Coronavirus: a look at the numbers that matter
If there is one thing that has been missing from the public discussion on Covid-19 it’s a meaningful interpretation of the numbers. Day by day…
Leaked letter: Boris Johnson rejects Trump on Iran sanctions
A leaked letter to the UN Security Council shows that the British government has rejected the US position on Iran’s…
Why bother with real change when a Facebook like will do?
Have you ever wondered how different the world would be if the passengers on Rosa Parks’ bus had iPhones? Probably…
Protesters are clearing a path for Trump
‘This city is not going to stop burning itself down until they [the protesters] know that this officer has been…
Ed Davey can make the Lib Dems liberal again
It seems as though Layla Moran’s offer to make the Lib Dems ‘more radical than Labour’ has been decisively rejected.…
What Ed Davey’s election means for the Lib Dems
For many Lib Dems, this leadership election felt like an existential choice. The party is now on its fourth leader…
An off-the-shelf insect repellent could help kill Covid-19
Should we be spraying surfaces, and ourselves, with an off-the-shelf mosquito repellent to tackle the spread of Covid-19? The Ministry…
Bette Midler: the malicious model of a modern ‘progressive’
Hollywood legend Bette Midler has become the embodiment of everything she professes to hate. The actress who has spent the…
Nine lessons from the Republican and Democrat conventions
What’s the bottom line so far? The Democrats think they will win by making the race a referendum on Donald…
Larissa Water’s gender politics versus fair Family Court outcomes
“The important thing is not to stop questioning,” said Albert Einstein. Can we please apply this simple logic to the…
The French are baffled by the BBC’s Rule Britannia censorship
From 1940 to 1944, the Vichy regime set aside France’s 150-year-old rousing national anthem La Marseillaise for Maréchal nous voilà,…
Minimising Covid-19 pain
The current Covid-19 worldwide pandemic is causing a huge amount of pain. In some countries only moderate pain, in others…
Kristi Noem, first female president?
Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley effectively launched her 2024 presidential campaign during her Monday night speech at the Republican National…
Farewell to the no-go logo
The Morrison Government is moving to eradicate a new Australia logo that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Coronavirus just…
Where is Biden’s post-convention bounce?
Convention season ain’t over till the dead cat bounces. A dead cat bounce, as followers of the animal spirits of…
Donald Trump is still the greatest show on Earth
‘Keep America Great’ is President Donald Trump’s 2020 re-election slogan and it sounds off. The phrase doesn’t have the same…
The left are the real conspiracy theorists
Conspiracy theories are a cultural phenomenon of the 20th and 21st centuries which conceptualise a set up by a corrupt,…
We are all Rachel Dolezal now
As late as 2014, most Americans felt there was no need for the country to make any changes to address…
The new cladding scandal that could bankrupt a generation
Within the next year or two, I could go bankrupt. My mistake: to join a government-backed affordable housing scheme and…
Will the next U-turn be on face masks at work?
There’s a new trend emerging when it comes to Covid-19 policy: where Scotland leads, England follows. In recent weeks, decisions…
Has this Brazilian city reached herd immunity without lockdown?
Throughout the Covid crisis, the international response to the disease has rested on a simple assumption: that none of us…
World Rugby’s trans women ban is a wise idea
By the time I was 15, I had put two rugby players in hospital. I broke the arm of one…
You don’t need to like Clive Palmer to dislike his arbitrary treatment
The Western Australian government’s draconian legislation passed this month to extinguish the legal rights of Clive Palmer and his flagship…
It’s time for Boris to back Israel
Dominic Raab has visited Israel for his first trip as Foreign Secretary. By all accounts, he was made very welcome,…
What is the point of Boris Johnson’s Tory party?
It was way back in 2003 that the journalist Peter Hitchens first declared the Conservative party to be ‘useless’. Peter’s…
