sanctions crackdown on Russia
‘Hungary’s stance on oil and gas sanctions on Russia remains unchanged,’ Hungarian government spokesperson Zoltán Kovacs said on Monday. ‘We…
Macron’s new enemy is the French Nigel Farage
First it was the Greens, then the Communists and on Wednesday Jean-Luc Mélenchon bagged the big one, the Socialist party.…
China: an empire of debt
‘China is building an empire on debt,’ said Mark Steyn, of GB News. He is correct. Australia’s Pacific neighbour exports…
The nothingburger investigation into Trump’s finances
If you had “Trump goes to jail” in the office pool, you just lost. The end of any possible criminal…
Biden: MAGA is more extreme than Antifa, KKK
Being something of a barfly, Cockburn is used to overhearing tall tales, braggadocious orations, and outlandish accusations, also known as…
Treacherous Turnbull?
Our remarkable nation has had thirty Prime Ministers since Federation serving thirty-five separate terms of office. Elections at the national…
It’s time to vote for change
Politics has drifted a long way left since the days of Menzies and Fadden. Starting with Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser,…
Roe v. Wade v. the Rule of Law
Last year, the US Supreme Court heard an argument in the case of Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation which…
Can anyone stop Emmanuel Macron?
If they weren’t insufficiently weary of politicians, the French will be invited to vote all over again for the Assemblée…
The Real Housecucks of Ohio
After eight months that felt like eighty years, the Ohio Republican Senate primary has at last come to a close.…
China’s secret property empire
The Russian bear might be back but the Chinese dragon waits in the wings. Moscow’s spectacularly mismanaged invasion of Ukraine…
Hands off Dave Chappelle!
The attack on Dave Chappelle last night was chilling. Sure, Chappelle wasn’t hurt. His attacker, having encountered the ire of…
Are Northern Ireland’s unionists about to hand Sinn Fein victory?
‘Ulster stands at the crossroads,’ Northern Ireland’s prime minister Terence O’Neill famously declared in 1968 as the Troubles began to take hold. A crossroads…
JD Vance and America’s new right
JD Vance, the poor boy turned US Marine turned best-selling author turned venture capitalist turned politician, won the Senate Republican…
Revoking Roe v. Wade is not an assault on democracy
The leak of a draft Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade has sparked a furious reaction in Britain. Yet for…
Mermaids’ ‘help sheet’ risks confusing trans kids
Mermaids is one of Britain’s most controversial trans charities, yet its overarching aim is hard to fault. The organisation says it…
The myth of unlimited resources
Money is simply an idea. It is a shortcut to make life, not only simpler, but more dynamic. It is…
What happens after Roe?
Earlier this week, Politico published a leaked Supreme Court majority opinion overturning Roe v. Wade by ruling in favor of…
Yeah but, what about ‘back up’?
Clearly, some things are no longer up for discussion. In a current TV ad from the Clean Energy Council, there…
Albo plots against Australia’s self-employed
There’s one seemingly small ‘bit’ in Labor’s election policy that should scare the hell out of Australia’s two million-or-so self-employed…
Bring back Christianity
Around 5,000 years ago, humans mastered writing. This marked the transition from prehistory to history. It’s a fraught calculation, but…
The real question at the heart of Roe v. Wade
There are two possible responses to the sound and fury currently emanating from Washington and from the American media after a…
British volunteers shouldn’t be fighting in Ukraine
What’s going to happen to British volunteers captured while fighting Russian forces? According to Ukrainian analysts, there is intelligence to suggest that Russia…
Roe v. Wade and Britain’s non-existent abortion debate
Judge Samuel Alito was incontrovertibly right about one thing in his leaked, draft ruling on Roe v. Wade: ‘Abortion presents…
