Do the No. 10 partygate fines spell trouble for Boris?
Partygate is back in the news as Downing Street braces itself for a bumpy few weeks. This morning, Scotland Yard…
Putin’s war is pushing Finland towards Nato
There is important precedent for a small, determined, patriotic army saving a nation from falling under the sway of Russia.…
Has Jesus College learned anything from its Rustat defeat?
When Jesus College in the University of Cambridge set up a committee looking for ‘legacies of slavery’, they found what…
Coventry is wrong to cut ties with Volgograd
The faded mural on the streets of Coventry is meant to represent an unbreakable bond between itself and Russia. Volgograd twinned…
Frydenberg is wrong, Australia is in economic decline
The economy is not bounding ahead as declared by the Treasurer, it is stagnant – probably even in decline. There…
Has Biden lost his mind on Ukraine?
Has Joe Biden gone loco over Ukraine? In Warsaw, Biden proclaimed of Russian President Vladimir Putin, “For God’s sake, this…
Is WorkSafe doing its job?
The effort to prosecute the Victorian government – including the Premier and his ministers, over the 2020 Hotel Quarantine disaster…
Trust ‘the science’ – or else
Science used to be seen as something revolutionary – a catalyst for incredible change with the potential to bring about…
Five other award show moments that needed a slap
Actor Will Smith delivered the slap heard ’round the world Sunday night at the 2022 Oscars ceremony, smacking comedian Chris…
Biden’s ad-libs are making the world less safe
Joe Biden, by his own admission, is a man who sometimes goes off script. Whereas some presidents seek to bottle…
Challenge to WA mandatory vaccine directions heads to trial
On Tuesday, Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA Police Mandatory vaccine directions heads to trial. The last month,…
Starmer won’t talk about sex and gender. That’s a problem
Sir Keir Starmer doesn’t want to talk about penises. He’s going to have to do it anyway, and he’s not…
Prince William is turning into his brother
For a tour that should have been an unmitigated success, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s visit to the Caribbean…
Is Biden trying to crash the economy?
A war is raging in Ukraine. Inflation has risen to a 30-year high and may have started to spiral out…
Chris Rock, not Will Smith, is the hero men need
There was an explosion of masculinity on the stage at the Oscars last night. Male behaviour was on display for…
Could Le Pen snatch victory from Macron?
When the attacks commence it’s clear that Marine Le Pen’s enemies are unnerved. For months – actually make that five…
Even Putin’s Praetorian Guard is turning against him
You’d think a ruthless autocrat who believes he faces a West that wants to unseat him with people power would…
The ‘Green’ shades of political hypocrisy
It was only last month that the Leader of the Victorian Greens, Samantha Ratnam, called on the government to ensure…
‘Mean Girls’ will shape the next election
Liberals are basking in schadenfreude after allegations of bullying were levelled at Labor’s Senate leadership team of Penny Wong, Katy…
Teaching sexual consent in high schools
Last month it was announced all Australian high school students are to be taught about sexual consent and coercion. Mandatory…
Judge Jackson and the ‘Cult of the Woke’
The Great Awokening has reached every nook and cranny of our culture. And the impact of this disease is now…
Germany’s progressives have a Putin problem
Eighty-nine years ago this week, the German Social Democrats in the Reichstag cast the only votes opposing Adolf Hitler’s dictatorial…
Could Biden gaffe us into world war three?
‘I want your point of view, Joe,’ Barack Obama once told his vice-president Joe Biden. ‘I just want it in…
The true story about Russian lying
We were having a few drinks in a rented flat in the centre of Grozny in late 1994. A bunch…
How gender studies took over the world
Why are so many people in such a muddle over the word ‘woman’? Sadly, a share of the blame falls on…
