In defence of Boris: would his replacement be any better?
Keir Starmer, aided and abetted by Boris Johnson’s many internal enemies within the Conservative party, has managed to get into…
Chinese spy suspect infiltrates parliament
As if there wasn’t enough drama in parliament today. Peers and MPs have just been warned that a suspected agent working for the…
Could this tree planting scheme bring down Israel’s prime minister?
Planting trees is not usually a controversial activity, especially in the eco-conscious twenty-first century. But as ever, the rules are…
Nicola Sturgeon’s disturbing attack on the rule of law
Lawyers with an awkward agenda can be a thorn in the government’s side in Scotland as much as in England.…
The Scottish Conservatives should not secede from Boris Johnson
Ideas, as a fictitious terrorist once said, are bulletproof. This might be stretching the truth a little, but at the…
Why does Priyamvada Gopal find ‘eloquence’ troubling?
Why should anyone feel insulted when they are described as ‘eloquent’? Priyamvada Gopal, professor of post-colonial studies at Cambridge University, felt…
Leave Enid Blyton alone
Once again, people are getting their knickers in a twist over Enid Blyton. Such is the capacity for outrage these…
China is the new evil empire
History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme. In the 1980s, the gravest threat to America’s freedoms came from…
The Matrix Resurrections – better off dead?
The Matrix: Resurrections would have been better off remaining dead. Honestly, don’t bother watching it. I was sceptical about whether…
Australia Day parade cancelled, Invasion Day goes ahead
Last year, the Victorian government dubiously cancelled their Australia Day parade due to Covid. It was an unpopular decision that…
Welcome to Australia, mate! Jab or jail?
Novak Djokovic would not have had a problem entering Australia if he had just got jabbed, according to a senior…
Run, Hillary, run!
Was there an ayahuasca retreat for normie Democratic pundits last weekend that Cockburn didn’t get an invitation to? He asks…
Four conspiracy theories that came true
The Covid dominoes are falling. In recent weeks, political leaders in Australia and beyond have begun to admit obvious truths…
Douglas Ross is right: Boris Johnson must go
In May 2020 Douglas Ross resigned from Boris Johnson’s government. Though only a junior minister in the Scotland Office –…
Joe Biden has lost control of the economy
A nudge on interest rates from the Federal Reserve. A gradual winding down of quantitative easing. No more stimulus cheques…
Why Boris might still survive
Haunted. Ashen. Defeated. That’s how the PM looked in parliament this afternoon as he faced the flamethrowers of the opposition.…
Djokovic is a conspiracy super spreader
When the world’s number one tennis player Novak Djokovic found himself locked in a Melbourne hotel because he’d entered Australia…
When will firms like Ben & Jerry’s stop lecturing us?
Is anyone else fed up of corporate virtue-signalling? From banks boasting of their commitment to diversity and equality, to train…
To save the Union, ignore Gordon Brown
As he blasts his way through the remaining support beams of the UK constitution, Gordon Brown is doing more to…
In praise of Novak Djokovic
Like you, I am hugely enjoying the Novak Djokovic drama Down Under. What’s not to like? It is extremely funny.…
The Tories hold themselves in contempt
If by the end of today 54 members of the parliamentary Conservative party have not handed in the letters required…
The mind virus killing academia
We lost a giant last month with E.O. Wilson’s passing. A man who stood on Darwin’s shoulders, Wilson had that…
America still won’t risk a war with Russia over Ukraine
Anybody who thought this week’s intense diplomacy between American, European, and Russian officials would magically resolve the ongoing crisis in…
AOC and the Florida freedom virus
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, like many a New York progressive, headed down to the Sunshine State recently. First she was photographed having…
Resurrecting philosophy to answer Covid’s moral questions
In 2020, the Morrison government introduced a plan to slash funding to university arts degrees, effectively doubling the cost for…
