I failed my country at COP
I’m on my way to Glasgow for COP26. It’s the first time I have been abroad since before Covid. Conveniently…
India is going to keep polluting. They can thank China
Mumbai India is the last major global polluter to set a date to go carbon neutral. In a surprise announcement…
Meghan and Harry pledge to save the world
In Glasgow the green games are well underway, with a roll call of world leaders reading from the COPacabana hymn sheet to a…
What the Owen Paterson Tory sleaze row is really about
As world leaders depart from the COP26 summit in Glasgow, a row is brewing in the House of Commons on…
How Glenn Youngkin beat the Democrats in Virginia
When a Republican wins in a reliably Democratic state, it’s big news. That’s exactly what happened in Virginia, where newcomer…
Did Macron win the Brexit fish war?
Who is winning the fish war? Will gentlemen in England still a-bed think themselves accursed they were not there? This…
France must protect Eric Zemmour’s life
There are several similarities between Eric Zemmour and the Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn, and one distinct difference. The Dutchman was…
Forget the French fury and focus: Australia needs nuclear submarines now, not later
In the debate which has ensued since the federal government decided not to continue with the French submarine contract, it…
Republicans win Virginia governorship in wild upset
Republican Glenn Youngkin won the Virginia governor’s race against Democrat Terry McAuliffe on Tuesday night, shattering Democratic hopes of turning…
The McAuliffe clown car crashes
Of all the clowns to come prancing out of the Terry McAuliffe campaign car in recent weeks, it was the…
Albo, Macron – and the amazing Real Housewives of the United Nations tantrum
As a general rule, I’m a great admirer of the French. They have an effortless style, an endearing self-confidence, and a love of the…
Un-cancel Terry Gilliam!
I am starting to wonder if the world of arts and culture is staffed, in large part if not exclusively,…
Did Covid first emerge at the Wuhan Institute of Virology?
The net around the Wuhan Institute of Virology continues to tighten. A letter from Lawrence Tabak, principal deputy director of the…
Can Boris Johnson salvage COP26?
It’s day two of COP26 and so far the climate summit in Glasgow has made news for travel chaos, Greta…
The logic behind net zero
Tony Abbott once said, ‘climate change is crap’. What he should have said was ‘catastrophic anthropogenic global warming is crap’,…
Ursula von der Leyen’s climate hypocrisy
Looking down today’s batting order at the COP26 summit, Steerpike’s eye alighted on the name of Ursula von der Leyen.…
Joe Biden is making the world a more dangerous place
Less than a year into the Biden presidency the world suddenly is a very chaotic place. The hasty and botched…
Rocketman Bezos’s galactic hypocrisy
It appears that COP26 are running out of the big guns to wheel into Glasgow. Already David Attenborough, Prince Charles…
Boris Johnson, unlikely eco warrior
Boris Johnson is famously a politician who sees the glass half full, and whose instincts are to hope that a…
Six of the most melodramatic warnings from COP26
The COP26 summit in Glasgow reaches its climax today, as world leaders try and thrash out a deal to halt…
The great Greta rebrand
Steerpike is no prude but even he has been surprised by some of the blue language from green activists at COP.…
The climate moaners need to get some perspective from history
Greta Thunberg rejects all ideas of the enlightenment. Despite what she wails, she is now living in the best times…
Joe Biden is asleep at the wheel
Did Joe Biden fall asleep during the opening speeches of the COP26 climate jamboree in Glasgow? It’s hard to blame…
Sister Olive, 1921: the last filly to win the Melbourne Cup
What better time than Cup Day to mark a little piece of racing history? A century ago, in 1921, a…
‘Let’s go Brandon’ is a rallying cry for freedom
“Let’s go Brandon” started in the most apropos way imaginable: NASCAR driver Brandon Brown was euphorically thanking Larry’s Lemonade and…
