Is there any substance to Kemi’s ‘conservative realism’?
Kemi Badenoch set out her world view in a speech this morning at Policy Exchange. As protesting tractors blared their…
Why BP is ditching renewables
Among the big, bad oil companies in borstal for environmental offenses, BP has long been the relatively benign one, the…
Albo is officially on the ropes after knocking himself out
After three years of the worst government in Australian history, it isn’t the cost-of-living crisis, the divided society, the reduced…
Assisted dying committee votes down palliative amendment
Back to Kim Leadbeater’s assisted dying bill, which continues to undergo scrutiny as it makes its passage through parliament. This…
Trump – not Zelensky – is Ukraine’s only hope
I have known Volodymyr Zelensky very well for years. As a senior official personally appointed by Zelensky, I spoke to…
Donald Trump is utterly wrong about Ukraine’s leadership
The Anti-corruption Action Centre, the NGO I chair, is probably one of the loudest watchdogs in Ukraine that is monitoring…
Trump and Macron’s backslapping masks a rocky relationship
It would be a stretch to describe Emmanuel Macron’s meeting with Donald Trump as a ‘bromance’, but there were plenty…
The endless entitlement of Waspi women
In this godforsaken era of feigned victimhood, is there any group less worthy of our sympathy than the Waspi women?…
Watch: Trump and Macron share awkward handshake
Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron have some odd history. The US president and his French counterpart don’t particularly see eye…
Labor’s boring old Mediscare election
Labor has run out of money, run out of credibility, and run out of ideas. There is no other explanation…
The reason Javier Milei is releasing Argentina’s secret Nazi files
In the Oscar-nominated movie The Holdovers, one of the characters says in a moment of frustration: ‘I thought all the…
Donald Trump humiliated Emmanuel Macron
The orca killer whale is known for playing with its prey before killing it, always with a smile. An image…
Is ‘catch and release’ fishing really ethical?
Ask anyone if they think that cruelty to animals is OK and they’ll say no – but are they being…
Why Brits keep getting a tongue lashing from Team Trump
So much for the Special Relationship. Since Donald Trump took office in January, Brits have been taking quite a tongue-lashing…
What’s the point of ASIO?
The ASIO chief is this bizarre figure in the Australian political landscape that pops up every now and then to…
Whyalla: a leading edge in Australian industrial econocide
The attempts of the Commonwealth and South Australian governments to rescue the Whyalla steelworks is the latest ad hoc measure…
Are we prepared for the next pandemic?
In early 2020, as Covid spread across the globe, Australia scrambled to respond. Protective equipment ran short, national stockpiles had…
Trump’s Gaza plan: calling for an Islamic act of compassion?
President Donald Trump recently swept aside 70 years of conventional wisdom surrounding the Israel-Palestine conflict and proposed to temporarily depopulate…
‘Orwellian’ Commons in MPs’ bar crackdown
Happy freedom day! Yes, that’s right – after more than a month closed, the Strangers’ bar in the Palace of…
France’s National Rally has lost its way
Jordan Bardella flew to America last week on a trip he had long boasted about. The president of the National…
How the Ukraine conflict has changed the nature of war
Three years ago today, Russian tanks rolled over the Ukrainian border in a massive surprise attack. Russian unit commanders and…
Why the Foreign Office shouldn’t save Brits abroad
One of the perils of working in or even travelling to the Middle East and Central Asia is that there is a high risk…
In defence of short jail sentences
Mike Amesbury, the former Labour MP who has been sent to prison for ten weeks for punching a constituent in…
Is Britain’s ‘net zero economy’ really booming?
If you live opposite the vacant site in Northumberland that was supposed to become the Britishvolt ‘gigafactory’ pumping out batteries…
Ex-Reform Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes
Uh oh. The ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court after being accused of accepting Russian bribes.…
