Even if he wins Macron could be facing disaster
Unaccustomed as political scientists are to florid language, they have nevertheless come up with the ‘theory of the dyke’, to…
Women will be women – thank God
Isn’t it funny…? A US Senator asked Ketanji Brown Jackson during her confirmation hearing if she could define a woman.…
Biden cracks down even on green energy
We know that government’s knack for finding something wrong with everything rivals even the most stereotypical mother-in-law. But the relentless…
Get your tickets for TV’s six week election ‘circus’
We’re off and running in the circus that is the 2022 election campaign and day one (of 42) didn’t disappoint.…
Angry vapers want electoral revenge
The media hype over the just-released report on vaping by the Australian National University’s National Centre for Epidemiology and Public…
Boris’s crazy defence
‘I was very busy. The party was crap. I’m sorry you’re angry. Now leave me alone.’ That was the gist…
Rishi Sunak breaks his silence
After Boris Johnson issued an apology (along with a pool clip) over the fixed penalty notice he received for attending a…
First round fumble for Albo
Twenty-six million Australians don’t know the unemployment rate, and Anthony Albanese is one of them. The problem, of course, is…
Boris thinks he can ride this scandal out
Boris Johnson has now apologised for receiving a fixed penalty notice for attending a lockdown-busting party. In a clearly very…
Partygate is shameful – but Boris shouldn’t resign
I feel torn on partygate. Like most other people, I have flashes of rage over the vision of government ministers…
Six times Boris and Rishi denied breaking the law
Well, that’s that then. This afternoon the Metropolitan Police fined the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of Exchequer for breaking…
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak fined over partygate
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak are both to receive fixed penalty notices for attending lockdown parties, it has just emerged.…
What next for Imran Khan, Pakistan’s ousted leader?
On Sunday, Imran Khan became the first prime minister in Pakistan’s history to be ousted by a no-confidence vote. Followers…
Is Putin using chemical weapons in Ukraine?
In 1942, as Hitler’s forces swept through the Soviet Union, the Red Army went underground. Outside the city of Kerch…
Why are councils blocking homes for Ukrainian refugees?
Over the course of three days in September 1939, 1.5 million evacuees were sent to rural locations across Britain considered…
Will Hunter Biden finally bring down his father?
It was meant to be a kumbaya moment for the Democrats. Barack Obama, the still revered 44th President, would make…
It’s time to clamp down on militant protesters
The right to protest against the policies of the government of the day, the system in general or even just…
Socialism deserves the same revulsion as Nazism
Why don’t we view socialists and the hammer and sickle with the same revulsion as we view Nazis and the…
Fighting the culture war will make us poorer
Record-high inflation and soaring gas prices are boons for the Republican Party. Nothing sours the electorate on the party in…
The ‘unfair’ Australian contract
The idea of an ‘unfair’ contract can be seen as an affront to those who believe that any contract freely…
Sanity is winning the TERF wars
Four immovable words have become emblematic of a welcomed cultural reset taking place in the West – namely, what is a…
Bye George, we’ll miss you
My friend George Christensen gave his final speech to Parliament recently. He’s doing what few parliamentarians do – stepping down…
Trump endorses his clone, MAGAland freaks out
Cockburn started his day yesterday afternoon scratching his head, and the confusion wasn’t due to a hangover (this time). “Trumpworld…
Why is Durham trying to ‘decolonise’ maths?
Is maths racist? That’s the question apparently troubling the department of mathematical sciences at Durham University at the moment. As…
Could we be heading for a second Covid recession?
The political story for the moment is the cost of living crisis. But by the end of the year could…
