Are lie detector tests for terrorists really a good idea?
You might have assumed that the polygraph (or ‘lie detector’ as it is commonly known) was something used only for…
Ian Blackford and the hounding of Charles Kennedy
BBC Alba, Scotland’s Gaelic language channel, is not normally required viewing for the political classes. This week, however, Lib Dems…
Face masks in schools: a note on the evidence
Secondary-school children returning to school from 8 March will be required to wear masks in classrooms, at least for several…
Amnesty International has undermined Navalny’s fight for freedom
In his fight against Putin, Alexei Navalny needs all the help he can get. The might of the Russian state…
Germany is regretting its criticism of the Oxford Covid jab
Germany’s fridges are filled with Oxford jabs. But there’s a problem: 80 per cent of the 735,000 doses delivered to Germany…
Redefining the ABC
Question: What do you call a discussion between people who have no idea what they are talking about but are…
In defence of Keir Starmer
Now that we’ve finally heard Boris Johnson’s ‘roadmap’ out of lockdown, a key question remains: when will we see a…
The problem with renaming London’s streets
In Taksim Square, the busy central hub of Istanbul, a large, viril monument stands. In the centre is Mustafa Kemal…
The sophisticated security of Parliament House
It’s constantly forgotten, but in Walter Burley Griffin’s plans for Canberra Capital Hill was supposed to be crowned with a…
Craig Kelly: cancel culture has now come to the government’s backbenches
That Craig Kelly does not believe he can speak “frankly” and “fearlessly” on important public policy matters such as the…
The Battle of the Bergs boosts Josh’s leadership ambitions
In the words of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, Facebook has re-friended Australia. Yesterday, Mark Zuckerberg agreed to Facebook once again enabling…
Why everything ScoMo does is wrong in the left’s weird world
The political and cultural Left claim that when it comes to the big issues they are not-playing-politics. They say it all the time. But they are currently…
Biden goes back to school with Dr Fauci
We’ve all had to learn more than enough about pathogens in recent months — how contagion spreads, how our immune…
The shameful targeting of black police officers
I’m severely disabled, coffee-coloured, a migrant, a refugee and a woman. I was born to a Muslim family and I chose atheism…
Watch: Boris on the problem with journalists
What’s the phrase? Poacher turned gamekeeper? Boris Johnson was once the arch poacher — a journalist at the Telegraph before taking on the editorship…
We could all pay the price for the EU’s foolish vaccine nationalism
I’m a card carrying, Europe-loving, wishy-washy centre-left liberal. It therefore pains me to point this out: the EU in general,…
The remarkable rise of the Czech Pirate party
A new party is riding high in the Czech Republic, with the wind of change in its sails. Polls now…
The SNP’s transphobia muddle
For a party so devoted to trans rights, it seems strange that the SNP is less than forthcoming over its…
Is this the real cultural problem in politics?
The Brittany Higgins matter keeps moving on. The allegations are very disturbing. But there seems a more fundamental question not being…
What ‘Britain’s wokest headteacher’ gets wrong
Ah, a story for our times. And I think you know how it’s going to go. There was this junior…
Spain’s anarchists are rioting
Michael Bakunin, the 19th century revolutionary Russian anarchist, identified Spain as the place where his creed was most likely to…
Madonna: over the borderline
Madonna, terrified of dying from the plague, has taken the vaccine. And no, we are not talking about Covid-19. The…
Craig Kelly goes to the crossbench
The Liberal Party and its forebears have always given their members the right to speak out, particularly backbenchers. South Australian…
Can incumbents lose in the age of Covid-19?
Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan is about smash the opposition in the March 6 state election. A thoroughly iffy, whiffy…
Biden’s twisted immigration policy
Immigration, a top issue before and during the Trump presidency, has become much less of a concern for Americans over…
