Iran has the most to lose if it closes the Strait of Hormuz

15 October 2024 11:21 pm

Following the mass ballistic missile attack on Israel at the beginning of the month, speculation is rife once again that…

Green Hydrogen limps toward inevitable demise

15 October 2024 11:06 pm

Fortescue Metals Group, a leading Australian iron ore miner, has been actively pursuing green hydrogen as a key component of…

Sue Gray under fire over Taylor Swift security fiasco

15 October 2024 10:52 pm

Despite all the free concert tickets the Labour lot received to her gigs, Taylor Swift seems to be causing Sir…

Is class rather than race a bigger barrier to success in Britain?

15 October 2024 10:37 pm

Is Britain racist? At times, you’d be forgiven for thinking so. In recent years, our country has experienced considerable turbulence…

The Novichok inquiry raises some big questions for MI5

15 October 2024 10:32 pm

The inquiry into the death of Dawn Sturgess as an innocent victim of the attempt to murder Russian double-agent Sergei…

Guardian apologises for controversial 7 October review

15 October 2024 9:30 pm

Back to the Grauniad, the bastion of journalistic integrity. Last week Mr S spotted that the newspaper had first uploaded…

Australia and its King

15 October 2024 7:56 pm

If we believe the mass media, the monarchy is no longer a divinely ordained institution, but only another part of…

Macron is in office, but is he in power?

15 October 2024 6:38 pm

Emmanuel Macron is said to be appalled by his new right-wing government. A confidant of the French president conveyed to…

India’s ‘murder’ spat with Canada has come at the worst time

15 October 2024 5:38 pm

The alleged involvement of agents of a foreign government in the murder of a citizen is a crime that violates…

Antisemitism is an ongoing plague at the UN

15 October 2024 5:30 pm

The rise of anti-Semitism in Australia has continued in recent months, aided and abetted by the Greens. The Labor government,…

Australia’s republicans are embarrassing themselves over King Charles’s visit

15 October 2024 5:00 pm

Australia, where King Charles will return to on Friday, is where the monarch became a man. In 1966, Charles had…

Tim Davie and the death of BBC ‘talent’

15 October 2024 4:57 pm

Has anyone ever come up with a better put-down for Nick Robinson? It is even better that it came from…

Thank God for Elon Musk

15 October 2024 4:00 pm

Like many people this weekend, I couldn’t tear myself away from videos of the booster rocket of Elon Musk’s Starship…

Israel’s murder problem

15 October 2024 3:36 pm

A wave of violence is convulsing Israeli society. It’s not caused by Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthi, or Iranian attacks. Instead, it’s…

SpaceX launch blocked by Californian bureaucrats

15 October 2024 12:46 pm

The Californian Coastal Commission have voted down a request from SpaceX to increase space flights. Launch limits per year were…

Golf – the final patriarchal frontier

15 October 2024 11:13 am

Anika Wells, Australia’s Sports Minister, has come out swinging her heaviest club, opening a new front on the war against…

Is Kemi Badenoch scared of Robert Jenrick?

15 October 2024 5:22 am

Is Kemi Badenoch running scared? It’s not an accusation often levelled at the shadow housing secretary, who is usually criticised…

Tories try to hammer Labour on freebies

15 October 2024 5:09 am

It seems that one of the great posts in British politics has been filled at last. The title of ‘Minister…

Will Labour keep its promise not to hike National Insurance?

15 October 2024 4:42 am

Despite getting off to a rocky start – including nearly losing £1 billion worth of investment – Labour’s much-anticipated Investment…

Watch: ‘Apparatus of state turned on Alex Salmond’, fumes David Davis

15 October 2024 4:25 am

Heartfelt tributes were paid to the late Alex Salmond in the Commons today. A number of politicians from across the…

SpaceX has put Europe to shame

15 October 2024 3:31 am

The flawless launch of SpaceX’s 5,000-ton Starship and its Super Heavy Booster, and the precision recovery of the booster on…

Five flops from Labour’s investment summit

15 October 2024 2:48 am

It’s investment summit day for Sir Keir’s Labour government and, like much else about Starmer’s reign, it hasn’t got off…

Brwa Shorsh and the failure of Britain’s asylum system

15 October 2024 2:12 am

Postman Tadeusz Potoczek had completed his deliveries for the day. At around 3 p.m. on 3 February, the 60-year-old was…

Are Australia’s childish premiers jealous of the King’s popularity?

15 October 2024 1:58 am

Support for a republic is at an all-time low. So low, indeed, that Anthony Albanese has quietly abolished the Assistant…

Beeb investigated MasterChef star over alleged sexual remarks

15 October 2024 1:30 am

These days, it seems the Beeb is better at being the news than making it. Now the co-host of BBC…