Paris is burning
Paris burned. The ‘jaune gilet’ (‘yellow vest’) mobs tore through the heart of Paris, trashed the Champs Elysee and graffitied…
What comes after populism? Nanny McPhee meets Leon Trotsky?
The success of populist movements in democratic nations is leading many on the political left to envisage a recalibrated political…
Why the Liberal Party is bound for the exit
Try as I might I can’t imagine any possible, even unlikely, scenario where the Coalition government in Canberra manages to…
The Libs farewell free markets on electricity
I’m starting to wonder what the point of the Liberal Party actually is. I was until recently under the misapprehension…
Robert Mueller’s poisoned chalice
How would you feel, having spent almost two years and over $US30 million dollars, trying to prove that Donald Trump’s…
Does Dumbo wear Prada?
For the Republicans, there can be no doubt about it, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez the gift that just keeps on giving. And…
Shock news: politics and consumer goods are two different things
Last month’s Victorian election should be a warning sign to the citizens of Victoria and all Australian voters. Something stinks…
Shorten’s republic makes Brexit look well thought through
Bill Shorten has promised a plebiscite on the republic should he become prime minister after the next federal election. Unlike…
If May goes, the Tories have just one chance to replace her
On Tuesday, MPs will face something rare: a Commons motion which really does deserve to be described as momentous. It…
Portrait of the week: Theresa May’s double defeat on Brexit
Home Political hobbyists speculated on the future of Brexit if the government fell, if a new Conservative leader was chosen,…
Joan Collins: My own transgender moment
I recently returned from several months in Los Angeles working on one of the most popular US TV shows. American…
Could the vote on the Brexit deal set a record for a government defeat in the Commons?
Big defeats Could the vote on the Brexit deal set a record for a government defeat in the Commons? Aside…
Letters: The consequences of a Corbyn government could be catastrophic
Sleeping on the streets Sir: Mark Palmer claims that ‘homelessness is hardly a top government priority’ (‘Home truths’, 1 December). I…
If May’s deal falls, there may be enough Labour MPs to gain a majority for ‘Norway plus’
Inside the Dominic Grieve amendment carried on Tuesday is the embryo of a new political party. Any parliamentary majority for what…
John le Carré is like Shakespeare – his plots are improbable beyond comprehension
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Thank the blessed Lord it’s over. Not Brexit, or Theresa May’s flailing and spastic governance. I’m talking about John le…
Why are children so fearful about the future?
For any bosses from the Singapore education department reading this, I have a message. It comes from (I’d guess) most…
Will racial blending undermine identity politics? Let’s hope so
Behold, the most incendiary statistic in America: the Census Bureau’s projection of when whites will become a minority in what…
Who’s really to blame for the Crossrail fiasco?
There’s been a strong sense of pre-Christmas turkeys coming home to roost in this week’s news, as stories I’ve written…
Britain is heading towards a soft Brexit or a second referendum
Unless Theresa May delays the vote, 11 December 2018 might be about to become one of the most important in…
War-gaming the Brexit vote: seven scenarios for what happens next
Parliament is in deadlock over Brexit. So what can we expect in the coming days and weeks after the vote?…
Britain has become a country of braggarts and show-offs
Over the past 20 years, the old British trait of self-deprecation has been killed off. And in its place, boasting…
Neil MacGregor: belief is what holds a society together
‘But what must it be like for the fish?’ We’re talking about cormorants, Neil MacGregor and I, and the spectacular…
The danger of the ‘Islamophobic’ label
Sadiq Khan is an Islamophobe. Not just any old Islamophobe, and not just in the woollier parts of the web.…
Let them buy Teslas! How Macron became the enemy of the French
Emmanuel Macron is supposed to be the cleverest man in France but he has painted himself so completely into a…
The gilets jaunes have become a symbol of resistance worn with pride by the downtrodden
I met a friend for lunch in Paris last Sunday. He and his wife had come up from the countryside…
