Labor’s debt apocalypse is upon us
The Albanese government has spectacularly failed on every level. Instead of pricking the Covid-inspired spending balloon it inherited, Labor has…
Trudeau: farewell, au revoir
Put your Castro jokes away, Justin Trudeau’s reign as Governor Prime Minister of Canada has come to an end. His…
Columbia exemplifies the failure of universities
Yesterday, with growing sadness, I read a wonderful book about teaching and learning, written by one of the great teachers…
Gove takes aim at Jolyon Maugham
To the Covid Inquiry, the longest-running farce outside of the West End. With costs for the great gravy train now…
The Wall Street plunge isn’t over yet
The plunge continues. It’s always a mug’s game trying to call the top of any market, but the plunge on…
Who’s still laughing at Trump’s hair?
At last month’s BAFTA ceremony, the British actor David Tennant attempted to make a joke about the state of Donald…
What Zelensky needs to do in Saudi Arabia
President Volodymyr Zelensky needs all the advice he can get, as he prepares for talks with American negotiators in Saudi…
BMA consultants sound alarm on assisted dying
As the Assisted Dying Bill continues to make its unceremonious way through parliament, various medical organisations are making themselves heard.…
Why was Syria’s president ever treated like a centrist dad?
There’s an old journalistic maxim: If it bleeds, it leads. But some crucial words are missing from the end: If…
No one should be surprised about the Syrian massacres
Shock and outrage are appropriate, but no one really has an excuse for being surprised at the dreadful scenes that…
Will Trump cause a recession?
Donald Trump has refused to rule out an American recession. He ‘hates to predict things like this’, he said yesterday.…
Think you’re so clever boycotting Tesla?
How difficult life has become for earnest, liberal-minded motorists who like to show off their environmental credentials through their choice…
What Reform can learn from France’s National Rally
The crisis currently ripping apart Reform is nothing new to Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party. Indeed, the reason her…
Does the King really listen to Beyonce?
Is this really the King’s favourite music? If you’ve ever had sleepless nights wondering what King Charles’s favourite tunes are,…
The slogan that could doom Mark Carney
Mark Carney has won the Liberal party leadership contest by an enormous margin. He will soon be the prime minister…
Nigel Farage and Rupert Lowe’s feud helps only one person
Well, that didn’t take long. Despite much talk of professionalisation, Nigel Farage’s latest political outfit is following the pattern of…
The moral shortcomings of Palestine Action
Pro-Palestinian activists under the banner of Palestine Action have been waging what it’s not too much of an exaggeration to…
Mark Carney won’t be much different to Justin Trudeau
As widely expected, Mark Carney has become the new Liberal party of Canada leader – and will become Canada’s next…
Labour needs lots more special advisers
Labour ministers’ frustration at what they see as a sclerotic civil service is finally boiling over. Most people familiar with…
Do Brits really want to move to Ireland?
As restrictions continue to mount for Brits travelling to Europe post-Brexit, perhaps the least surprising news was that last year…
Mark Carney is Canada’s new PM
The race to replace Justin Trudeau has been not so much a contest, as a coronation. Mark Carney, the former…
Unnecessary distraction on the Right
We’re weeks away from an election. The economy is floundering, social cohesion is under unprecedented strain, and we’re saddled with…
How long can we cruise?
Australia is like a cyclist who has stopped peddling. We have been travelling for some time ,not under our own…
Nasho 2.0
My late father emigrated from Cyprus as a teenager. Unable to speak English he ended up in Katoomba. Within a…
Trump’s ‘art of the deal’ trumps ‘the science’
Being on the receiving end of a deal with the most powerful person in the world must be quite disarming.…
