Westminster must fall
Dominic Cummings delivered a Pharos Lecture in Oxford this week on why western regimes are in crisis. Here is an…
How good was Brian Wilson?
I recently did an online quiz to name the 100 biggest selling pop and rock acts in the USA. The…
Reform gains another councillor in blow for Scottish Tories
Dear oh dear. With just days to go until the Scottish Conservative conference, party leader Russell Findlay will have been…
The tragedy of Brian Wilson’s life
The late Brian Wilson, who has died aged 82, once had his songs, which included modern-day classics such as ‘God…
The Left are undermining our defence relationship with America
Australia’s defence strategy is America. Let’s get that out of the way at the beginning. No America. No national security…
Is Israel preparing to strike Iran?
While much of the Western debate remains trapped in tired slogans and false moral narratives, events on the ground in…
Britain’s GDP decline is bad news for Rachel Reeves’ spending plans
Rachel Reeves delivered her spending plans for the next three years less than 24 hours ago, but already the credibility…
Why isn’t the BBC telling us what caused the Ballymena riots?
Does anyone know what’s actually happening in Ballymena, in Northern Ireland? If you’ve just been following the news on the…
Could Donald Trump scrap Aukus?
America’s policy undersecretary of defence, Elbridge Colby, is one of the brightest brains in Donald Trump’s administration. Having served in…
Nigel Farage was the spending review’s real winner
When chancellors approach a major moment like a Spending Review, they tend to have a figure in their mind’s eye…
Political fat cats give themselves a raise (on you)
There are few things more upsetting than over-paid politicians (who claim a special empathy with the poor), giving themselves a…
The elusiveness of teaching-only positions in UK universities
The percentage of teaching-only academics in the United Kingdom (UK) grew from 10 per cent of the academic workforce in…
When hatred finds a home in our institutions
I recently watched the documentary October 8 – a searing and distressing film about the aftermath of the October 7…
Randi Weingarten’s anti-Trump national uprising sounds ‘mostly peaceful’
“Authoritarianism can be stopped,” Randi Weingarten, head of the American Federation of Teachers, was saying, even though Weingarten was a…
Elon Musk kisses the ring
“I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,” Elon Musk wrote on X…
What caused the Ballymena riots?
The County Antrim town of Ballymena endured a second night of rioting on Tuesday, as protestors aimed fireworks and missiles…
It’s no surprise that Prevent has gone to the dogs
Conquest’s Second Law states that the behaviour of an organisation can best be predicted by assuming it’s controlled by a…
The spending review was 45 minutes I will never get back
Rachel Reeves looked a little surprised at the cheers from the Labour benches that greeted her as she stood to…
Only proper welfare reform can bring true ‘national renewal’
Rachel Reeves’ Spending Review does more than set budgets. It exposes a contradiction at the heart of Labour’s approach to…
Britain doesn’t need more affordable housing
This afternoon’s spending review mostly consisted of rehashed announcements, and in fact Tory plans that had been quickly rebadged. But…
What’s the matter with Los Angeles?
Los Angeles is reeling once again from urban disturbances, as it did in 1965, 1992 and 2020. After each outbreak…
Khan takes a pop at Reeves over spending review
There were always going to be winners and losers in Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s spending review and it appears that Sadiq…
Swinney stages reshuffle amid SNP infighting
It’s a busy day in politics and the SNP is keen not to be left out of the action. As…
Starmer returns to his favourite PMQs subject: Liz Truss
‘Mr Speaker, he loves talking about Liz Truss – why? Because he wants to hide from his economic record.’ Kemi…
