Nobody said it was easy, but Coldplaygate is dumb
The internet, known for its calm, rational takes on everything from geopolitics to cat videos, has finally lost its collective…
The Greens are engrossed in their own irrelevance
Queensland Greens give co-founder Drew Hutton the boot
The ‘Russia Hoax’ and other grudges
Too long, didn’t read, but late last week Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard proclaimed that she had in her…
The Liaison Committee summed up Starmer’s woes
If you want a sign of how badly things have gone wrong for this government, compare Keir Starmer’s third Liaison…
The $130 billion train that couldn’t
In the annals of stupid and poorly run schemes, the California High-Speed Rail project ranks among the worst. Its future,…
Sausage King Starmer’s bad afternoon on the grill
Sir Keir Starmer has a sausage problem. Stop sniggering at the back. Not only was there his infamous slip demanding…
Lowe brands Farage a ‘stinking hypocrite’ over crime policies
Reform UK has dominated headlines this morning, as the party kick off their six-week campaign on crime. During a central…
What Suella Braverman’s plan for quitting the ECHR gets right
This morning’s paper on leaving the ECHR from Suella Braverman and the Prosperity Institute doesn’t say much that hasn’t been…
Scottish Greens publish Holyrood candidate list amid party infighting
As the 2026 Holyrood election looms, parties are scrambling to get their candidate lists finalised. Today the Scottish Greens have…
Will Reform’s crime crackdown work?
It’s hard to disagree with Nigel Farage’s diagnosis that ‘Britain is lawless’. The Reform leader painted a bleak image of…
The youth mobility scheme is just the start of a Brexit reversal
Will Britain continue to be dragged back closer and closer to the EU so that when we eventually rejoin, in…
The looming ‘Islamophobia’ scandal
Many people are now terrified to say what they think, voice unfashionable opinions, or even let slip the wrong words,…
When will Miliband make up his mind on Mingyang?
Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband is preparing to be grilled by the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee this afternoon…
Why Britain shouldn’t recognise Palestine
There is increasing speculation that the UK will recognise a Palestinian state imminently, possibly in coordination with France. On this…
A bitcoin windfall won’t save the Chancellor
This weekend, the Sunday Telegraph reported that Rachel Reeves is eyeing a ‘£5 billion bitcoin sale’ to ease the pressure on the…
Can Rachel Reeves be trusted not to bring in a wealth tax?
The government is briefing that Rachel Reeves is ruling out a wealth tax, and won’t surrender to pressure from the…
Japan’s prime minister is on borrowed time
‘It is a difficult situation and we have to take it very humbly and seriously’. This was the typically understated…
Australia, what are you now, and where are you going?
Hello World, I have known you for 80 years. I have adored your beauty, been overwhelmed with awe by your…
Superman has always been ‘woke’
The moment I heard that there’d been a backlash against James Gunn’s reboot of the Superman franchise on the grounds…
America’s top medical schools still hire by race
The institutions just won’t quit. Even after the Supreme Court made it abundantly clear that race-based admissions violate the Constitution,…
The ‘Gen Z stare’ is another act of teenage rebellion
The latest complaint made against Generation Z is that its members now frequently assume a blank, glassy-eyed expression of indifference…
The hypocrisy of Labour’s attacks on Reform’s net zero plans
The net zero lobby just gets sillier and sillier. According to energy minister Michael Shanks, Reform’s policy of abandoning net…
Labour’s end-of-year school report is dire
As we approach the end of a long, hot summer term, it is a good time to reflect on the…
Western Left silent as hundreds of Druze murdered
When I was in Israel in May this year, I was fortunate to experience a traditional dinner in the home…
