Can Boris and his ministers agree on the point of the Covid app?
What is the point of the Covid-19 app? Ministers seem to be as in the dark about the answer to…
If this is a global pandemic, why aren’t we loosening our chains like the rest of the world?
Sydneysiders, as a Victorian I know how red with anger you all are when your Premier gets up day after…
Corbyn crashes Corbyn’s protest
Two Corbyns descended on Downing Street today as Westminster was treated to a family reunion. The first, the better-known Jeremy, was…
Who cares what Ben & Jerry’s think about Israel-Palestine?
When you think of the Israel-Palestine conflict, ice cream doesn’t usually come up. But that may be about to change.…
The FBI has lost the plot
Whom the gods would destroy, they first make ridiculous. Consider the Federal Bureau of Investigation. That once-respected institution has been…
Could the third wave be running out of steam?
Will we get to 100,000 new Covid infections a day, as Sajid Javid has suggested, or even to 200,000 a…
Is Boris brave enough to confront the truth about the NHS?
If a government does not wish to break a manifesto promise it should punt fewer such ‘promises’ into its manifesto.…
Prince Harry could learn from Kate Middleton’s mental health work
I wonder if the royal family realise how lucky they are to have Kate? She may have been born a…
Spare us Prince Harry’s ‘literary memoir’
However you look at it, ‘freedom day’ turned out to be a bit of a damp squib. So thank goodness…
The last thing we need is a bill of rights
Over a century ago the great American jurist James Bradley Thayer warned against handing social policy decision-making over to the…
Could Germany’s flood disaster have been prevented?
As the floods which have devastated homes and caused over 150 deaths recede in the Rhineland, three types of political…
Big Public Health’s tobacco tactics haven’t worked with smoking. Why should they work with obesity?
I’m not one for personal criticism, even dumb, socialist, hypocritical, anti-everything Greens. But if I were, I would put public…
Did Dom Cummings save the Queen?
For a man who professes to despise the media, Dominic Cummings is certainly adept at courting it. The former No…
Kicking out the cranks won’t save Labour
There is a problem with Sir Keir Starmer’s reported plan to expel 1,000 Labour members associated with ‘poisonous’ groups, and…
New polling: the emperor has no clothes
It’s official — or as official as it can be. The emperor — the Prime Minister, actually — has no…
It doesn’t matter what any government says: you are essential
One of the foundational concepts upon which western civilisation is built is the Judeo-Christian insistence that every human being is…
No Love for pornstar Brandi at the Turning Point summit
Porn star Brandi Love made waves at Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit in Tampa this weekend after the group…
How the Pentagon got rich from Afghanistan
The departure of American troops from Afghanistan is being lamented (or hailed — see the Chinese press, passim) as a…
My coup would have been better than your coup
Donald Trump has issued another statement after being criticized by his former staffers in recent days. Here’s an excerpt: ‘Every…
Can you afford AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ sweater?
The revolution may or may not be televised. But it will be turned into branded merch to be sold through…
Boris Johnson’s sombre ‘freedom day’ press conference
On the day that nearly all legal Covid restrictions go, one could be forgiven for presuming ministers would be in the…
Joe Biden’s digital serfs
The Biden administration intends to notify Facebook about ‘problematic’ postings, such as questioning the COVID-19 vaccine. Jen Psaki, the White…
Australian schools need a tough love reboot
Pupils, we can do this the easy way, or the hard way. You choose. If Australia can’t improve our international K-12…
The depressing spectacle of ‘freedom day’
It was billed as ‘freedom day’. Yet few people, it seems, either want to enjoy their new-found freedom or are…
China is the latest victim of Pakistan’s Islamist problem
Nine Chinese engineers were killed in an explosion near Pakistan’s Dasu hydroelectric dam last Wednesday. The government initially said that their…
