Why can’t the New York Times stand Brexit?
It seems that the editors of the New York Times will print any nonsense about Britain — the British live on mutton and…
Ministers left no clearer about May’s intentions at crunch Cabinet
After today’s Cabinet, ministers are no clearer about what Theresa May’s intentions are. ‘Reading tea leaves would be easier’, remarks…
Don’t be fooled by the twee placards at the People’s Vote march
I’ve had a lot of flak for describing Saturday’s march for a ‘People’s Vote’ as ‘disturbing’. Angry emailers inform me…
Devin Nunes: hero of the republic
Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller concluded his investigation by exonerating President Trump of collusion with Russian forces during the 2016 election.…
Our bureaucrats now want to decide “what freedoms society ought to tolerate”?
One perhaps should not make too much out of remarks of one public official, no matter how senior – and…
Could the Mueller report’s findings help Democrats in 2020?
In determining that Donald Trump did not engage in secret collusion with Russia, Robert Mueller may well have done Democrats…
Should ScoMo put One Nation last?
We need to have a sober conversation about the Coalition’s recommendations for their supporters on how to vote. Labor, The…
Backwards & Forwards: Glad’s back as Scott sees salvation
Looking back: Berejiklian’s Glad to be back On Saturday the Coalition government of New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian was…
Doing it for the kids
There’s been a lot in the news about how cool the kids are. As Whitney Houston sang before using her…
Cabinet coup? Tory MPs look to Gove and Lidington to replace May
Will Theresa May make it to the end of the week? It’s a question that’s been asked before of the…
NSW: a reality check
Congratulations to Gladys and the hair gel lads for their result yesterday. And for Scot, here’s a history lesson. On…
Revealed: No. 10 leak shows how May could delay Brexit without Parliament’s approval
Ever since MPs first voted to trigger Article 50 everyone has been told that Britain, by law, will be leaving the…
The vast attempt to undo the 2016 election has failed
Well, I am going to miss the full-bore SWAT-team raids at dawn against aging political factota like Roger Stone and…
The Tasmanian yacht murder: a groundbreaking new appeal
In a historic decision to grant Sue Neill-Fraser leave to appeal against her 2010 murder conviction, Justice Brett of Tasmania’s…
Robert Mueller’s day off
After aeons trapped in a Beckettian nightmare, Robert Mueller’s report is finally on the Attorney General’s desk. Intriguingly, he waited…
The Conservative Party bears the most blame for the Brexit mess
For many people, next Friday was supposed to be a celebration. Boris Johnson spoke about an ‘independence day’ marking the…
Portrait of the week: Brexit delay, terror in NZ, and a very expensive pigeon
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, wrote to Donald Tusk, the President of the European Council, asking for a delay…
Douglas Murray: will we have a country left after Brexit?
It isn’t easy getting around the Gulf these days. The blockade on Qatar means no direct flights from most of…
Unlike MPs, Cicero understood the meaning of sovereignty
The problem with Brexit is that parliament is not designed to do what the people have commanded it to. MPs…
The biggest explosions in history
The march of time If we leave the EU on 29 March, with which historic events will that date be…
Britain’s fate now lies in the hands of Angela Merkel
Angela Merkel says disdainfully, ‘I admit I was not on top of the British parliament’s 17th-century procedural rules.’ Her implication…
On the subject of John Bercow
You can buy the latest edition of Thomas Erskine May’s Parliamentary Practice for just over three hundred quid, but I…
In defence of snake oil
A few months ago I had possibly the best massage I’ve ever had. My masseuse, Anouschka, had learned her skills…
There’s an arms race underway – between headphones and musak
I live with a ghost, or rather, I share an address with a man who’s been dead for many years.…
Merging two unhappy companies is a recipe for disaster
It never works to take two unhappy companies and blend them into a bigger pile of misery. That’s the way…
