Prince Albert’s royal reprimand to the Sussexes
Oh dear. While the various bombshells Harry and Megahn rained down on the House of Windsor n their Oprah Winfrey…
MPs facing Chinese sanctions deserve our solidarity
The sanctions that China is imposing on various politicians, academics and think tanks in the democratic world are designed to…
The delightful humiliation of David Cameron
Say what you like about David Cameron, the man never stops trying to exceed expectations. I once thought that he’d…
REVEALED: the Pentagon’s amazingly silly anti-Russia meme
After 20 years, a peak of 100,000 troops and trillions spent, the American military was unable to defeat the Taliban…
The Greens: if you don’t go commando a child in Africa will die. Or something
My parents used to encourage me to eat my vegetables because “there are children starving in Africa”, as if my…
Quotas are trash
I’m sorry, but being in possession of a pair of chest-feeders should not double as a political qualification. There is…
A tame press conference for a lame president
Just a sec. Let me check my notes. Ah, right. Hurgh. ‘My message to the American people is: help is…
Joe Biden’s presidency is a reality TV series in a care home
Joe Biden is the face of the United States. But Joe Biden no longer looks like Joe Biden. And he…
Daniel Andrews’ monument to madness
The Premier of Victoria has morphed into a monument maker. The bricks and mortar of this statue are the vanity…
Greece and Britain’s long history of fighting autocracy
As I write, it is mid-morning in Athens and fighter jets are roaring overhead. My windows rattle, the sky splinters,…
Sturgeon’s rush for a referendum could backfire
The Holyrood election campaign kicks off with Nicola Sturgeon buoyed by James Hamilton’s report concluding that she did not break…
Can Priti Patel’s asylum shake-up help Britain take back control?
Every Home Secretary is forced to confront the cold political realities of the office. What they set out to deliver…
Merkel’s blundering lockdown U-turn
During her 16 years in office, Angela Merkel has produced a couple of memorable sentences that will be imprinted into…
New poll gives Brexit a shot in the arm
On New Years’ Eve former Labour minister Andrew Adonis grandly declared on Twitter: ‘The campaign for Britain to rejoin Europe starts…
The EU’s vaccine grab breaches the rule of law
The EU is discussing confiscating and requisitioning private property. It is surprisingly brazen about this. The bloc is proposing both…
Flood plains are for – gasp – floods
Natural flood plains form where floods spread silt and mud in river valleys. Being flat, fertile, picturesque and usually supplied…
A letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, Former Liberal staffer Terry Barnes’s partisan attempt to blame sexist abuse in Parliament House on my government’s hiring…
Biden does a Merkel on illegal immigrants. Oops
In 2015, Angela Merkel opened her heart — and Europe’s borders — to all comers wanting refuge and/or a better…
We’ll have a gay old time, but there are other matters to discuss
By now everyone in the country knows about the petition to change the name of Street’s Golden Gaytimes. We at…
Has Britain learned from its failures in Afghanistan?
As the Americans prepare to leave Afghanistan, and in the UK we hold our own Defence Review, should we not…
Is AstraZeneca’s Covid jab effective against the South African variant?
The AstraZeneca vaccine has been under attack ever since the results of its phase three trials were announced in December.…
Don’t count Bibi out just yet
Elections are supposed to settle things. That’s the idea, at least. Politicians argue, take decisions and pursue the policies they…
Teaching continues to go backwards
If ever the public needs additional evidence as to why Australia’s education system is either flatlining or going backwards based…
Prince Harry gets his second job in 24 hours
President Biden’s stimulus splurge is clearly working wonders, given the newfound desire of American companies to stuff dollars into Prince…
Prince Harry’s new job is hardly ‘public service’
At the tender age of 36, Prince Harry has got his first job since leaving the royal family. Congratulations to…
