Neil Gaiman and the misogyny of the geeks
One of the worst ways to form a good first impression of someone is when they’re chasing the same woman…
Will Trump 2.0 derail the Starmer Project?
Donald Trump is back. Later today, Trump will once again take the oath of office and be sworn in as…
The sad decline of the Westminster lunch
‘Lunch?’ growled Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. ‘Lunch is for wimps.’ Yet for half of Westminster the noble art of…
Remember the poor souls at Davos
It’s fitting that Donald Trump’s inauguration day coincides with the first day of the World Economic Forum’s infamous Davos conference.…
The difference between Trump 45 and Trump 47
Him again? Donald Trump’s back in the White House. Those who thought his first term in office was an aberration…
The quarrelling coalition behind Donald Trump
Like Ronald Reagan in 1985, Donald Trump is bowing to the elements and moving his inauguration indoors to the Capitol…
Trump hypes America for his return
Biblical weather outside the sixtieth presidential inaugural rally in the Capitol One Arena yesterday: hail plonked down onto streets of…
Is it too late to Make Europe Great Again?
A poll published last week by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) found that much of the world is relishing the…
Biden’s tragic theatre: the legacy of a puppet president
There is a terrible fear that Joe Biden’s presidential term has been little more than a performance – a bad…
Nuclear energy to take centre stage at Davos
For decades, nuclear energy has been relegated to the sidelines of the global debate on climate change and clean energy.…
Israel and the reshaping of the Middle East
Fifteen months of attacks by Iran’s axis of resistance on Israel have proved to be a staggering strategic misjudgement that…
Is this the end of Australia Day politics?
The battle of the vernacular and the political narratives around Australia Day finally seem to be reaching an exhausted truce.…
Heading to Washington, DC to celebrate two zero hours
I am on my way to Washington, DC for zero hour, which as I write is a scant twenty-four hours…
Hamas has exploited Israel’s weaknesses
When Hamas launched its war on Israel in October, 2023, it did so on the basis of a clear analysis…
Will Donald Trump pardon TikTok?
Millions of Americans will have tried to follow their routine this morning: turn off the alarm, grab the phone, start…
Can the ceasefire last?
The ceasefire in Gaza, scheduled to begin this morning, has been anything but straightforward. As the agreement unfolds, many have…
Gaza’s fragile peace
The signs are not good. The much-anticipated Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is a horribly complicated construct which seems…
How Pakistan’s rape culture led to the UK grooming gangs
Lahore, Pakistan Pakistani-origin men are up to four times more likely to be reported to the police for child sex…
Prisons have become airports for drones
A few months ago, I spoke to a man halfway through a life sentence for murder. We first met 12…
JD Vance is the best succession plan for Australia
I read JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy years before he was popular. In fact, I bought his book while I was…
Trump is coming for Europe on defence
Hundreds of millions of Americans will have a new president tomorrow. Depending on where you land on America’s increasingly hyper-partisan…
What’s behind Reform’s surge in Scotland?
Five years ago, Reform UK had no presence in Scotland. Its Facebook and Twitter pages emerged during the latter half…
True-blue New Yorkers are bracing themselves for Trump’s return
Fleeing the United States ahead of a ‘fascist takeover’ by Donald Trump on 20 January has been the talk of liberal…
How France’s Jimmy Savile also got away with his evil
This week nine more charges of sexual abuse were levelled against Abbé Pierre, the late French Roman Catholic priest who…
