Is Starmer planning a foreign policy reset too?
Keir Starmer is preparing to give his big reset speech on Thursday. But the more interesting address is perhaps the…
The new Jaguar is spectacularly hideous
Winston Churchill reputedly said ‘Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.’ This adage must have…
The ABC: a billion dollars of cringe
‘Their whole body is made of glass. How can people react in such a, frankly, demonic fashion? I really stand…
The Japanese are in for a big TfL culture shock
Tokyo Nothing can prepare the good people from Tokyo Metro – who are coming to London to run the Elizabeth…
Things can only get worse for Keir Starmer
Finally a date has been set – 29 January 2025 – for the government to debate points posed by the…
Britain is finally debating cousin marriage
It is a biting winter’s evening in Cambridge and apparently we are making history. This is the first serious public…
Ireland’s centre has held
Two years ago, I secured an apartment in Dublin through a gay dating app. I was desperate and there was…
Is Australia copying Pakistan’s electricity grid?
In the quiet residential enclaves of Islamabad, my wife and I learned to live with an unreliable electricity network. Blackouts…
America scorns as Biden pardons his son, Hunter
The left-leaning press are calling President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son ‘heartfelt’, while others see it as a…
Success for Syria’s rebels is far from guaranteed
Syrian Sunni Islamist fighters are continuing to consolidate their gains in Syria’s Aleppo province. Almost the entirety of Aleppo city,…
Will Wormald actually help Starmer change the civil service?
Downing Street has announced that the 14th secretary to the cabinet and head of the civil service will be Sir…
Labour risks death by consultation
After 14 years in opposition, you might have expected Labour to come into government bursting with plans for Britain. Yet…
Why Joe Biden was right to pardon Hunter
President Joe Biden’s unexpected pardon of his son, Hunter, on federal gun charges may appear as the ultimate example of lawfare hypocrisy,…
Can Starmer force the NHS to change?
‘Hear me when I say this – no more money without reform.’ That was the Prime Minister’s message to the…
Why the West must back Syria’s Bashar al-Assad
I had a nasty shock when I switched on my TV on Sunday. It was clearly a propaganda film with…
Sir Chris Wormald is the new cabinet secretary
Keir Starmer has today resolved one of his longstanding headaches: who to appoint to lead the civil service. The man…
Why did the state let Kneecap win?
There was something predictable in the government’s agreement last week to accept defeat in the Belfast High Court. The overtly…
The Oxford Union has disgraced itself
The chamber of the Oxford Union, that once-proud institution, has been breached by the forces of bigotry, hatred, and mob…
Hunter’s pardon is the legacy of Joe Biden’s weakness
So Joe Biden decided to go out by doing the thing. And why not? For all the people who praised…
How does the NHS tackle eight million missed appointments?
One of the perennial scapegoats of the NHS is the patient who doesn’t turn up for their GP appointment. The…
Tony Blair is wrong to love nuclear energy
Towards the end of his time in office, Tony Blair came over all nuclear. A new generation of atomic energy…
Australia Day pub apology
Someone didn’t get the memo that Woke is out and patriotism is in. The election of flag-embracing Donald Trump as…
Tasmanian premier demands answer on salmon farming by Christmas
Green or pink? This is the question plaguing Tasmania where the future of farmed salmon is swiftly becoming the election…
Joe Biden was always going to pardon Hunter
Joe Biden’s whole presidency has been built on untruths. We were led to believe, for instance, that since 2021 the…
Is this the end for the luxury believers?
I’m not the biggest Donald Trump fan, so I surprised myself by being pleased when he won the American election…
