Putin is unpicking the frayed bonds of Nato and the EU
Vladimir Putin doesn’t need to send troops into Ukraine. He has already achieved his strategic goals — for now. The…
Kirstie Allsopp is wrong about house prices
They could cancel their Netflix subscriptions, stop drinking chai tea or go a little easier on the avocados and the smoothies.…
Make capitalism real again
The emergence of Covid provoked a worldwide economic crash. That lasted a mere four weeks. By the time western countries…
Britain’s unethical Covid messaging must never be repeated
Over the last two years – under the guise of a Covid-19 communications strategy – the British people have faced…
Could an uprising succeed against the Taliban?
The social media accounts of the new so-called ‘National Resistance Front’ (NRF) in Afghanistan give the impression of a raging…
The Cabinet Office’s transgender toilet muddle
Transgender people need to be treated with dignity and respect at work. But our rights should not be allowed to…
The conservative case for reparations?
Clubhouse may be dead, but Cockburn hears from his niece that Twitter Spaces is the hot news tool for social…
Democrats flunk basic history
Many of our political leaders are historically illiterate. This is especially concerning given that some of these politicians have been…
Australia is already a republic – leave it alone
The great English philosopher, John Locke, wrote a revolutionary book called Two Treatises of Government. It was most surely revolutionary. First published…
How Camilla came in from the cold
Queen Camilla. Once a far-fetched prospect, now a reality – when the day comes – thanks to this extraordinary intervention…
Did Citipointe prove there’s no ‘freedom of religion’?
This week, Citipointe Christian College was the centre of a mini publicity maelstrom. The Brisbane Christian school first released –…
Boris announces a new look No. 10 team
Boris Johnson has this evening unveiled the second stage of his Downing Street shake-up. After the Prime Minister rushed forward…
GoFundMe betrays the Canadian truckers
Under pressure from the Canadian government, GoFundMe has decided to withhold $9 million of the funds raised by the truckers’ Freedom Convoy ($1…
Putin and Xi’s Potemkin alliance
Vladimir Putin very rarely travels abroad these days – and Xi Jinping has not met a foreign leader in person…
Could Viktor Orbán be a peacemaker in Ukraine?
For a politician whose calling card is the struggle for Hungarian national sovereignty, Viktor Orbán and Vladimir Putin’s press conference…
How the media helped drive the Ukraine crisis
Western warnings of an ‘imminent’ Russian invasion of Ukraine have grown more insistent in recent weeks with different voices, from…
Are Tory MPs too ‘frit’ to bin Boris?
Boris Johnson is in the midst of the bleakest period of his premiership, but he can at least nibble on a…
When teachers become hate preachers
This month marks 20 years since a grand jury indicted John Walker Lindh after his November 2001 capture in Afghanistan.…
Questions not asked
The questions put to Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the National Press Club this week, lobbed at him with all…
Latham’s law
Covid bedwetters have run out of beds to wet In Australia we haven’t got a Punxsutawney Phil but nevertheless, our…
