Russia is creeping towards stagflation
The Central Bank of Russia raised its benchmark rate to a twenty-year high of 21 per cent on Friday –…
Visa warfare, a tool for censorship?
Are visas being used as weapons in the culture wars? Granting or denying a visa tarnishes the reputation of political…
Tommy Robinson jailed for 18 months
The prisons are bursting but it seems there is room for at least one more convict. Tommy Robinson has today…
Keir Starmer is borrowing from Nick Clegg’s playbook
Keir Starmer has given up trying to define what a ‘working person’ is after last week’s debacle, announcing at the…
Will Labour return the Elgin Marbles?
They’ve handed over the Chagos Islands and are up for talking reparations. So what else of Britain’s heritage is Labour…
Does Rachel Reeves have to hike taxes?
Could Rachel Reeves’s ‘black hole’ be filled not through tax rises or even spending cuts but rather through getting an…
When will Sally Rooney boycott Britain?
I have a question for Sally Rooney. Why are you perfectly happy to engage with cultural institutions in the UK,…
Georgia’s elections didn’t have to pan out this way
The news that came out of Georgia late on Saturday was as saddening as it was predictable. For weeks, the…
Keir Starmer’s Budget reality check
It’s Budget week in Westminster. Over three months after Keir Starmer triumphed in the general election, his Chancellor Rachel Reeves…
I fear for Georgia’s future
Following this weekend’s fraughtly awaited election ‘results’ in Georgia – as important for the country’s direction as any since the…
Ten highlights from the Trump-Rogan interview
There can be little doubt that we are living in an age of disruption. One of the most compelling examples…
Regime change in Iran is a bad idea
In 2012, as the Islamic Republic showed signs of buckling under the weight of US and EU sanctions, Senator John…
Keir Starmer, Karl Marx and the cant of ‘working people’
Labour has promised that, come what may, they will not be increasing taxes on ‘working people’. Well, jolly good. Those…
The long roots of Iran’s hatred for the Jewish state
As the dust settles on the latest confrontation between Israel and Iran in the Middle East, the nature of the…
Debate is hate: Brazil’s tricky relationship with X
Justice Alexandre De Moraes announced the reversal of Brazil’s X ban earlier this month. In a decision published online, De…
Deaths of despair can be avoided
I have in front of me the final report of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. I am…
Contrasting the candidates’ closing arguments
It’s easy to summarize the two sides’ closing arguments. For Kamala Harris, the closing argument is “Trump is really, really…
Labour MP suspended after CCTV punch
After a miserable few days involving a diplomatic row about reparations at the Commonwealth summit in Samoa, Keir Starmer will…
The humiliation of Iran
Tel Aviv In attacking Iranian military sites this weekend, Israel broke through its fear barrier. For years, the Israel Defence…
Tory candidates trade blows on final weekend
The Tory leadership contest looks set to end next week without a single ‘yellow card’ being awarded. But the two…
Painted into the climate change corner
While Anthony Albanese welcomed the King, warming to climate action the other day in Samoa, I was enjoying a BBQ…
The BBC’s troubling coverage of the Kaba case
Coverage of the death of Chris Kaba – and the acquittal of the police officer Martyn Blake tried for his murder…
The baby trafficking scandal that has horrified Turkey
Turkey has been rocked by the disturbing news of the arrest of a so-called ‘newborn gang’ which is accused of being…
How did Keir Starmer end up in this reparations bind?
Ahead of the Commonwealth summit in Samoa, Keir Starmer told the travelling press pack that he wanted to look forward…
Labor backs away from the scary green monster
The LNP’s decision to preference Labor over the Greens seems to have manoeuvred them out of power. ‘If Labor and…
