Trump isn’t the greatest threat to the special relationship
Britain’s refusal to fully back the United States over strikes on Iran has triggered an unusually public transatlantic row. It…
Will the Iran war propel Gavin Newsom to the presidency?
“I’m very angry about this war,” said Gavin Newsom, the California Governor, on stage yesterday. Newsom has a memoir, Young Man…
The good and bad news about Labour’s leaked social cohesion strategy
Some things in the government’s leaked social cohesion strategy will be deeply neuralgic to many. There is the creation of…
Revealed: Britain to get Islamophobia tsar
Britain is to get a new ‘anti-Muslim hostility tsar’ under plans to be outlined by the government on Monday, which…
Wokery is a Christian heresy
‘Progressive’ or ‘woke’ politics is undoubtedly religious. But not in a good way. In championing transgender, ethnic minority or postcolonial…
The BBC cannot tax Netflix viewers
The BBC has described itself as being set to enter ‘managed decline’. The government is currently reviewing the broadcaster’s charter,…
The decline and fall of Tottenham Hotspur
How the mighty have fallen. Tottenham Hotspur, the fifth richest club in England, the ninth richest in the world, current Europa League…
What Poilievre can (and can’t) teach the British Right
Over the last week, I have been stalking Pierre Poilievre. The leader of the Canadian Conservative Party has been in…
Israel wants to destroy Hezbollah once and for all
At around 2:30 a.m. on March 2, Israel bombed Beirut’s mostly Shia southern suburbs in response to a Hezbollah rocket…
Iran isn’t only a threat in the Middle East
It must be a comforting thought to those who oppose the military action against the Iranian regime that it is,…
Is it wise for Spain to goad Donald Trump?
Spain’s refusal to allow the United States to use its military bases at Morón de la Frontera (Seville) and Rota…
The Iran war is showing no sign of slowing
Israeli and American military operations against Iranian targets intensified over Thursday, while Iran and its proxy militias across the region…
Trump’s war doesn’t mean the rebirth of neoconservatism
Win or lose, Donald Trump has begun the last war the United States is ever likely to fight in the…
The real reason Greens are gaining ground
It was only a matter of time before an ultra-progressive, hard-left party with a fondness for voguish identity politics, enthusiasm…
Emmanuel Macron is having a good war
It is not just Donald Trump who believes Keir Starmer has failed to channel Winston Churchill. Now Cyprus have given…
Has every galah in every pet shop become an expert in international law?
To paraphrase Paul Keating, I guarantee that if you walk into any pet shop in the West or indeed the…
Does Trump really have ‘whatever it takes’ to win in Iran?
With Operation Epic Fury in its sixth day, it is hard to tell how long the current United States military…
Arsenal’s success is a victory for Brexit football
I notice Arsenal have gone seven points clear at the top of the Premier League table and are thus very…
Substantially uncertain about being certainly substantial
Australia’s Treasurer, a man with a PhD in political science and the communicative precision of a fortune cookie, stepped to…
Neither globalisation nor protectionism
A closer alliance with NZ, Canada, and UK may offer the best of both worlds
Iran: When is war the lesser evil?
For forty-five years, the West has tried to weaken Iran’s regime without toppling it, and the people of Iran have…
Another ‘world first’ from the Allan government
The Victorian Labor government has continued with its ‘world first’ legislation with its recently announced work from home laws joining…
Who’s winning the missile war?
In the early hours of February 28, 2026, Operation Epic Fury commenced with large-scale American and Israeli air strikes against…
The Democrats are on the march in Texas
It’s the best of times for the Democrats in Texas and the worst of times for the Republicans. James Talarico…
Why the war with Iran is, and isn’t, like Iraq
At the moment, a lot of people – notably including the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer – are comparing the…
