Conservatives are fighting back in the ACT
Following the ‘unjust excommunication’ of Elizabeth Kikkert from the Liberal Party of Australia, Family First has gained a new face…
Kamala Harris’s ‘Joe Biden’ problem
As Hurricane Milton battered Florida last week, Kamala Harris did her best to look and sound presidential. The Vice President…
The fatal allure of Hitler’s favourite mountain
‘The hills are alive,’ warbled Julie Andrews as she strode through a verdant Alpine mountain meadow, ‘with the sound of…
The discovery of Irvine’s boot on Everest raises more questions than answers
Andrew Comyn ‘Sandy’ Irvine disappeared while attempting to climb Everest in June 1924 with his partner George Mallory. For a…
Even the BBC’s critics should want to protect the World Service
When Tim Davie, the director-general of the BBC, addresses the Future Resilience Forum in London this afternoon, he has a…
Who is slipping through Europe’s porous borders?
In the same week that over 1,000 migrants arrived in England, the head of MI5 admitted his agency had ‘one…
Lammy’s EU brag backfires
To Luxembourg, where David Lammy is making headlines yet again. The Foreign Secretary has today bragged about his attendance at…
Is Labour’s Britain really an investor’s paradise?
So, is it really time in invest in Britain, as the heads of fourteen banks and other financial institutions have…
No means no: one year on from the Voice to Parliament
One year ago, Australia told the Canberra Bubble ‘no’. No, we will not accept racial division. No, we will not…
Why isn’t Elon Musk at Starmer’s investment summit?
Happy summit day, one and all. Today is the new Labour government’s first big business bash, as proceedings kick off…
Can Lebanon ever be free of Hezbollah?
Lebanon is teetering on the edge of a seismic political shift, facing increasing pressure both from internal factions and external…
Hezbollah’s drone strike won’t deter Israel’s campaign
Last night, a single Hezbollah drone managed to inflict more damage on Israel than 200 Iranian ballistic missiles so far.…
Braverman’s Cambridge cancellation exposes the campus free speech crisis
Anti-fascism ain’t what it used to be. It used to mean signing up to go to fight Franco’s fascists in…
Labour were right to protect Taylor Swift
Still making headlines, it seems, is one of the more trivial scandals to have dogged the Labour government in its…
Javier Milei could be in trouble
President Javier Milei isn’t believed to have attended Sir Paul McCartney’s Buenos Aires concerts last weekend, but if he had,…
Obama’s campaign: something old, something new
Did you see Barack Obama lamenting to a group of black Americans that Kamala Harris is not enjoying the enthusiastic…
The eSafety Commissioner concedes – for now
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has conceded their position regarding orders sent to X to block footage of the attack on Bishop…
The Christian vote swings against Labor
When planning for the next federal election, due by September 2025 with some pundits suggesting as early as March, Prime…
Navigating disastrous DEI
So impressed with the Samoans’ numerous canoes and their great skills in handling them, French Admiral Louis de Bougainville named…
Australian politics is no longer fit for human consumption
Dysfunctional, insulting, thuddingly tedious – rarely have our national politics been as bland, stage-managed, or inconsequential as they are today.…
Will Labour break their tax pledge?
We are now just three weeks away from Labour’s first Budget and the mood music out of the Treasury is…
Jonathan Reynolds shoots down Transport Secretary’s P and O comments
Jonathan Reynolds: Transport Secretary’s comments on P&O Ferries ‘not the government’s position’ This week, Transport Secretary Louise Haigh described P&O…
Labour’s poll lead ends after 934 days
Happy 100 days of Labour being in power! To mark this auspicious occasion, the British electorate have decided to give…
Vic Libs: four years of power in 25 since Kennett lost
Recent polls show that the Liberals are more popular in Victoria (or less unpopular) than Labor for the first time…
The complex legacy of Alex Salmond
In reflecting on the life of Alex Salmond, I should begin by paraphrasing his successor as First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon.…
