What does it mean to be an Australian?
As we approach another Federal election, which I believe to be my 25th as a voter, this proud Old Bushy…
What did the WA Liberals do wrong?
‘Is this the result I hoped for? Of course not. Is this what we have been working for? Absolutely not.…
Trump is running out of time to break the Mexico state-cartel alliance
An extraordinary episode took place on Thursday, February 27th: Mexican state aircrafts flew northward to various locations across the United…
Labour will struggle to reform the civil service
The need for the civil service reforms which Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden is proposing is glaring. It can be…
How horror returned to Syria
Once again there is horror on the Syrian coast. The fighting began on Thursday, in the new government’s telling, after…
Sunday shows round-up: civil service is in for a ‘whole lot of change’
Pat McFadden: ‘There’s a whole lot of change coming’ to the civil service The government is set to announce big…
Is Trump going to rip up the US security alliance with Japan?
Another day, another Trumpian bombshell, this one aimed at the country he says he loves: Japan. Trump told reporters this…
Can Reform survive the rift between Farage and Lowe?
Sometimes politics throws up a happening of quite exquisite irony. Lee Anderson suspending the whip from Rupert Lowe, his party’s…
Can Ireland win over Donald Trump?
Would Donald Trump invite Irish politicians to the White House for the traditional St Patrick’s Day visit this year? It’s…
Albo’s education funding: a predictable failure in schooling
I shuddered when I read this closing sentence in The Australian: NSW Teachers Federation President Henry Rajendra said the agreement…
Reform’s civil war blows up again
Oh dear, it looks like the civil war engulfing Reform UK is showing no sign of simmering down. On Friday,…
Why is the LSE hosting a Hamas book launch?
The London School of Economics’ decision to host the launch this week of Understanding Hamas and Why That Matters – a…
Audiobooks won’t help children read better
Shakespeare, Dickens, JK Rowling: Britain’s literary heritage is undisputable. Creativity, emotional depth and universal values have ensured that Hamlet, Oliver…
Why won’t the West use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine?
Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago, there has been a great deal of temptation to…
The disturbing rise of Defend Our Juries
On 29 March 2023, a retired social worker from Walthamstow, Trudi Warner, was arrested for standing outside Inner London Crown…
It makes perfect sense for Putin to befriend America
Would it really be strange if Vladimir Putin started playing off America against China in geopolitics? If he had greater…
What Sky’s ‘Mussolini: Son of the Century’ won’t tell you about fascism
Sky Atlantic’s eight-part biopic, Mussolini: Son of the Century, is a great missed opportunity to tell the truth about fascism. Director…
The chapter closes on Gene Hackman
The final days of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, have slowly come into focus. Arakawa (65) is believed…
Why Russia has shrugged off Trump’s sanctions threat
While Donald Trump may be threatening Moscow with major new sanctions, as it continues to hammer Ukraine with drones and…
Are the markets turning on Trump?
China does not like tariffs, but big money in America likes them even less. If one thing has become clear…
Finally, the ‘truly superior moral justification for selfishness’
Mount Arapiles in Victoria offers some of the best climbing in the world; it is what Zermatt is to skiing…
Who cares if Elon Musk has fourteen kids?
Historically, the richest and poorest men on the planet tend to father a lot more children than the men in…
Russian spying has become a pathetic, amateurish business
Make no mistake: whatever higher moral authority they may have invoked in their defence, Soviet and Russian spies have never…
‘Low-cost’ jihadists are Europe’s new danger
There is a new Islamist terror threat in Europe that the French describe as ‘low-cost terrorism’. The expression was deployed…
Sadiq Khan and the truth about Brick Lane curry
Sadiq Khan is exceedingly fond of ‘diversity’, not least the word itself. Perhaps as a result, London’s Mayor is willing…
