Coronavirus will create zombie borrowers: still walking, but dead from debt
Plague and pestilence have always ushered in social and economic dislocation. The Antonine Plague of the second century AD marked…
Beware China’s masked diplomacy
‘How do you deal toughly with your banker?’ This was the not quite rhetorical question that Hillary Clinton asked Australia’s…
Whatever happened to parliamentary democracy?
In the middle of a national crisis, Britain has become a parliamentary democracy without a parliament. The police now have…
Coronavirus can help us confront the uncomfortable truth about death
In recent years, I’ve been thinking about the right way to die, having been with my late wife Sian Busby…
Is France being pushed to breaking point?
As France prepares to enter its third week of confinement the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, has warned that ‘the fight…
Spain faces a political reckoning after its coronavirus crisis
Here in Spain we have proper lockdown. We’re not ‘allowed out once a day for exercise’ over here. ‘You Brits…
Will we now finally act on industrial relations – or lose even more jobs?
As the national cabinet scrambles to implement policies to contain coronavirus and lines stretch hundreds of meters outside Centrelink offices,…
Our school standards are poor enough already, but what if children can’t access online learning?
For millions of young Australians, it’s homeschooling from now on. As well as getting their heads around months of staying…
Coronavirus: not just a health crisis, but a crisis for our economy and liberty
Coronavirus is first and foremost a health crisis. But it is fast becoming an economic crisis as well. Some observers…
EXCLUSIVE: Extinction Rebellion hails the “beauty” of coronavirus
We all remember Marlon Brando and Rebel Without A Cause. Meet the rebels without a brain, Extinction Rebellion. Their latest…
How red tape is compounding the coronavirus commerce crisis
Red tape is exacerbating the economic fallout brought on by the coronavirus crisis by making it more difficult for businesses to adjust…
Let’s applaud mothers — the real key workers
Our daughter Clementine, 5, has just decided what she wants to be when she grows up. ‘A cleaner …. and…
Imperial study: New York deaths could peak at 1,000 a day
As the world tries to understand more about the trajectory of the coronavirus, a study from the Engineering faculty of…
How to understand – and report – figures for ‘Covid deaths’
Every day, now, we are seeing figures for ‘Covid deaths’. These numbers are often expressed on graphs showing an exponential…
A wartime crisis requires wartime speeches: Scott Morrison and the battle for hearts and minds
The government’s battle against coronavirus is also a battle for the hearts and minds of Australians. If the Prime Minister…
Coronavirus has exposed Europe’s stark differences
The coronavirus crisis has exposed Europe’s varying attitudes to state intervention and individual liberties. In doing so, it has revealed just how…
Why the left just love a crisis
“Never let a good crisis go to waste”. This short and catchy dictum was articulated by Rahm Emanuel, former Obama…
Mental health in the corona crisis: we’re all in this together
While many are talking about the physical health and economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, few have been highlighting the…
Why was early coronavirus coverage so lazy? The media’s insatiable thirst for political correctness
When the media views its entire mission through a lens of meting out social justice while presenting itself as the…
Why the coronavirus crisis could peak sooner than expected
The government is adjusting to the reality of dealing with the coronavirus crisis, while three of its most important figures…
Thank you, Earth Hour fans
A big thank you to all the people who are about to turn their lights off for Earth Hour. So…
Putin’s plan to exploit coronavirus
Vladimir Putin knows a thing or two about a crisis, having caused a number of them over recent years. And…
Boris’s coronavirus pragmatism is confounding his critics
If ever Britain has undergone a period of authoritarian socialism, then this is surely it. Massive state intervention in the…
Foreign language TV is without the political correctness spoiling English drama
Every cloud has a silver lining. Never again are you likely to have a better opportunity to catch up with…
You wouldn’t bloody believe it, but guess who’s asking for money – again
What do Fonzie and Adam Bandt have in common? They both jumped the shark. We were laughing earlier this afternoon…
