Real life
An angry text exchange between me and a former Tory councillor after she lost her seat has got me thinking.…
‘I’m not interested in moral purity’
Michael Hann talks to St Vincent about Sheena Easton, Stalin and performing in five-inch heels
How Jon Stewart killed comedy
Somewhere along the way, Jon Stewart discovered he could make stupid people laugh by smirking at Fox News clips —…
Can Boris keep his roadmap on track?
Boris Johnson’s favourite phrase since he released his roadmap out of lockdown has been ‘cautious but irreversible’. These are the…
Is working from home here to stay?
National Work from Home Day might not be a calendar highlight but it has undoubtedly taken on increased significance during…
By elevating Elise Stefanik, the GOP has changed nothing
The Republican establishment played a dirty trick on voters this week. With the ouster of Wyoming representative Liz Cheney from…
Democrats for Hamas
The truly multiracial coalition in the US these days isn’t the Democratic party. It’s the anti-Semitic mass movement that takes…
Why the Tories mustn’t give in to the Nimbys
A 15-point YouGov poll lead and last week’s election performance suggests that things look good for the Tories in England.…
Revealed: How Israel tricked Hamas
I received a message from a trusted contact in Israel yesterday telling me that no ground offensive was planned in…
Could the Indian variant slow unlocking?
So is the ‘irreversible’ lifting of lockdown really irreversible after all? There is a grim echo of what happened last…
Don’t compare Israel to Hamas
No, not this time, Boris. The Prime Minister’s ‘both sides’ response to the terrorist attacks on Israel underscores how Western…
The UK risks becoming a world leader in online censorship
The emergence of a free and open internet was one of the greatest achievements of liberal democracies. The creation of…
The shamelessness of David Cameron
I’m almost starting to admire David Cameron. Almost. There is something that borders on the impressive about the former prime…
Towards a kinder, woker Queensland Police
Criminals have described a decision to scrap gender quotas designed to get more women into the Queensland Police Force as…
The problem with ‘Devo-max’
A common failing of pro-Union politicians down the years has been the stubborn belief that there exists somewhere a tidy…
Throw another bundle of banknotes on the barbie
If I may plagiarise Anthony Albanese — who plagiarised Michael Douglas in The American President — “In Australia, we have…
Tough love: we are letting ourselves get really dumb.
A regular series of rules for life by Pete Shmigel, a former senior state and federal political advisor and CEO…
Wait, the pandemic’s over?
Just like that? Nothing about this pandemic, or the science behind it, or the vaccines that have stopped it, tells…
Long live the Riot Squad
Spare a thought for the joyless malcontents over at the Intercept, a website that once proudly defended journalists and fought government…
Why does the Left keep making the same mistake?
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. It’s a cliché and it’s misattributed…
Can Labour survive the next election?
Keir Starmer is having a torrid time. Today brings another poll showing his personal approval rating falling. The Labour leader…
What’s the problem, ladies and gentlemen?
Picture the scene. You’re on a train when the following message comes over the tannoy: ‘Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,…
The battle the Israeli Defense Force can’t win
The hostilities between Israel and Gaza caught Netanyahu’s government by surprise. What started as a local demonstration by Palestinians against…
How are we enjoying the Biden presidency so far?
Well, that didn’t take long. Less than four months into the Biden-Harris deep-state maladministration and we have roaring inflation, the…
Boris faces a painful choice over social care
If social care reform were any deeper in the long grass of political priorities, it’d probably get mistaken for a…
