Who should pay for nuclear?
How much longer is the government going to suppress the cost to households of achieving net zero carbon emissions, or try…
How Canberra can open the borders of the corona crazed states
It seems as if the latest in-house polls have told Daniel Andrews that he is going to lose. With losing…
Can Beijing buy the Taliban?
China is seeking a grand bargain from the Taliban: eliminate the groups Beijing says are stirring up trouble among its…
Woke corporates divide us
Last week, as our papers filled with greenwash and Scott Morrison worked on the betrayal of his “quiet Australians” ahead…
The MAGA infiltrator is sad, not brave
Last weekend brought some minor internet drama courtesy of Amanda Moore, a progressive activist who outed herself as having spent the…
Smug vegan Eric Adams phones it in
Crime is the biggest issue in the New York mayor’s race, according to both candidates and the moderators of Tuesday…
Farewell ScoMo, hello crippling costs of climate fantasy
Scott Morrison is heading off to lead Australia’s team at the Glasgow climate change meeting. He goes with a formula…
Would the real Rishi Sunak please stand up?
It was a tale of two chancellors at today’s high-spending Budget. Rishi Sunak began by embracing the big-state profligacy pursued…
What broke the New York Times?
The New York Times entered the digital era under duress. In 2011, the Times erected a paywall in what it…
The rise and fall of Jack Ma
Jack Ma used to give rock star performances for his employees at Alibaba, Asia’s biggest online commerce company. He once…
Why Jesus College shouldn’t have returned its Benin bronze
Jesus College Cambridge can claim a world first. It is the first institution, at least in the twenty-first century, to…
Rishi Sunak’s low tax pitch to MPs
Is Rishi Sunak a low tax chancellor? He certainly likes to tell anyone who will listen that he is. Yet…
In digital ID we trust?
Earlier this month, the Minister for Employment, Workforce, Skills, Small and Family Business, Stuart Robert, released an exposure draft of…
Six things we learnt from the Budget
Another big fiscal event for Rishi Sunak today, as he delivered his Budget and the details of a three-year spending…
The faux feminism of the orgasm gap
Feminists use ‘The Orgasm Gap’ as an excuse to dump on men. For those of you who may not know…
France is too Catholic to forgive Britain for Brexit
Former Chancellor Nigel Lawson famously said that the National Health Service is the nearest thing we British have to a…
Climate and Covid: the fact checks we had to have
There is no relationship between lockdowns and virus control (eg, 35 studies reported in December 2020, in American Institute for Economic…
Biden’s fright night in Virginia
Cockburn lost a game of darts with Amber Athey at the weekend, so he got the distinct pleasure of trekking…
Liz Cheney, pioneer girl
Cowboy State Daily reports that Liz Cheney’s House campaign has so far hauled in $5 million in donations this year, some millions more than in Cheney’s previous…
Now it really is Dictator Dan
Let’s be clear. Daniel Andrews needs more power. If the Victorian dictator had only been given proper dictatorial powers —…
Liberty is a mental illness?
Academics are always lauding their moral superiority over us, but how often do we inspect what they think? They are the…
Responsible Rishi’s Budget balancing act
Rishi Sunak has released photos of his Budget prep, as he prepares to stand up in the House of Commons…
The curious case of Boris and the bishops
Back in July the wedding of Boris and Carrie at Westminster Cathedral prompted Steerpike’s diligent colleague Robert Peston to ask…
Blah, blah, blah – and then you’re broke
Your correspondent is now a climate commentator. Self-identifying is accepted methodology. If you were even half sensible you would stop reading now to go and read Numbers Don’t Lie:…
Dateline Glasgow: how did we get here?
Sitting in an international meeting, one soon become aware that buzzwords and phrases are thrown around in an attempt to convince others…
