Venezuela’s not alone at the end of the road to serfdom
Venezuela in social and economic collapse provides a contemporary case study of where socialism takes a country, but one too…
Has Trumpism hit the wall?
The normally sober Associated Press is reporting the Senate’s vote to overturn Trump’s declaration of emergency in the southern border as…
Scott Morrison has just weeks to prove: is he a conservative or a con
I don’t want to spend too much time on all these Newspolls that show that Shorten’s ALP is going to…
Are things finally looking up for Theresa May?
Theresa May’s week just got a little less bad. This evening the Government managed to successfully defeat a string of…
Beta O’Rourke
Beto O’Rourke is about to launch a presidential campaign off the back of a failed Senate bid. He’s not the…
The question isn’t if Joe Biden will screw up: it’s when
Joe Biden seems on the verge of announcing he will run for president. He begins in a strong position, leading…
Why a Brexit extension spells trouble for the EU
Now that Theresa May’s deal has been decisively defeated again, the message from Brussels has been clear: the Brexit impasse…
No, no, no Alyssa Milano
I know it’s only March, but I think I may well have founder the winner of the “Dumbest Tweet of 2019”. In…
Freedom’s just another word, so don’t take it for granted
“Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose.” So sang Janis Joplin in her 1971 hit Me and Bobby…
Meaningful vote 3 in the next seven days
Theresa May’s extension motion makes clear that she intends to bring her deal back for another vote in the next…
The latest government shambles could help May pass her deal
This evening Theresa May’s week went from awful to terrible. After her deal was heavily defeated for a second time…
How the school student strike reduces kids to puppets
School students are being recruited and organised to strike from school this Friday, 15 March. The website, schoolstrike4climate.com claims the…
The Chinese must be furious. Imagine blowing $1.3m on Jeb!
Jeb! We hardly knew ye. The 2016 election seems soooo long ago. There was a time, for about 15 minutes,…
The Brexiteers have blown it
If, as Rod Liddle says, Brexit has been killed there is no shortage of suspects. 75 of them, in fact.…
Menzies, Malcolm, misogyny and merit
Malcolm Turnbull—our now disgruntled former prime minister—believes that that the Liberal Party “absolutely” has a woman problem. And, somewhat unsurprisingly,…
What’s woke this week?
Wokeworld’s Ministry of Inculcation has been out and about at schools, universities and colleges around the world recently and we’d…
Brexit is now dead
And that, my lovely friends, is it for Brexit. You kippers and ERGers who think we’ll leave with no deal,…
If you want bold ideas for a fair go for Australia, Bill, try these
Despite government being the only thief of wages in this country, Bill Shorten has announced an ironic policy to combat…
We’re now heading for a no-deal Brexit – but not just yet
A member of the Cabinet uttered just one word to me about this latest humiliating defeat for the Prime Minister…
Why we could be heading for a third vote on May’s Brexit deal
Late last night, there was a sense of optimism among ministers that the government’s revised deal might have a chance.…
If Joe Biden is so manly, why can’t he just admit he’s running?
Has Joe Biden finally made up his mind? The former vice president has told a House lawmaker that he is…
Why myopic Millennials have red stars in their eyes
Irony is still not dead, despite never-ending attempts on its life – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to slag off capitalism at…
What Theresa May needs to go right today to avoid another historic defeat
In order to turn things around with her Brexit deal, Theresa May needs a domino effect. She needs to somehow…
The West’s war on white men
To read about sexual oppression in the Western media storybook is to enter a surreal world. In its distorting mirror,…
Vice vs vice: Cheney barbecues Pence in Georgia
It was no cakewalk for Vice President Mike Pence. He had showed up in Sea Island, Ga., reckoning that he…
