Who cares about globalization?
Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” was the culmination of a 30-year insurgency against the global economic system. It was the most…
The AI elephant in the Australian tally room
Sometimes disruption is not evolution – it’s extinction
Mark Carney won’t change Canada for the better
Apparently Canada hasn’t taken enough punishment yet. After a close, hard-fought race that extended into the wee hours of the morning, Mark…
Albo’s Mediscare has gone nuclear
Anthony Albanese is desperate to hold on to power. He revels in being an underestimated political underdog. Behind the scenes,…
Mark Carney pulls off exceptional win in Canadian election
Results are still flooding in from Canada – but Mark Carney looks to have done the impossible. The Liberal leader…
How Ian Hislop failed the gender test
Ian Hislop has found someone to blame for Have I Got News For You‘s failure to tackle the Supreme Court’s…
The Trump White House is government by meme
On Monday morning, the nation awoke to learn that 100 “Wanted”-style posters now line the driveway to the White House,…
What’s wrong with this election?
I understand it’s a cost-of-living crisis, but I sacrificed one of my coffees and bought the Sunday Telegraph (don’t tell…
Could abortion pills be the sleeper issue for the midterms?
The politics of the abortion issue in the post-Dobbs environment has been dramatically altered, both by the introduction of state-level…
The media must admit to covering up Biden’s decline
When it comes to the many forthcoming books about President Joe Biden’s decline, only one question matters: what role did…
Cardinal Becciu has sacrificed himself for the conclave
The crisis that threatened to poison the secret conclave of cardinals which elects new popes has been resolved. It looks…
Watch: Reform MP blasts Phillips over grooming scandal
To the Commons, where Reform MP Lee Anderson has taken a pop at Labour over Britain’s grooming gang scandal. First…
Even the SNP is condemning Kneecap
There’s not much that the Conservatives, the SNP and Labour agree on – but it appears Irish rappers Kneecap have…
No, Joy Reid: Rome didn’t fall due to a lack of ‘diversity’
Former MSNBC host Joy Reid recently delivered a peculiar history lesson to her social media audience. In her mind a…
Are we at Peak Movie Theater?
On paper, last weekend shouldn’t have been any great shakes for movie theater attendance. Audiences were offered, respectively, the second weekend…
The Vancouver car attack is all too familiar
A man named Kai-Ji Adam Lo, 30, has been charged with eight counts of second-degree murder after 11 people were…
When Keir Starmer went to war on journalism
Through the winter of 2011-12, police dragged dozens of journalists from their beds in terrorist-style dawn raids. It was the…
What has Putin given North Korea for its help in Ukraine?
We knew it was happening all along, but it was only a matter of time before both Russia and North…
BBC report concludes some stars ‘behave unacceptably’
Back to the Beeb, which is better at making the news rather than breaking it these days. Now a new…
Will Labour’s migration crackdown work?
Who is the most powerful woman in government? For some, it is the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper. Next month, her…
Nike’s ‘Never again’ slogan is a disgrace
Fifty-six thousand runners completing the London Marathon yesterday may well have gasped the words ‘never again’ as they staggered across…
Revealed: Over a thousand quango staff earn six figures
In its war on waste, Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government has been busy scrutinising the effectiveness of quangos – and…
Has Rachel Reeves blown her shot at a US trade deal?
The pictures of a triumphant Rachel Reeves holding aloft a US trade deal as she boards a plane home from…
Three problems with a Tory-Reform pact
The final week of the local election campaign begins today. Much of the weekend discourse was dominated by the fall-out…
Labour must refuse pay rises for teachers and nurses
Never was there more truth in the old adage about every organisation that is not specifically right-wing eventually becoming left-wing.…
