The shine has finally come off the SNP
This week is still going to be a bad one for Nicola Sturgeon. But it seems probable that we won’t…
No one should be scared to run for public office
I mean we are damned if we do, and damned if we don’t. I am a woman, a mum of…
Syria will never be safe under Assad
When I heard Denmark had declaredparts of Syria ‘safe’, I thought about what would happen if I returned to the…
The Bristol riots show the danger of ignoring anti-police extremism
The ugly scenes in Bristol last night make it plain to see that Britain can no longer turn a blind eye…
The media’s haste to cry race
The bodies of the victims hadn’t gone cold, the families had barely begun grieving, when the familiar cottage industry of…
The truth about statues and the law
There is a proposal to change how we criminalise people who damage statues. This proposed change is set out in…
That other violence
There was an enormous outpouring of emotion last week when thousands of women and men marched the March 4 Justice…
Why aren’t we teaching women self-defence?
Women all know that queasy shock of hyper-awareness when a man on the street or the Tube or bus begins…
Is the UK about to be forced into a vaccine war?
Is the UK about to be forced into a vaccine war? That’s the concern in Westminster after Brussels upped the…
Not OK, Boomers
‘There is the moral of all human tales; ‘Tis but the same rehearsal of the past, First freedom, and…
Taxpayers shouldn’t pay ABC fines
It’s down the line, I know. The trial hasn’t even started. But that doesn’t stop us looking ahead and being…
A fix for our new house price madness
A common objection to the idea that planning restrictions make housing unaffordable is that some other factor is said to…
The reality of the SNP’s impossible economic dream
A newly independent Scottish state would have to implement eye watering spending cuts or tax increases to stay afloat, according…
Is time up for King Bibi?
In the run-up to its fourth election in two years, Israel is enjoying its vaccine success story. The number of…
The N-word row engulfing SOAS university
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)’s newly-appointed director, Adam Habib, has become the latest victim of cancel culture…
There’s no racism at Basketball Australia? Well never mind, all is not lost
A Human Rights Commission report into racism within Basketball Australia, released at the weekend, is a solution in search of…
Spectator Australia TV: Evan Mullholland on miserable Malcolm T, Dr Thomas Case on facemasks, Alexandra Marshall on Milo – and the one and only Mr Rowan Dean
It’s midday Sunday, so that’s Spectator Australia TV time. Catch the latest program here featuring Evan Mullholland on the miserable…
Why the UK shouldn’t engage in vaccine nationalism
There is a big, big hole in Ursula von der Leyen’s strategy of threatening to ban exports of the Pfizer…
The Queen has a secret weapon in the War of the Waleses
It was a big call, sending the royals out and about straight after the Oprah interview. We have to be…
Diane Abbott has exposed Keir Starmer’s Red Wall dilemma
Were Keir Starmer more like Gordon Brown in temperament then by now he’d be throwing his mobile phone at a…
Let’s call time on Britain’s gerontocracy
The boomers are eating their grandchildren. They don’t see it this way, of course, but they are doing it nonetheless.…
It’s Flannerying at the farm and we’re going under
Tim Flannery promised me a desert, but all I’ve got is this brand new murky-looking ocean full of confused kangaroos. …
Nicolle Flint slimer apologises to women – with one notable exception
It’s not nine months since ABC radio host and Adelaide Sunday Mail columnist Peter Goers tipped a bucket of sexist…
Where is Tim Flannery now?
I live in Sydney. My house flooded last week in the heavy rains. We’ll see what happens today. Where is Tim…
