Bluesky: the blue wave crashes on itself
I feel like my recent foray into the social media app Bluesky Social was a bit of a precursor to…
Processing your Trump trauma (with orange soup)
It’s amazing how many people have responded to what they think of as the shattering catastrophe of Donald Trump’s victory…
Keir Starmer’s desperate cosying up to Beijing
Keir Starmer has met President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, telling the Chinese leader that…
How effective will Ukraine’s ATACMS be?
Last night, US President Joe Biden authorised Ukraine to use American ATACMS – or Army Tactical Missile Systems – against targets in…
Is deadly weather being ‘supercharged’?
So that’s it then: the Guardian has declared that we are all being scorched, drowned and blown over by climate…
Why Labour’s policing targets won’t work
This week, the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to announce new police performance targets. Perhaps the government has been stung…
How many farmers will be hit by Labour’s inheritance tax raid?
Tens of thousands of farmers will descend on Westminster in their tractors tomorrow to protest at inheritance tax changes that…
British Sikhs blast Starmer’s ‘incompetence’
Another day, another Downing Street drama. This time No. 10 is in trouble with the British Sikh community after it…
What really caused Vladimir Shklyarov to fall to his death?
At approximately 1 a.m. on Saturday, 16 November, Vladimir Shklyarov fell to his death from the fifth floor of his…
Will the BBC learn from Donald Trump’s victory?
The grandly titled CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs, Deborah Turness, described Donald Trump’s re-election as ‘a dramatic night…
Britain’s farmers could revolt
Historians may already be pinching themselves in disbelief. It is looking as though Starmer’s government may be being pitched into…
Ukraine will make the most of its new firepower
Overnight, the news of Biden’s decision to allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles on Russian soil has been sinking in.…
What will Putin do about Biden’s parting gift to Ukraine?
At the very moment most people seem to have forgotten of his existence, President Biden has slowly but purposefully shuffled…
Cashed up! What do we make of Chalmers’ thought bubble?
It is a blink-and-you-missed-it moment, but the Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has announced a new regulation to protect cash transactions on…
Get ready for farmageddon
Is Westminster ready for farmageddon? Tomorrow will see the greatest political demonstration for a rural cause since the repeal of…
Elon Musk and the age of the troll
There has been a cheering new development in the struggle against scam phone callers. AI can now be used to…
Into the arms of the radical Left
Banning Australians who are under 16 from social media has one obvious and immediate side-effect: political outrage. As the only…
Weaponising children to justify censorship
Setting aside the vast and rock-solid arguments as to why banning social media for those under 16 is a Trojan…
The end of NeverTrump
Donald Trump’s sweeping victory in the 2024 election saw the end of a host of political assumptions — about the…
Biden allows Kyiv to strike inside Russia with US missiles
Joe Biden has 64 days left in the White House – and clearly he intends to make the most of…
Australia’s swansong for free speech
Why the Senate should defeat the Misinformation and Disinformation Bill
It is God’s will
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) notes that over the past 50 years, there has been a steady decline in the…
Tea, Trump, and tyranny: could America rejoin the British Empire?
It’s a quiet day in the hallowed halls of Westminster when the unexpected happens: Donald J. Trump, golden mane aglow,…
Trump’s new America should mean Australia’s realignment
If there are any insights worth taking away from Donald Trump’s victory last week, it’s that anything is possible, politicians…
There is a culture of ‘fear’ in the Church of England, says Bishop of Newcastle
Louise Haigh: ‘If we hadn’t taken the action, the fare cap would have been lifted entirely’ With the current £2…
