The collapse of the Brexit scare stories
The collapse in UK-EU trade after 1 January was widely reported. What has not been reported nearly as much is…
It’s Oscar season – and the season for the wokesploitation film
Films have always been political in how they mirror a world marred by contemporary politics and history. When done really…
How fair was the Derek Chauvin trial?
The jury rendered guilty verdicts on all three charges against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin — second-degree murder, third-degree…
Derek Chauvin found guilty of George Floyd’s murder
Former police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of the murder of George Floyd. Jurors deliberated for ten hours before…
Biden blunders by weighing in on the Chauvin trial
President Biden made an outrageous error on Tuesday when he decided to opine on the pending verdict in the trial…
The two elites squeezing the life out of football
So, all of a sudden the chattering classes care about football fans? Yesterday, the kind of people who usually wring…
Black African lives should matter too
The treatment of black people, particularly by law enforcement, has become a principal point of protest in the western world.…
The Taiwan test
Russia is massing troops on the borders of the Ukraine at the same time the Chinese are increasing their unauthorised…
Boris scraps daily White House-style briefings
Boris Johnson has axed plans for televised White House-style press conferences. The announcement came six months after Allegra Stratton was unveiled…
Why we need a new Act of Union — and what to put in it
For the last century the United Kingdom has regarded itself as a voluntary union of four home nations. Consent, rather…
India’s selective Covid crackdown
India’s Covid crisis is raging out of control. Over the past two months, the country has witnessed a staggering ten-fold increase in infections.…
What Walter Mondale meant
Walter Mondale, who has died aged 93, is destined to be a trivia question: ‘which die-hard liberal did Reagan beat…
Why Sikhs are worried about the Indianapolis mass shooting
Last week, the New York Times mapped the location and number of casualties of mass shootings that have occurred on US…
Has the shine come off Saint Jacinda?
For a short time it seemed as if Jacinda Ardern, the popular premier of New Zealand, could do no wrong…
Now even Richard Dawkins is cancelled by the humanists
For years, the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins enjoyed the acclaim and approval heaped upon him by universities and institutes across the…
The Hansel and Gretel house of transgenderism
I was this week given cause to reflect how many years it has been since I read the story of Hansel and…
Dutton earns his stripes over unit citations
Peter Dutton has stamped his authority on his new portfolio in a way that demonstrates that he is a leader who is prepared to…
Peter Dutton makes his mark
Peter Dutton failed as health minister, was typecast as home affairs minister, but in the defence portfolio he is already…
It’s about time Scott Morrison stood for more than just not being Labor
There are some who get it and there are many who don’t. Sadly, our elected class are significantly over-represented by…
The race to riot
Americans now know to expect riots. Minnesota has been dreading more carnage for weeks as the Derek Chauvin trial approaches…
Why we need a manufacturing sector
Since the year 2000 something has gone wrong in Australia. As it happens, this was two years after the old…
Why a ‘Unionist alliance’ will never work in Scotland
When a commentator first referred to the ‘Ulsterisation’ of Scottish politics, he was jumped on by people keen to take…
Sinn Fein’s hollow ‘apology’ for Mountbatten’s murder
Prince Philip’s death presented Sinn Fein with a particular challenge, given that the IRA murdered his beloved uncle. ‘I am…
Why Boris was so reluctant to cancel his India trip
Just a few hours after Boris Johnson confirmed that his trip to India had been postponed, the country has been placed…
China’s belt and road to nowhere
Sinoscepticism is on the rise in Parliament, with China’s controversial ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ increasingly being the subject of attention…
