Boris is finished — it’s when, not if
This week, Michael Gove’s lengthy Levelling Up white paper talked about the ancient city of Jericho. This was largely because…
Did Scott Morrison throw freedom of religion under the bus?
A Christian school valiantly tries to uphold the Christian (and scientific) view of gender. It attempts to defend the Christian…
Rishi Sunak’s cost of living gamble
The Chancellor is lending £200 this year to anyone who pays an energy bill in their own name. That’s 28…
The cost of living crisis has arrived
In recent weeks alleged lockdown parties and suitcases full of wine have been the biggest threat to Boris Johnson’s premiership.…
The Bank of England’s interest rate hike isn’t enough
There would have been times when the news ‘Bank of England doubles interest rates’ would have been met with a…
Do university bigwigs really want the best for students?
We can all see that our universities are not in a good shape. They are churning out too many graduates –…
Viktor Orbán or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Putin
Viktor Orbán first came to prominence when in 1989 he declared on live TV that Hungary must put an end…
Boris is no Trump – and that’s why he’s doomed
In the last week, I’ve been crisscrossing the United States, meeting with politicians and their advisers ahead of this year’s…
Two years on, what’s the evidence for lockdown?
Did lockdowns save lives? We will never have a definitive answer to this vital question because it was impossible to…
Caution: This article is putting lives in danger
On Tuesday, I reported that Congresswoman Terri Sewell, a Democrat representing Alabama’s 7th District, will not hold in-person meetings at…
Australian Conservatism: comfortable, relaxed and in mortal danger
A quarter of a century ago, John Howard said he wanted Australians to be comfortable and relaxed about their history,…
I want my Australia back
Happy Australia Day! (Well, it was.) The day brought me mixed feelings of pride and shame, but not in the…
Hellish roasting for Citipointe College
A Christian school catering for Christian families who value Christian education affirmed its commitment to Christianity this week, and all…
The Washington Redskins have a new name
Normally Cockburn isn’t much of a sports fan, notwithstanding the occasional boozy tailgate for his local kickball team (which was…
Canada’s peaceful anti-mandate protesters keep on truckin’
Canada’s Liberal government is getting frustrated. They’ve tried everything and still the Freedom Convoy is camped out in front of…
What’s the purpose of the levelling up white paper?
After months of delays, the government’s levelling up white paper is finally out. Boris Johnson has viewed this document as…
Newspeak and rewriting history
As our captured two-party system embeds robotic politicians in the parliaments, their language is drying up and becoming highly formulaic.…
Starmer knows that Boris is safe – for now
Calm returned to the bridge. Big Dog looked comfortable in the chamber as Sir Keir Starmer quizzed him at PMQs.…
PMQs: Boris doubles down on Jimmy Savile claims
Today’s PMQs suggests that some of the immediate heat has gone the partygate crisis, if only temporarily. Sir Keir Starmer…
Can Spain save its dying villages?
In a little village on the Spanish Meseta, I once asked an old lady about the next village some three…
The flaw in Boris’s levelling up agenda
Regional agencies pumping money into research and development. Targets for education and healthcare. Another layer of meddling local government, and…
Boris Johnson’s position is still uncertain
Since the publication of Sue Gray’s update on partygate a trickle of letters of no confidence have been sent to…
Levelling up: don’t copy the Germans
‘Germany has succeeded in levelling up where we have not,’ Boris Johnson claimed back in July last year, when talk…
Boris Johnson’s fightback has been cut short
Tobias Ellwood, the chair of the defence select committee, has this morning announced that he is sending a letter to…
Boris is dragging the Tories down with him
Tories occasionally like to pretend that they are not wasting their talents and lives defending a bottom-feeding demagogue. They lecture…
