The cruellest thing about Trump vs Zelensky? Trump’s right

21 February 2025 2:32 am

And just like that, we are back in 2017. Donald Trump, the President of the United States, is posting ridiculous…

The incalculable evil of Hamas’s coffin stunt

21 February 2025 2:05 am

We need to talk about what we witnessed in Gaza today. The sick ceremonial handover of the bodies of slain…

Putin is watching Trump attack Zelensky with glee

21 February 2025 1:27 am

Britain might not even be close to putting boots on the ground, but proposals by Keir Starmer to send UK…

Why progressive activists feel superior

21 February 2025 1:09 am

Left-wing activists are less likely to understand or listen to people with conservative beliefs, compared to the rest of the…

Optimism alone won’t raise Britain’s birth rate

21 February 2025 12:14 am

Few things could make Nigel Farage squirm, but a question from Jordan Peterson at this week’s Alliance for Responsible Citizenship…

Can Britain defend itself and have a welfare state?

20 February 2025 10:55 pm

No one can say we weren’t warned. As early as 1971 America was warning that it could reduce its defence…

Trump’s Ukraine posturing is odious and immoral

20 February 2025 10:11 pm

As happens with every issue, the world is now neatly polarised about Mr Trump. There are those who refer to…

Reform UK officially democratises

20 February 2025 10:03 pm

Parliament may be in recess – but for Reform UK the work does not stop. This morning Mr S noticed…

Donald Trump’s shameful betrayal of Ukraine

20 February 2025 9:59 pm

The American President has pioneered a new form of diplomacy: betrayal by tweet. The mean-spirited, autocrat-indulging Donald J. Trump has…

Meet Clive Palmer – Australia’s answer to Donald Trump

20 February 2025 9:24 pm

Imagine Screaming Lord Sutch with hundreds of millions of pounds to spend. That probably best sums up the flamboyant Australian…

Why did Starmer rush the ennoblement of Poppy Gustafsson?

20 February 2025 9:12 pm

Hereditary peers are for the chop, but life peers still have their uses. Last October the process of ennoblement allowed…

The Nigerian drug mafia is heading for Britain

20 February 2025 8:11 pm

It’s an established fact that most of Britain’s drug trade is controlled by Albanians. There is some competition from Turks…

The danger of Emma Raducanu’s ‘fixated’ fan ordeal

20 February 2025 7:25 pm

The scenes involving a tearful Emma Raducanu at the Dubai tennis championships must give pause for thought about the terrifying…

Senator Gerard Rennick calls out hate speech overreach

20 February 2025 7:04 pm

An Australian Senator is protesting new hate speech legislation, likening lockdowns on free speech to Covid-era overreach. People First Senator…

The Trump-Zelensky train wreck will cost Ukraine dearly

20 February 2025 6:45 pm

Where did it all go wrong between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky? Just a week ago, Zelensky was speaking of…

Green steel? Go woke, go broke

20 February 2025 6:33 pm

After the Premier of South Australia put Whyalla Steelworks into administration, Mr Albanese found another $2.4 billion of taxpayers’ money…

Does Trump want to strike an Arctic oil deal with Putin?

20 February 2025 5:45 pm

The decision by Donald Trump to hold peace talks with Russia on ending the Ukraine war – without Ukraine actually…

Natural gas: going nowhere

20 February 2025 5:01 pm

Hope is not a proper basis for public policy

A crackdown on lying in politics could backfire

20 February 2025 4:46 pm

How do you know a politician is lying? Their lips are moving. We’ve all heard the joke. Even in these…

Biohacking and skiing in Gstaad

20 February 2025 10:00 am

Biohacking, one of the more bearable buzz words of recent times, refers to the practice of using science, technology and…

Dutton: the latest leader to sacrifice popularity to Ukraine

20 February 2025 9:46 am

Winning the federal election is going to be a delicate game of numbers considering Australia’s two major parties are competing…

Bolsonaro indicted in alleged coup plot

20 February 2025 6:41 am

Brazilian former president Jair Bolsonaro was charged Tuesday for allegedly orchestrating a plan to overturn his 2022 election defeat through…

Scotland’s public sector is growing out of control

20 February 2025 3:31 am

There is a perception that Scotland is a socialist basket case where a mammoth public sector is showered with English…

The tide is turning

20 February 2025 3:30 am

Konstantin Kisin delivered these remarks – which also appear on his Substack – at the ARC conference in London Ladies…

The elderly don’t need more political representation

20 February 2025 3:21 am

Young people feel economically adrift. Homeownership has become increasingly unaffordable, and rents have escalated exorbitantly. Younger workers have borne the…