Labour’s attack on Brexit won’t work
In life, as in film, you need a baddie. Whether it’s Dr No, Nurse Ratched or Voldemort, without someone to…
Migrant sex offender paid £500 to leave UK quietly
The case of Hadush Kebatu has plagued the Labour government for months. In summer, it emerged the Ethiopian asylum seeker…
Have you heard Keir Starmer’s grating new catchphrase?
‘That’s the difference a Labour government makes!’ The Prime Minister has taken to ending the self-congratulatory rants he deploys in…
Why Starmer is back to attacking the Tories at PMQs
Once again, the key takeaway from today’s Prime Minister’s Questions is what Keir Starmer didn’t say, rather than what he…
Watch: Starmer blasts Reform as ‘Putin-friendly’
It was a punchy Prime Minister’s Questions session today, with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch landing some punches on the PM…
Police Scotland have treated Susan Smith terribly
Susan Smith is a contemporary feminist heroine, a staunch defender of women’s rights against the increasingly unhinged demands of trans…
The Uxbridge killing is the final straw
His name was Wayne Broadhurst. He was 49 years old. He reportedly worked as a refuse collector. He was by…
Why was Hadush Kebatu paid £500 to leave Britain?
We don’t yet know what Rachel Reeves is planning to do with the welfare bill in her Budget. Will she…
Major and Heseltine’s attacks on Reform are hard to take seriously
That strange sound coming from their primeval swamp is the noise of two Tory dinosaurs trumpeting their disdain and disapproval…
Should mocking Brigitte Macron be a crime?
Ten people have gone on trial in Paris accused of harassing France’s First Lady, Brigitte Macron, online. The defendants, eight men…
Education officials are clueless about education
To understand why education reform – and school improvement – is so hard it helps to get inside the mind…
Hermer takes aim at Kemi over China spy case
Back to the collapsed China spy case. Attorney General Lord Hermer is this morning giving evidence to the joint committee…
Zarah Sultana’s pompous, luxury beliefs about Ukraine
Zarah Sultana loves to pose as a champion of the working class, seeing the world through the lens of class…
What is Hamas doing at a five-star hotel in Cairo?
Imagine the horror of discovering that you have been rubbing shoulders with terrorists. No, I’m not talking about those gullible…
No wonder Labour has failed to build more houses
Should anyone really be surprised at the House Builders’ Federation’s (HBF) warning that the government has little chance of hitting…
Is Japan’s new PM the Thatcher to Trump’s Reagan?
‘My wonderful ally and friend’ is how Japan’s brand new, and first female, prime minister Sanae Takaichi described President Trump…
Del Toro’s Frankenstein deserves the big screen
If you want to see Guillermo del Toro’s no-expense-spared adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein this Halloween, you’ll have to hope…
Hamas is testing Israel’s patience
In the wake of yet another rupture in the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the region finds itself suspended…
The ‘slopification’ and ‘enshittification’ of everything
If you’ve noticed more AI-generated videos clogging your feeds lately, you’re not imagining things. For the past few years, AI-generated…
Victoria: where some people’s healthcare is more equal than others
Victoria has been accused of introducing racial priority into its public hospital system and, by endorsing it, the Labor government of…
Will the Gaza ceasefire hold?
In the latest blow to the beleaguered Gaza ceasefire, Israeli aircraft this week struck targets in Gaza City after Hamas…
Faltering Teals prove there is no room to the left of the Liberals
The Teals are learning a lesson from Australian political history. There’s no enduring electoral success for parties or groups positioning…
Protectionism, free trade, and small government
Australia has important decisions to make about its future
Overlays of regulation killing the economy
Our rare earths and critical mineral deal will mean nothing if we can’t mine
Is America at war?
President Trump’s undeclared war on Latin America’s drug smugglers escalated dramatically on Tuesday when U.S. air strikes destroyed four more…
