Albo wants to tax ‘future you’
If you want to get ahead in Australia, it will never happen under a Labor-Greens government. Albo and Adam are…
Keir Starmer is a shallow man
Keir Starmer thinks ‘this is the time now to lower the temperature’ on the gender debate. To ‘move forward’. To…
Renewing the promise of ‘never again’
What does it mean to say ‘never again’? It is etched into memorials, inscribed in textbooks, whispered in the shadows…
Chemotherapy’s debilitating side-effects: drug companies must eliminate them
…remembering my youngest brother Giles
How America can develop its own rare earth elements industry… safely
Give a country rare earth elements and it’ll have fighter jets, missiles and warships for a day. Force a country…
The major parties have given up on Australians having children
Australia is facing a civilisational moment on the eve of the next federal election. The reason is simple: we are…
Istanbul was disgracefully unprepared for the earthquake
An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit Istanbul in the early afternoon. Lasting around 20 seconds, the city was sent into…
What Pete Hegseth and his warfighters learned about Washington
Back in 2010, there was no more respected warfighter and general beloved by his men than Stanley McChrystal, commander of…
Netanyahu is facing a brewing military rebellion in Israel
On Monday this week, Ronen Bar, head of Israel’s security service Shin Bet, challenged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision…
Why Trump’s team snubbed the London Ukraine peace talks
Has the moment arrived when Donald Trump abandons the last iota of his support for Ukraine in the war against…
PMQs: Kemi had Keir on the ropes
Women and Sir Keir Starmer. That was the issue that dominated a fiery PMQs today. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch asked…
Parliament’s moral posturing on Israel is delusional
What’s the point of parliament’s foreign affairs committee holding mock-trial style hearings about Israel’s defensive war against Iranian-backed terror groups?…
The death throes of the fanatical Left
The French Enlightenment writer Denis Diderot wrote in an essay that ‘from fanaticism to barbarism is only one step’. The…
What Lent taught me about the sugar tax
Christ is risen. Lent is over, Eastertide has begun. With it, my Lenten fast – and that of millions of…
China smells victory in its tariff war with Trump
It was an extraordinary statement, given all the bluster that had gone before it. Tariffs on Chinese goods will ‘come…
Can Britain end its addiction to consultation?
Britain used to be good at building nuclear power stations. Really good. We built the world’s first – and then…
Keir Starmer can’t explain his changing views on gender
Keir Starmer was well aware that Kemi Badenoch would probably use Prime Minister’s Questions today to run a victory lap…
The lazy Liberal leader effect
Just Tuesday morning I wrote on X that, ‘To position oneself for leadership of the Liberal Party, one must distance…
Tory defector to stand for Reform in Scottish by-election
Reform UK are on manoeuvres in Scotland. Mr S can reveal today that not only did Nigel Farage’s party poach…
Kneecap’s Israelophobia has gone too far
The day after the Nova music festival massacre, the Irish band Kneecap posted a photo of themselves grinning from ear…
Why Kashmir’s jihadists are targeting tourists
At least 26 tourists were killed in a militant attack on the town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday.…
Watch: Starmer refuses to apologise to Rosie Duffield
Well, well, well. The Prime Minister’s nonsensical flip-flopping on the trans issue has been laid out for all to see…
What did Robert Jenrick mean by his Tory-Reform ‘coalition’ comments?
Robert Jenrick just cannot stay out of the headlines. Today, the shadow justice secretary is under-fire for comments made to…
Labour minister admits to PM’s ‘confusion’ over trans issue
Ding ding ding! Sparks were flying this morning on Sky News as host Wilfred Frost interviewed the rather combative Home…
Donald Trump has bowed to the markets
A deal will be worked out with China to reduce the tariffs. The chairman of the Federal Reserve won’t be…
