Destroy net zero, save the world
One Nation Leader, Pauline Hanson, introduced a private members’ bill on Net Zero as a Litmus test for the Coalition.…
The US-China trade war is not over yet
Stockholm, Sweden The United States and China have concluded two days of trade negotiations in Stockholm without reaching an agreement…
Trump unleashes the evangelists
The Trump administration issued a memo Monday saying that federal workers are openly allowed to express religious beliefs in the…
Starmer to recognise a Palestinian state
Following a lengthy cabinet meeting this afternoon, No. 10 announced that the UK is prepared to follow France in recognising…
Germany isn’t happy about the EU-US trade deal
The US-EU trade deal has been given a lukewarm reception in Europe. Although the agreement between US president Donald Trump…
Trumpism rules the world
Whatever loopiness there is in Donald Trump’s personality is a loopiness born of isolation. For ten years the history of…
What Labour’s Jimmy Savile attack on Nigel Farage reveals
Nigel Farage is on the side of sex offenders like Jimmy Savile. That’s the verdict of Labour Technology Secretary Peter Kyle,…
What Medhi Hasan should have told the New Right
Progressive journalist Mehdi Hasan recently went viral for his “debate” with 20 so-called conservatives on the popular YouTube channel Jubilee.…
Trump is right about North Sea oil
Maybe it is Donald Trump’s way of getting back at Keir Starmer for Labour sending activists to campaign for Kamala…
Corbyn and Sultana use same crowdfunder as Tommy Robinson
You’d think two botched party launches would have chastened Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn somewhat. Not so. The duo continue…
How could Britain deport more foreign offenders?
Barely a week passes without headlines about the UK’s ongoing issues deporting foreign national offenders (FNOs). Foreign offenders are estimated…
France is turning against the EU
When Donald Trump won a second term in the White House last November the response in Europe was one of…
Minister: Farage is on Jimmy Savile’s side
An extraordinary exchange on Sky News this morning. Peter Kyle was invited on to discuss the reaction to the implementation…
Will the SNP get another independence referendum?
Tumult, turmoil, chaos: select as appropriate how best to describe the last two years for the Scottish National party. Nicola…
Why Israel is forced to sabotage itself
Israel’s recently announced tactical pause in several sectors of Gaza, aimed at facilitating the distribution of humanitarian aid, is not…
Do Donald Trump’s fans like South Park or not?
Eric Cartman, the antihero of South Park, is a disgusting bigot who mocks disabled people, demeans women and says hateful…
Russians worry what happens when the soldiers come home
Let’s imagine, for a moment, that Vladimir Putin actually respects Trump’s 50-day ultimatum to stop the war in Ukraine. We…
Democracy demands civic competence, not just teenager passion
For many decades after Federation, the voting age for Australians was 21 – even when soldiers under the age of…
Decline in history education is creating a national identity crisis
History as a subject taught in Australian schools and universities is facing an existential crisis. Fewer students are choosing to…
The boorishness of Ellen DeGeneres
Ellen DeGeneres, the former queen of American daytime television, says she escaped the social turmoil of the United States by finding a $29…
Institutionalised childcare is failing children; it’s time parents had more choice
The charges of alleged child abuse against Melbourne childcare educator Joshua Dale Brown have sent shockwaves around the country, searing…
Trump goes tilting at windmills
Donald Trump hates windmills. He’s ranted against them consistently over the last decade. They’re as constant a member of his…
‘Eddington,’ a Greek tragedy in the Wild West
Like many Westerns, Eddington, Ari Aster’s latest feature, unfolds with the inevitability of a Greek tragedy. It’s late May 2020 –…
Starmer must not kotow to the ICJ on climate change
Last week, 15 judges from the International Court of Justice at the Vredespaleis in the Hague, at the request of…
Gagging the military is a mistake
Some weeks ago at an army conference I listened to senior officers discussing the lethal, agile, ‘integrated’ British military of…
