Revealed: The SNP strategy for a second independence vote
A new leaflet from the SNP says another referendum on independence is ‘an issue of basic democracy’ and that Boris…
Is London being ‘levelled down’ already?
In his ‘levelling up’ speech in Coventry this week, the Prime Minister insisted time and again that this was no…
Starmer’s youth wing backs Cuban dictatorship
Oh dear. Having squeaked home in the Batley by-election and with the summer recess less than a week away, Sir…
The EU’s Brexit bill doesn’t add up
A dozen hospitals. A hundred million doses of the Pfizer vaccine, and a lot more of the Oxford one. Or…
Whitty’s lockdown warning will trouble Boris
In a Science Museum webinar yesterday, Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer, warned about the increasing number of people in…
The Marcus Rashford mural – an anatomy of a moral panic
Late on Sunday night, less than an hour after England lost on penalties to Italy in the European championship final,…
The Member for Union Super?
The Labor member for Whitlam in New South Wales, Stephen Jones is morphing into the chief lobbyist for the super…
If the premiers are keeping us safe from the virus, who is keeping us safe from the premiers?
As if we needed more evidence that state premiers have become a law unto themselves, Daniel Andrews provided it today…
‘Feminists’ fighting the Liberal Party are making women collateral damage
How we frame political conversations is incredibly important, particularly when we are discussing a deeply personal topic like sexual harassment.…
What’s there to celebrate about Twitter’s fifteenth birthday?
Fifteen years ago, on July 15 2006 , Jack Dorsey launched Twitter. On that inaugural day, then 224 tweets were…
Glenn Greenwald: America First conservatives shouldn’t support unrest in Cuba
Glenn Greenwald wants right-wing populists to understand that the CIA is not their friend. On Sunday thousands of Cubans swarmed…
In defence of levelling up
Modern pragmatist political leaders are generally keen to reassure us that there is a unifying philosophy to be found running…
Meet the Covid billionaires
While the peasantry lick their wounds and shake the dwindling remnants of childhood piggy banks, there are plenty within the Covid…
Abortion should not be a party-political issue
It’s the culture, stupid. The economy no longer governs voters’ choices. When I was making videos around the US to…
Why are Labour MPs excusing Cuba’s authoritarian regime?
Thousands have taken to the streets in Cuba this week to protest against the authoritarian government that rules over them.…
The rise of the unwhippable Tories
When the government announced a Commons vote on its decision to cut the foreign aid budget from 0.7 per cent…
The uninspiring choice facing German voters
The gloves are off in Germany’s electoral race. As personal insults are traded and skeletons dragged from their closets, even…
Question everything
On learning about the extension to Sydney’s lockdown until the end of July, my mind broiled with one big question:…
Does the Green party care more about trans rights than the environment?
Our planet is in a mess. Ice caps are melting and the glaciers are retreating. This summer in Canada, the…
Why Israel is rolling-out third vaccine doses
It’s time to think about your third Covid vaccine dose. That might sound like a premature suggestion when many people…
Britain is a tolerant country and a few football racists don’t change that
The racist messages sent to England football players in recent days are shameful, but to suggest that the UK is a festering hotbed…
Tucker blames Trump for 2020 election loss
Tucker Carlson has never shied from diverging with the GOP orthodoxy. In a recent interview with the prestigious Swiss magazine…
The Oldest Culture: Mathematics
A series of articles examining Dark Emu-style claims. The study of mathematics has been in the news lately, with great…
George Bush’s attack on Joe Biden’s Afghan strategy is hard to take
The world doesn’t hear a lot from George W. Bush these days. The former president of the United States has…
The fugitive Texas Democrats are vain, self-promoting cry-babies
Off to Washington DC on Monday they flew, maskless with Miller Lites in hand — three-score Democratic members of the…
