Why Prince William’s Estonia trip matters
It is a requirement of the Royal Family that they should remain politically neutral. They are, after all, the only…
We’re all paying the price for Ed Miliband’s net zero rush
Pursuing net zero is the ‘opportunity of the century’ which will create tens of thousands of well-paid green jobs and…
Britain’s borrowing is out of control
Rachel Reeves is having to borrow more and more money to keep Britain’s show on the road. Figures on the…
Israel’s Gaza campaign is far from over
The war in Gaza has resumed with a new intensity, but it would be a mistake to see this as…
Elon Musk’s AI predictions should terrify us
How will AI destroy humanity? Will it simply go house to house in robot form, slaughtering us where it finds…
Only Seb Coe could have saved the Olympics
Poor Lord Coe. His dream of leading the International Olympic Committee (IOC) – the most powerful job in international sport…
Electric shock: it’s much worse than you think
Startled, I stared at my electricity bill. My consumption over the quarter had decreased by 4.62 per cent. The bill,…
Is labour market reform possible, or dead?
There is a glaring lack of enthusiasm for labour market reform coming into the federal election. Yet some maintain that…
Dutton, be careful with citizenship
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton mustered the press with his suggestion for a referendum to make it easier to deport criminals…
The World Happiness Report is a sham
Today is World Happiness Day. So, like every year on 20 March, you are likely to see a lot of…
Watch: Protestors storm the House of Lords
There’s no such thing as a quiet day in Westminster. This afternoon, demonstrators invaded the House of Lords in protest…
Don’t let gambling scaremongers ruin your March Madness bracket
Today tens of millions of Americans will happily place a billion bets they know they will lose. The tradition of…
The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor could backfire for Erdogan
Ekrem Imamoglu, Turkish president Erdogan’s main rival and the mayor of Istanbul, was arrested in the early hours on Wednesday.…
Ex-SNP chief appears in court as Sturgeon cleared of wrongdoing
Back to Scotland, where former chief executive of the SNP, Peter Murrell, has appeared in court charged with embezzlement. The…
Adam who? The unknown leader of the Greens (apparently)
Brand recognition is crucial to election success. That’s why you can’t walk three feet in an election year without being…
Bank holds interest rate over inflation fears
The Bank of England has held interest rates at 4.5 per cent. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted eight to…
Macron wants to be France’s protector-in-chief
It has long been said by some of Emmanuel Macron’s opponents that he is a president who ‘governs by fear’.…
Public sector employment hits a record high
The state is bigger than ever. The number of workers employed in central government has hit 4 million for the…
Weak government response to antisemitism has left councils to fight alone
In January the world stopped to commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp, Auschwitz. It…
How the NHS gave up on recording biological sex
If data is worth collecting, then surely it is worth collecting properly. As a scientist I’d argue that unreliable data…
The EU wants to shaft British defence firms
Sir Keir Starmer’s attitude to Europe and the EU is hard to fathom. As a left-leaning human rights lawyer who…
Netflix’s Adolescence is far from perfect
According to one gushing review, Netflix’s Adolescence is the ‘most brilliant TV drama in years’. And that verdict is at…
The JFK files will infuriate conspiracy theorists
When Donald Trump ordered the declassification of thousands of secret government documents on the assassination of president John F Kennedy,…
Population in decline?
There is no contemporary political issue that can survive rapid demographic change. Mass depopulation is the problem that no one…
Defending the West: Kevin Donnelly’s anthology against anarchy
Education expert Dr Kevin Donnelly AM is both someone at the tip of the spear and someone who understands why…
