It’s everyone’s task to face up to Beijing’s bullies
In Churchill’s “finest hour” speech, perhaps the ultimate highlight in the career of history’s greatest Briton, he beseeched his people to…
How to hold a credible referendum on Scottish independence
Whatever happens in the Scottish Parliament elections on May 6, Westminster should apply new thinking to all future referendums in…
Are plans to abandon the office premature?
To what extent will our pandemic lifestyles stick? With ‘work from home’ guidance in place for the best part of…
Why isn’t the West standing up for the Czech Republic?
The discovery by Czech intelligence services that a bombing of an ammunitions and weapons depot in 2014 that killed two…
Grand Old Problem
The Republican party is in ‘the wilderness’, as insufferable political analysts describe the wholly normal phenomenon of a party being…
No wonder viewers are boycotting the Oscars
The Oscars are in trouble. People are switching off in their millions. A paltry 9.85m Americans tuned in to the…
Mr Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
A kiss on the hand may be quite continental/And Mr Wang’s my new best friend… Well, it certainly looked like…
Can Labour make the Tory sleaze allegations stick?
One of the reasons the row isn’t fading about Tory sleaze allegations and the Prime Minister’s conduct is that there…
Afghanistan — the long defeat
In announcing his decision to withdraw all remaining US troops from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden declared that ‘it’s time to…
Why is Pirate Pete scared of Craig Kelly?
Peter FitzSimons, the man who would be ‘king’ of Australia if he got his republican wish, has revealed how little the…
Why the Cummings row won’t harm Boris
It’s hard not to agree with those who believe that Boris Johnson, forced into the second Covid-19 lockdown, did say the…
Joe Biden’s skewed climate change priorities
It’s not hard to see why politicians like Joe Biden and Boris Johnson want to talk about climate change. First…
Mark McGowan, the premier who cried “wolf”
Today, I write to you from the People’s Republic of Westralia shortly after the end of our ‘circuit-breaking’ lockdown. Mark McGowan has said…
A Christian believes he is doing God’s work? Well stop the presses and hold the front page
Two things happened last Tuesday involving religion. See if you can guess which one caused Leftists’ heads to explode Last…
How terror took over the African continent
Eight law enforcement officials, including three policemen and five members of a local anti-jihadist force, were killed in a jihadist…
Does anyone doubt Boris’s leaked ‘bodies’ comment?
Of course Boris Johnson raged, King Lear-like, that he was prepared to ‘let the bodies pile high in their thousands’…
The facts on compulsory coronavirus vaccination in the workplace
Last week the Nine newspapers reported a Fair Work Commission decision to uphold the right of an employer, in this case major…
Joe Biden is letting India down
With 40 percent of the population vaccinated, a palpable sense of normalcy has returned to America. The young are now…
How China is stoking America’s racial tensions
Footage of a brutal late March attack on a 65-year-old Asian American woman in Manhattan drew widespread outrage on social…
Why I’m all in for Caitlyn for Governor
Gird your loins and grab your betting guides: there is to be a California recall election! Angry Golden Staters have…
How much do you really pay in tax?
The Budget’s around the corner and income tax is already being debated. Income tax is easy to calculate. But filing…
How the premiers are keeping us at home
Another weekend, another lockdown. Brisbane at the end of March, now Perth. It’s probably only because someone sensible is filling…
Bioreactors and the art of manufacturing a Covid vaccine
When Covid struck and the quest for a vaccine began, the team at Oxford had a head start in that…
What Europe can learn from Greece’s alliance with Israel
In the 21st chapter of his magisterial 1948 history of the Second World War, Winston Churchill began with an arresting…
Can ScoMo learn from BoJo and regain his poll mojo?
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson should be on the political ropes. He is in open warfare with his embittered former…
