Labor’s citizenship blitz: a masterclass in misreading migrants
Labor’s recent push to fast-track citizenship ceremonies ahead of the election is yet another spectacular demonstration of their disconnect from…
The Trump-Zelensky clash was the most awkward TV in decades
The visits of Keir Starmer and president Zelensky to the Oval Office last week were both agonising to behold, in…
Is Macron a ‘danger for peace’ in Ukraine?
Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are in competition to be the de facto leader of the European response to the…
Canada, Greenland, Panama, Gaza, Ukraine … Australia?
The world is once again at a crossroads. With Donald Trump’s political resurgence and Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions, a disturbing…
Australia’s five best and worst public speaking professions
The five top public speaking professions: University lecturers Comedians Newsreaders Broadcasters Actors The five worst professional speakers by profession: Politicians…
Why should Zelensky be grateful to Trump?
A consensus seems to be forming, in certain quarters, that the debacle at the White House meeting on Friday –…
The trouble with ‘gentle parenting’
What type of parent are you? Buried beneath a litany of books detailing how to raise children ‘the right way,’…
‘I had two jobs: to run the country and to survive’: an interview with President Trump
From the moment you enter Donald J. Trump’s Oval Office, you are surrounded, not by staff or Secret Service, but…
Woke West stands with Ukraine, Trump deals with reality
The rules-based world order has been destroyed by the Wokerati. The United Nations, an institution designed to address the shortcomings…
Trump announces 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico
‘He was bad on trade, very bad on trade,’ said Donald Trump ‘with due respect’ to Ronald Reagan in a…
Melania Trump takes on revenge porn and deepfakes
First Lady Melania Trump held a roundtable on Capitol Hill Monday with victims of revenge porn, deepfakes and sextortion in…
Peter Mandelson has become a liability
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? Less than a month after presenting his credentials to President Trump, His Britannic…
‘Struggling’ Rayner gets her third aide
When you’ve got a majority of 167, how do you keep control? The answer, it seems, is jobs for the…
Against suit shaming
Most of the people in my feed spent their weekend talking about how ashamed they are of their country. That’s…
Starmer: Zelensky is a ‘hero’
Keir Starmer was careful in his Commons statement about Ukraine to distance himself from what happened in the Oval Office…
Angela Rayner is exercising her ‘right to switch off’ Britain’s growth
It was reported over the weekend that the government has dropped ‘the right to switch off’ from its Employment Rights…
‘Europe plus’ won’t save Ukraine
Days after the disastrous White House showdown between Volodymir Zelensky and Donald Trump, Sir Keir Starmer has done an undoubtedly…
Priti Patel attacks Nigel Farage over Zelensky comments
During the early days of the Gaza crisis, there was an unofficial refrain doing the rounds in the Foreign Office:…
Lee Anderson attacks ‘pathetic’ Ben Habib
There’s a drama a day in Westminster. Today’s bust-up is between Reform MP Lee Anderson and the party’s former deputy leader Ben…
Why Britain isn’t standing up for Canada
In May 1940, days after the Dunkirk evacuation, the Churchill defender Andreas Koureas recalls how the great British war leader…
What’s the real reason some on the right hate Volodymyr Zelensky?
Perusing the Zelensky-bashing of the Very Online right, I found myself thinking: ‘This reminds me of something.’ The branding of…
Farage blasts Zelensky over Trump meeting
The extraordinary scenes that came from the White House on Friday were the talk of the weekend – and relations…
The fatal flaws in Trump’s crypto reserve plan
President Trump was very bullish about his decision over the weekend to create a ‘crypto reserve’. It will legitimise crypto…
Watch: Mandelson says Kyiv should back Trump plan
Oh dear. It has only been 22 days since Peter Mandelson formally became Britain’s Ambassador to Washington – and he…
A refreshingly apolitical Oscars
It is always nice to have a personal connection to the Oscars, however slight and fleeting it might be; hearing…
