The demise of the Royal Society of Literature
The tenth anniversary of the slaughter of Charlie Hebdo journalists reminds us that the literary establishment has long been equivocal…
Mandelson won’t represent UK at Trump inauguration
It’s the big question all Westminster is asking right now. Who has got a golden ticket to Donald Trump’s inauguration?…
Musk attacks Keir ‘Starmtrooper’ again over grooming inquiry stance
There’s no rest for the wicked. Twitter chief Elon Musk has barely come up for air over the last week…
Greenland, Canada, and the Panama Canal: 100 per cent there for the taking
Over a decade ago, a mock ad campaign fantasied about invading New Zealand on the off chance Australia would acquire…
Does Britain want to join Trump’s new world order?
Goodbye EU, hello AU? It’s been evident for a few months now that Donald Trump’s second administration will be more…
Kim Jong Un isn’t going away
It was only a matter of time before North Korea lit things up again. As US Secretary of State Antony…
Facebook is no place for politics
There was much jubilation yesterday among advocates of free speech following the news that Mark Zuckerberg is to relax restrictions on free…
Why do the left mock the dead?
It was party time in Paris and elsewhere in France on Tuesday evening as hundreds of people celebrated the death…
Is this the end of the Big Tech industrial censorship complex?
The vibe shift is real. Yes, all the chatter about the re-election of Donald Trump causing a cultural sea change…
Donald Trump’s plans sound… interesting
No one can accuse President-elect Donald Trump of failing to be transparent about his intentions and plans. Speaking at a…
Trump praises Musk as ‘smart guy’ when quizzed on Labour attacks
It’s been an eventful week for UK-US relations. Twitter CEO Elon Musk has spent much of it berating the Labour…
Their god is not willing, Penny
How many Palestinians does it take to change a light bulb? None! They sit in the dark forever and blame…
Why did Meta just hire Dana White?
It’s all change at Meta HQ. As Cockburn reported last week, former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg — who has served…
Australians built a nation – has anyone noticed?
The 19th Century Prince of Sicily said in the wonderful novel The Leopard, ‘If we want things to stay as they…
Royal Society of Literature in meltdown over diversity drive
All is not well in the Royal Society of Literature. It now transpires that the bosses of the prestigious 200-year-old…
Keir Starmer is dangerously out of touch
The refusal of western elites to admit the failings of multiculturalism, and their ongoing molly-coddling of minority vested interests, is…
Is Peter Dutton listening to Trump?
Government efficiency is an election-winning issue for those with courage
Jean-Marie Le Pen won’t be missed
Perhaps it’s tasteless to make the point that maybe nobody will be happier to see Jean-Marie Le Pen buried than…
Can the grid cope with many more EV chargers?
Is this the development that is finally going to make us shake off our aversion to electric vehicles (EVs)? Local…
Borrowing costs have just passed Liz Truss levels
The new year may have rustled up some surprise stand-offs for the Labour government (mainly calls from X founder Elon…
Meta hires Trump ally in olive branch move
It’s all change at Meta HQ. As Mr S reported last week, former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg – who…
Elon Musk isn’t an extremist threat
At conferences and roundtables on counter extremism in recent months, it has been impossible to escape the terms ‘mis’ and…
There’s something hypocritical about Macron attacking Musk
Europe’s leaders rounded on Elon Musk on Monday as the American tech billionaire continued to air his views on the…
Sarah Champion and the grooming gang attention span problem
There are now two debates underway about grooming gangs and how the government should investigate them further. The first is…
The grooming gang scandal needs to change our entire worldview
The recent re-eruption of the grooming/child rape gang scandal has been disorienting, seeming to blow up from nowhere. It has…
