CCHQ’s unfortunate Jimmy Savile link
Oh dear. Just last week, on the day that Boris Johnson raised National Insurance, it was pointed out to the bright…
Russia is trying to destroy Ukraine’s energy sector
We are seven weeks into the war and the level of destruction in Ukraine is mounting. Every single day we…
French election: The country is divided
So it’s Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen once again, and for many millions of French that is a deeply…
Dr. Livingstone, the racist, I presume?
The Australian political theorist, Professor Kenneth Minogue, posited the idea of ‘St George in retirement syndrome’ in his 1961 book The…
Why the pro-life movement is winning
A strange abortion story is unfolding in the nation’s capital. In March, several outlets began reporting that D.C. police had…
Russia’s lethal accusation against Ukraine
In Russia’s imagination, they are a proud bulwark against an imaginary threat known as ‘fascism’ and honestly believe that Central…
How the progressive left perpetuates poverty
Like many of us, I am always baffled by the nihilism and self-loathing attitude towards the West that dominates our…
Like him or loathe him, Macron is Europe’s driving force
If you want to know why Marine Le Pen almost certainly won’t win the French presidency on 24 April, listen…
French election: Macron has been weakened
The polls have closed in France and projections show President Macron on 28.5 per cent with the rightist Marine Le Pen…
Evil genius at work
Imagine a sexual encounter involving a woman shagging a man, sitting on top of him, bouncing cheerfully. How could she…
Could Ukraine learn from the Mossad Nazi hunters?
Since the start of the war, many comparisons have been drawn between Israel and Ukraine, not least by President Zelensky.…
The Ukraine war is not a video game
In a typically baffling column in the New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman has said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
France is on the brink of a political realignment
Until a week before today’s first round of the presidential race the French appeared to be shunning their favourite electoral…
The mysteries and rituals of French democracy
Montpellier I have never voted in an election for president of France, not being French. But as a councillor in…
Why are Ukrainians calling Russian invaders ‘orcs’?
Ukrainian victims of Russia’s war have taken to calling their invaders ‘orcs’. The word is familiar to JRR Tolkien readers as the…
Ardern and Clark’s next pandemic will be horrid
Helen Clark and Jacinda Ardern have been very mean to the world’s Covid Cinderella, New Zealand. Just when we thought…
Boris deserves credit for his Ukraine response
Boris Johnson’s visit to Kyiv is notable not only for its unannounced nature but for the additional package of support…
Letter to the Prime Minister
Dear Sir, You have spent the last three years trying to fight emergent problems. You have introduced and used some…
The strange revival of France’s Jean-Luc Mélenchon
Jean-Luc Mélenchon is on the march once more, rising up the polls and laying bare the ineptitude of the Socialist…
Is Rishi just too rich for politics?
The obvious and perhaps only way out of this mess for Rishi Sunak was for his wife to pay double…
The Russian army is running out of options
So much had been written about the Russian armed forces’ modernisation and improvement over the last decade that that it…
Le Pen’s last stand
Marine Le Pen, if recent polling is to be believed, is rapidly cutting Emanuel Macron’s lead in the upcoming French…
The terrifying neo-Nazi mercenaries being deployed in Ukraine
Given how the Kremlin is so determined to portray Ukraine as a hotbed of Nazis, it is tragically ironic not…
Boris and Scholz parade the new Europe
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has changed Europe forever. That was the argument that Boris Johnson made on Friday when he…
Australia needs a leader willing to ‘lead’
Australia’s first foray into international politics occurred in the shape of Billy Hughes. Has there ever been such a whirlwind…
