The ‘Brit Card’ and the pattern of global Digital IDs
Amidst the variety of current political challenges in the UK, there seems to be a focus on the controlling and…
Winston Peters tells UN New Zealand will not recognise Palestine
We are not ready to make that gesture...
Panic and plotting inside Labour conference
The Labour party returns to Liverpool this weekend for its annual four-day jamboree. Twelve months after a dismal conference, dominated…
Time for the House of York to fall
It is tempting to imagine Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson enduring a mutually resentful existence in Royal Lodge. Like an aristocratic version…
Eco-chic: the white saviour complex goes green
Too much money, too much virtue, not enough common sense
Labour spinners have a lot to learn from Reform
Ed Miliband once said of Lord Mandelson that he was ‘his own worst spin doctor’. Even that might be preferable…
They don’t make MPs like Ming Campbell any more
Tributes are pouring in for Menzies Campbell, former leader of the Liberal Democrats, and generally considered a decent chap for…
Tony Blair will not be welcome in Gaza
During an earlier Gaza war, I spoke to families who had fled the fighting but whose place of refuge –…
The plight of Germany’s powerless centrists
Germany is a tense country these days. Conversations with friends and relatives there invariably turn to politics, and, when they…
Did Ilhan Omar marry her brother?
In as Trumpian a fashion as it gets, the president has rekindled the years-long debate: Did progressive Rep. Ilhan Omar…
Gavin Newsom’s fossil-fuel flip-flop
Gavin Newsom once touted California as the fossil fuel industry’s “foe.” In 2024 he declared energy workers “the polluted heart…
Why black voters won’t come around to Mamdani
When Zohran Mamdani took the pulpit at Brooklyn’s Bethany Baptist Church last Sunday, he had a golden opportunity. He could…
Andrew Hastie wakes up the Liberal Party
Forget the big end of town, Hastie is playing for the patriots, battlers, and breadwinners
Albozo goes global
So far, it’s only Australians and a few close allies that have had to witness the sheer buffoonery and incompetence…
High artistry and hilarity
It’s bizarre the level of sheer wastage in Ian Michael’s production of Troy. Yes, there’s a bit of hieratic glamour…
