Stop politicising football
Before the England football team plays in the Euro 2020 final on Sunday we need to get one thing straight: who…
Why is Trump banned from Twitter when the Taliban isn’t?
As we approach the final withdrawal of all US and Nato forces from Afghanistan, it’s worth pointing out a shocking…
Why I’m not proud to be a Canadian
It came as no surprise to me to see activists ‘celebrating’ Canada Day by setting fire to churches and toppling…
Why should we rely on mRNA vaccines?
Last month the federal government announced that the AstraZeneca vaccine would be phased out, with it being available only ‘on…
Freedom day will usher in new problems for the Tories
The next few weeks in politics will be dominated by the 19 July reopening, and whether hospitals can cope with the…
Why has the EU let German car manufacturers off the hook?
Two billion? Five billion? Perhaps ten billion to make it a nice round number? For colluding on diesel emissions you…
Lukashenko’s migrant warfare against the EU
When you have already forced a plane down with spurious claims of a bomb threat, just to arrest one dissident…
How to cope with Covid? Let’s try to be more Swiss
Singapore and Switzerland seem to be the greatest realists in the world today. They’re getting on with living – not…
Britain should resist copying the EU’s corporate responsibility law
Big corporations have a lot not to be proud of, and we certainly could do with laws to rein in…
Don’t ‘Kill the Bill’
Are the rights of protesters and the rights of all other citizens fairly balanced? Think back to the Extinction Rebellion…
Hydrogen hype and hurdles
Green Hydrogen is the latest “energy” fad from the global warming warriors. It is mainly hot air. Hydrogen will never…
Dominic Perrottet stakes his leadership claim
Cabinet solidarity stops him from saying so publicly, but owlish-looking New South Wales Treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, has set his stall…
Follow the science – it’s time to unlock
Shortly before Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer were slugging it out in PMQs — debating whether the mass-lifting of restrictions…
The mystery of Havana syndrome
In late 2016, an official at the US Embassy in Cuba woke up in the middle of the night with…
Western civilisation. Now an optional extra
Under the current proposed Humanities and Social Sciences national curriculum review produced by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority,…
Is the Lincoln Project going left?
The Twinkin Project scrambled together enough donor cash to hire Democratic strategist Joe Trippi as a senior adviser, the group…
The shooting of a journalist – and the dark world of Dutch organised crime
In an attack that has rocked the Netherlands, a leading Dutch crime reporter is fighting for his life in hospital…
Boris’s ‘lobster law’ is ridiculous
Sometimes, there is only one conclusion to be drawn – that somehow, the calendar is stuck. Though days appear to…
Lords bombard flagship Animal Sentience Bill
Speak to battle-scarred Tory veterans of the 2017 snap election and they’ll regale you with horror tales about animal sentience. A…
Cancelling To Kill a Mockingbird is a step too far
It often feels like we’re living through the revenge of the talentless. Cancel culture is essentially a war of no-marks…
Why should women tolerate the big swinging dicks of the transgender movement?
Another week, another viral video in the gender wars. This week we have a Black American woman in a Californian spa, horrified at the sight…
Why voters should have to show photo ID
This week’s publication of the Elections Bill has given pressure groups and others a fresh opportunity to complain about what…
Covidphobia: a fear for our age
If you were asked, “What is your phobia?”, how would you answer? Traditionally, people have spoken of a fear of…
Hell no, she can’t go
Annastacia Palaszczuk should absolutely be denied an exemption to leave Australia. Queenslanders are just picking up the pieces after another foolish lockdown, families separated…
What is the purpose of test and trace?
At yesterday’s press conference, Boris Johnson announced that his government was shelving plans for domestic ‘Covid certificates’ (i.e. vaccine passports),…
