Watch: Sturgeon refuses to apologise to women over gender ruling
Well, well, well. Nicola Sturgeon has finally broken her silence over the Supreme Court judgment that backed the biological definition…
Trump was not a significant factor, and that matters
Post-election there is always jockeying to write the narrative. Frequently these are either complete fantasy, or ‘faction’ – fiction based…
Merz’s bungled bid to become chancellor plunges Germany into crisis
Just when he thought he was home and dry, Friedrich Merz has fallen at the final hurdle to become Germany’s…
Reform councillor attacks Farage as she quits party
Reform UK enjoyed success in last week’s local elections, but it hasn’t all been plain sailing for Nigel Farage’s party.…
The new pope must stop bending the knee to Beijing
As 133 cardinal electors gather in the Sistine Chapel tomorrow to begin the process of choosing a new Pope, there…
Kamala chooses the Met Gala over the presidency
It was typical Kamala. Did she really want to be at the Met Gala or not? She couldn’t seem to…
Dear LNP, think of Haidt!
The number of different post-mortems for the failure of the federal LNP may well soon outnumber the sands on Nine…
King Charles’s reign has begun poorly
Today marks the second anniversary of King Charles’s coronation, but celebrations are likely to be rather limited this time around.…
The National Theatre just gets worse and worse
The new artistic director of the National Theatre is Indhu Rubasingham, who this weekend told the Sunday Times what to expect…
Wes Streeting won’t end the 8am GP appointment scramble
You can say it for Wes Streeting: he doesn’t hang about. Reacting to the heavy loss of council seats in…
The Trump administration is giving us excellence, not equity
Americans are not a naturally gloomy people. We don’t necessarily expect things to go our way, but when they don’t,…
Wokeism is stifling thought in America’s universities
The American education system needs drastic reform from bottom to top. Our K-12 schools, both public and private, have come…
How Christopher Rufo is changing American education
As fire-breathing counter-revolutionaries go, Christopher Rufo seems notably mild-mannered. Perhaps it’s his northern California roots and Pacific Northwest home that…
We shouldn’t downplay the risks of ADHD medication
I was diagnosed with ADHD in my freshman year of college. I’d suspected as much in high school, but I…
‘Capturing’ Gaza could backfire spectacularly
Israel’s cabinet has given a green light an audacious plan to retake Gaza, signalling a serious shift in its approach…
Zoe Daniel is done and dusted
It’s been an annoying weekend for conservatives, but the weather is always warm if you wait long enough: Zoe Daniel…
Let Barnaby Joyce lead
Technically, the Liberal wing of the Coalition is larger but lately the Nationals have been stronger. This is unlikely to…
Donald Trump needs a history lesson
President Donald Trump has again demonstrated his less than impressive grasp of history with a statement on his Truth Social…
Ash Regan: Scottish politicians have been gaslighting the public for years
Ash Regan quit Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP government almost three years ago in protest at the former first minister’s controversial gender…
My apology to Reform
I have read countless commentaries explaining why we shouldn’t take Reform’s victories last Thursday too seriously. They are all wrong.…
Musings from a Dickson MP now twice removed
Early in the campaign, the following was begun with Flat White in mind. ‘It was the best of times, it…
Has the two-party system outlived its usefulness?
A popular English YouTuber made an interesting claim in response to Britain’s local elections on Thursday: the two major parties…
Voters want more hard Labor
With Labor’s sweeping victory at the 2025 election, future policy settings suggest themselves to ensure yet another term of Labor…
Time to make the Liberal Party great again
Australians have woken with a hangover. Whether from the resounding Labor win or the crushing Liberal defeat, it’s likely heads…
