Trump’s presidential library is predictably crass

1 April 2026 5:48 pm

Maybe a tad prematurely for a term that ends only in 2029, the Trump Organisation has released a short video…

The crisis that isn’t a crisis?

1 April 2026 1:23 pm

Albanese to deliver National Address tonight on fuel security

The Chagos deal is unraveling

1 April 2026 7:29 am

We don’t know what the end of the Chagos affair will be, but it is rapidly spinning into farce. The…

Trump tells the world to go get its own oil

1 April 2026 1:13 am

Early this morning, US President Donald Trump effectively told the Albanese government where they can source some desperately needed oil…

What we need now are more politicians!

1 April 2026 12:24 am

At least, that seems to be what the Labor government thinks...

Should Britain go it alone on nukes?

1 April 2026 12:08 am

On 5 February, 2026, the last nuclear arms control treaty between the United States. and Russia expired. It was built…

The absurdity at the heart of the junior doctors’ strikes

31 March 2026 11:06 pm

Immediately after the Easter weekend, junior doctors are planning a six-day strike. Unless they call it off, Starmer has said…

Children aren’t there to make parents happy

31 March 2026 11:06 pm

Does being a parent make people happy? Not according to a recent BBC investigation into ‘the women who regret being…

Have Beatrice and Eugenie been cast out into the cold?

31 March 2026 10:29 pm

The news that Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie will not be attending the royal family’s Easter service at St George’s chapel…

Canada wants to make quoting the Bible illegal

31 March 2026 9:24 pm

Easter is almost here – and Canada’s Liberal government has chosen this sacred season to display its utter contempt for Christianity. It…

How Ed Miliband could actually profit from the energy crisis

31 March 2026 9:13 pm

According to Ed Miliband and Bridget Phillipson, motorists are paying more than they need to at the pumps because of…

Democracy makes you rich

31 March 2026 8:22 pm

How can you make ordinary people prosperous? Free trade and the market economy was George Reid’s controversial policy (Prime Minister…

Emily Thornberry said the quiet part out loud on immigration

31 March 2026 6:46 pm

There was once a time when we were told that migration would make us rich, ensure our pensions were paid…

The remarkable blandness of Scott Mills

31 March 2026 5:40 pm

Yesterday’s news that Scott Mills had been dismissed as the host of BBC Radio 2’s breakfast show – with immediate…

The ghosts of lockdowns past

31 March 2026 4:31 pm

In a macabre parallel with the Easter celebration, the National Cabinet was resurrected this week, dragged back into life, ostensibly…

The markets have stopped listening to Donald Trump

31 March 2026 4:06 pm

Over the last 24 hours, President Trump has come up with a bewildering series of “solutions” to the global oil…

The questions that keep us alive

31 March 2026 2:36 pm

The future of Jewish life will not be secured by persuading the world, but by inspiring our children

The ‘Bros’ unite on a scapegoat

31 March 2026 1:52 pm

...and they have settled on the Jew

Israel needs to rethink its relationship with Christians

31 March 2026 4:39 am

Sometimes it’s a wonder Israel can stand with all the self-inflicted gunshot wounds in its feet. Israeli police placed their…

AI didn’t write my book

31 March 2026 4:28 am

It’s been a rather unusual month. In the last four weeks, I’ve gone from being renamed ‘Matt Badloss’, after finishing…

The three options facing Trump in Iran

31 March 2026 3:18 am

As Trump contemplates a ground operation in Iran, he will be reckoning with the ghosts of previous western “excursions” in…

Britain should brace itself for a small boat surge

31 March 2026 12:46 am

According to a report in the French press today, the border between France and the United Kingdom is ‘at risk…

Trump considers ground invasion to seize enriched uranium from Iran

30 March 2026 9:32 pm

Speculation out of the US tonight that President Donald Trump is considering an extremely dangerous and complex military operation. In…

Is therapy culture to blame for the manosphere?

30 March 2026 9:24 pm

There’s a moment in Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere where Theroux asks one of Andrew Tate’s protégés a simple question: why…

Labor backflips on fuel excise as crisis intensifies

30 March 2026 8:07 pm

Albanese insists they do not want a repeat of the Covid era