Wondering about winter
As I bask in the warm Autumn sunshine under a deep blue sky in Adelaide, I wonder when one of…
Trump’s tariff pause and the game theory gamble
President Donald Trump’s recent decision to pause tariffs for 90 days on most US trading partners – while escalating them…
What could the For Women Scotland judgment mean for women’s rights?
Following months of deliberation, the apex court in the United Kingdom is to rule on For Women Scotland vs The…
What Vance understands about Suez
As with so many of the aphorisms and witticisms attributed to Winston Churchill, it is impossible to verify whether the…
Bernie Sanders at Coachella shows time is not on the Democrats’ side
As the Church of England faces an exodus of parishioners, some of its more inventive clerics have rushed to embrace…
Of course Britain’s military chiefs should be meeting with China
It’s quite something when the Chinese Ministry of Defence is more transparent than its British equivalent. Despite the Prime Minister…
Louise Haigh’s officials lose two phones a week
Just what is it with the Department for Transport and phones? Back in November, Louise Haigh was forced to quit…
Reform remix Farage’s greatest hits
In truth, there was little that was new in Nigel Farage’s speech today. For more than a decade, he has…
How Mario Vargas Llosa was inspired by Thatcher
Most writers – like the vast majority of actors, artists and other luminaries of our culture – belong to the…
Reform UK split on new youth wing
There was great excitement at the end of last year when it was reported that Reform UK was considering launching…
We have more to fear from net zero than from Xi Jinping
The threat by the Chinese company Jingye to close down Britain’s last two blast furnaces, in spite of the offer…
J.D. Vance’s disdain for Europe has never been clearer
Being vice president of the United States is a strange role. John Nance Garner, Franklin Roosevelt’s understudy for his first…
In defence of rats
Reports of rats in Birmingham that are ‘bigger than cats’ are now making international headlines. The New York Times, NBC…
Is Britain really going to get a trade deal with the US?
Donald Trump loves Britain and loves the King; therefore we can expect a trade deal. That is the gist of…
Could Labour hand British Steel to another Chinese owner?
The Labour government has a British Steel-sized problem that doesn’t look to be going away anytime soon. Sir Keir Starmer’s…
Hashem Abedi should never have been in this country
If there has been one constant in Hashem Abedi’s miserable life it has been the determined failure of the British…
Why have Canada’s conservatives backed euthanasia?
There’s two weeks left before Canada’s federal election, and we’re dying over here. Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney…
Is Donald Trump ready to weather a US recession?
A recession now looks even more certain for the United States than it does for the UK. Output has flattened.…
The Blue Origin lady spaceflight was desperate, sad and tasteless
I was determined to write something positive about Blue Origin’s “historic all-female spaceflight.” The spectacle was an all-American underdog story. Jeff…
Does Taiwan have a free speech problem?
These are jittery times in Zhongzheng, Taiwan’s Westminster. The island’s most important supporter, the United States, is now led by…
Trouble is brewing for the Tories in Wales
Next year, the people of Wales will elect their seventh national parliament. For the first time in a quarter of…
Ignore the polls, it’s not too late for Dutton
Everywhere you turn, the polls say that Peter Dutton is losing the election and public vote is slipping through his…
Mahmoud Khalil is not the victimized cuddlebear the media would have you believe
A federal immigration judge ruled on Friday that the government could deport Mahmoud Khalil, not a student, but a “Columbia…
Nigel Farage turns his guns on the red wall
Much of the commentary on the local elections has focused thus far on the Tories’ southern discontent. But today, Nigel…
Forget a tariff-induced recession, Australians have been in recession for two years
The standard of living in Australia has been in sharp focus during this election campaign. Both major parties have been…
