Gove gets into gear
‘This government ends if the red wall reverts back to type and we lose 45 seats then end up in…
The remarkable rise of French sovereignism
The French presidential campaign reveals French voters’ widespread urge to roll back EU powers. The top five candidates for the…
It’s time for Boris to turn back the Channel migrant boats
There is a sentence in the latest BBC report on English Channel migrant crossings that is just exquisite. Thursday saw…
Lukashenko and Putin are exploiting Europe’s migration muddle
At the border of Belarus and Poland, camps of migrants wait for a chance to cross the border into the…
Whither the woke?
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows is a collection of ingenuous words devised by a young man, John Koenig, who spent seven…
The unresolved debate on Covid vaccines
In an article last month, I noted the puzzling UK official data that confirmed the efficacy of vaccines in reducing hospitalisations and deaths but with infections for 40-49 year…
November 11, 2021: the day the great war against the private sector was won
Without the slightest hint of irony, the Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday released the latest Employment and Earnings, Public Sector…
F.W. de Klerk was a hero of our time
FW de Clerk, the last president of apartheid South Africa, has died at the age of 85. In 2010 Rian Malan…
The EU’s threats against London have been exposed as bluster
Francois Hollande could hardly have been clearer in his intentions. In the immediate aftermath of the 2016 vote that took…
The cynical brilliance of Boris Johnson’s green conversion
Does Boris Johnson really believe, as he told COP26 a few days ago, we’re at ‘one minute to midnight’ on…
Why Rishi Sunak’s sleaze row apology matters
Sorry may be the hardest word for Boris Johnson but that isn’t the case for certain members of his cabinet.…
Britain is finally remembering the forgotten soldiers of empire
Each year, flowers of remembrance are left on the tomb of the unknown soldier in Westminster Abbey. The memorial marks…
Ties between Delhi and Canberra crucial to Indo-Pacific security
The relationship between India and Australia has grown rapidly in recent years, underpinned by a convergence of security interests in…
Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery: a tale of two trials
Two consequential trials are currently underway in America. Both in some way relate to the events of last year surrounding…
The dictator servant
And here I was believing that Members of Parliament were servants of the people. The Victorian Premier has humbled a…
The constitution and the dismissal
You will have heard of the rule of law, that people in positions of authority should exercise their power within a…
Harry and Meghan, the term ‘Megxit’ isn’t sexist
Just when you thought Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s collective victim complex couldn’t get any more vast and cavernous, up…
How Turkey is fuelling the Belarus-Poland migrant crisis
In the cold, damp forest lining the border between Poland and Belarus, thousands of refugees flown over from the Middle…
Why what our kids are taught could be a vote changer
The US state of Virginia is just about as close to Washington DC as you can be, and even contains…
Does Joe Biden understand inflation?
I have a horrible feeling that the Biden presidency may come to be defined by a single quote which will…
The sinister targeting of Israel’s ambassador at the LSE
A mob waving flags and chanting slogans hounds a Jewish leader, forcing her to be bundled into a car and driven…
Cambridge’s hysterical reaction to a Hitler impression
Last week, the Cambridge Union hosted a debate on the motion ‘This House Believes there is no such thing as…
Boris Johnson will struggle to contain this sleaze row
A week ago today, Tory MPs were getting increasingly nervous about Downing Street’s plan to stay the guilty verdict against…
Prince Harry: I predicted the Capitol coup
Prince Harry is a man of many talents. He’s an eco-obsessed ethical banker whose firm invests in the oil and gas industry.…
Is climate change scepticism growing in Japan?
Fumio Kishida, the newly-installed Japanese prime minister, could have been forgiven for giving COP26 a miss. The opening ceremony in…
