Could the Arctic be key to ending the Ukraine war?
‘It is in Alaska and in the Arctic that the economic interests of our countries converge and prospects for implementing…
George Galloway to stand in Holyrood election
What comes around goes around. After a short stint in Westminster after he won the Rochdale by-election in February 2024,…
Don’t forget Nicola Sturgeon’s real legacy
Nicola Sturgeon gets an easy ride with the English media. This weekend, with a book to flog and an image…
Tony Abbott doesn’t go far enough on energy policy
Australia’s renewable energy subsidies were underpinned by a con-job
I’m embracing my inner Karen
I told off four strangers last week. The first was a foreign gentleman lounging on a side lawn at Marble…
Hamas are worse than the Nazis
I would not be surprised if a Nazi sympathiser or member of a neo-Nazi gang were to issue a statement…
A slave-loving people
A few weeks ago, the Sydney-based Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) released an interesting report, warning that, ‘A culture of…
EV hype hits the wall
In the expensive march towards a Net Zero utopia, governments and green advocates have long touted electric vehicles (EVs) as…
Is Hollywood’s woke era ending?
On reading that Dean Cain (the actor who played the television Superman) had become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
Woke, broke, and can’t take a joke
When Sydney Sweeney’s American Eagle ad boasted she has ‘great jeans’ liberals didn’t just hear a pun – they heard…
Howard Stern disappeared years ago
It’s hard to say out loud, but it looks like The Howard Stern Show may finally be winding down at…
Why Trump must build a nuclear reactor on the Moon
Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation whom President Trump appointed last month as temporary leader of NASA, has issued a…
From Alaska with love: Trump, Putin, and the new Great Game
If you were hoping August would be a quiet month in geopolitics – just you, the footy finals, and maybe…
Speakman silent while renewables wreck regions
In the annals of political irony, few names fit the bill quite like Mark Speakman. Here we have a man…
Does Northumberland really want to see the return of lynx?
Farming is hard, and sheep farming especially so. Sheep are endearing but awkward creatures, generally looking for the most inconvenient…
South Korea’s reconciliation plan with the North is doomed to fail
On both sides of the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea, loudspeakers blasting news, music, weather reports, wailing…
Why is it still acceptable to abuse men with long hair?
It was a hairy situation. At a drab corporate dinner in a posh hotel basement, one of my fellow diners…
The demonisation of Israeli ‘settlers’
In the UK today, hold the wrong view and you’re cast as beyond the pale. Brexiteers are bigots. If you…
What if Starmer had been prime minister in the second world war?
Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, has posed a fascinating counter-factual question about our Prime Minister: what if Keir…
Can ‘China Studies’ still be trusted?
It is generally agreed that Britain needs to improve its China capabilities. That a greater understanding of Chinese culture, history…
Snowshoeing with septuagenarians
Wading through breakup grief, I’d hit the haziest stage of recovery, somewhere between lying horizontal in dark rooms, and shaving…
Hiring Gen Z? I’m not quite over the shock
I think I’m getting old. I don’t feel old; in my mind I’m about 19. I have, though, started saying…
Islamic Nato and the dangers of ideological military alliances
According to a report published by the official news agency of the Islamic Republic (IRNA), the purpose of the recent…
How to jail the Russian hoax colluders
Now comes word that Attorney General Pam Bondi is opening a grand jury investigation into the attempt to falsely dragoon…
The death of banter and the BBC
I may be the last person in the UK to have seen the 1999 film Human Traffic (rereleased last month).…
