The judiciary is still in thrall to DEI
Reports of the death of diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) have been grossly exaggerated. DEI still threatens to undermine equality…
Trump is sending mixed messages about the Qatar attack
Oops. The White House is claiming that President Trump directed the ubiquitous Steve Witkoff to warn Qatar that Israel was…
Brits are fed up with overpriced coffee
We don’t lead the world in Artificial Intelligence. We can’t keep up with the Chinese in making electric vehicles, and…
Why the French fear the far-left
A caller to a French radio station on Monday morning said he supported Marine Le Pen’s National Rally. However, he…
Starmer must hold his nerve on Palestine Action
Keir Starmer is hardly famous for his grit. But the proscription of Palestine Action is one issue on which the…
Six questions the National must answer
Scottish daily the National is known for its inimitable approach to journalism. The mainstream media bombards SNP ministers with impertinent…
The only people who should watch Iryna Zarutska dying
There are precious few people who should watch the video released yesterday of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska slowly dying as…
Not zero, yes energy
Reality will eventually yank Labor off the destructive path towards its Net Zero nirvana. This has been said, written, broadcast,…
The most important sentence about Net Zero published this year
‘Australia faces significant climate-related risks regardless of future emissions reductions.’ This is the most important sentence in a recent report…
Law and the Leviathan: human rights courts and democracy
In recent years, the clash of two titans has come to the fore. On the one hand is the traditional…
When Labour’s best bet is Bridget Phillipson
It’s always nice when the muses of tragedy and comedy seem to be working in perfect sync: nowhere is this…
Israel is right to strike Hamas’s leaders in Qatar
When the government of Qatar condemned the Israeli airstrike in Doha as a ‘cowardly’ act, it revealed less about the…
Could Epstein’s birthday book trip up the British Ambassador?
In May, Sky News asked Lord Mandelson, Britain’s Ambassador to the United States of America, if it was true that he’d stayed at Epstein’s…
What Israel’s Qatar strike on Hamas reveals
‘We are ready to accept a deal (with Hamas) that would end this war, based on the cabinet decision,’ Israeli…
Can Peter Mandelson survive his association with Jeffrey Epstein?
What a difference 48 hours can make. On Saturday afternoon, Lord Mandelson, the UK ambassador to the United States, was…
Reform are clueless about the health of Britain’s countryside
When it was put to him that the UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world, Richard Tice, Reform…
Farage is right, it is time to ban the Muslim Brotherhood
Nigel Farage’s speech at the Reform party conference may have been, for the most part, heavy on spectacle and light…
Is it really ‘clear’ the Trump-Epstein birthday letter is fake?
The “bawdy” birthday letter from Donald Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, which the Wall Street Journal reported the existence of in July, has…
Why must the next Labour deputy leader be a woman?
Harriet Harman has declared that the next deputy leader of the Labour party “definitely needs to be a woman.” I…
The strike to save the future of horse racing
Horse racing is a notoriously factional sport. The interests of owners and trainers, for example, are quite different from those…
Magnificent – but is it war?
When Donald Trump made building a “big, beautiful” wall along the southern US border a priority in his first term,…
The day I ate a royal love letter
Our very own Roger Kimball made it possible. I am referring to The Last Alpha Male, the greatest book ever…
I’m the heir to Manhattan
I’m owed around $680 billion. Some 77 acres of downtown Manhattan belong to the Carter family, according to a letter…
Inside the cult of Equinox
Scratch the surface of Silver Age Rome and what do you find? Most likely, a tight subterranean vault built as…
