Starmer faces more backlash over winter fuel payment cuts
It’s the first day back in parliament after recess and already Labour splits are starting to emerge. Now it transpires…
Why are Britain’s diplomats virtue-signalling to South Korea?
An important international conference will take place this week in South Korea, focused on the peninsula’s security concerns. The UK…
Two-tier over here
Two-tier policing is one of the driving forces of the ‘mostly peaceful’ protests in England. We have had two-tier policing…
Albanese could learn from Howard when it comes to Indonesia
Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto visiting Australia before he has even been inaugurated is a positive sign. But the history of…
The Albanese government has become a parody of itself
Reprising Kevin Rudd’s Monthly essay 14 years earlier, at the beginning of 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers outlined a new economic…
The Senate Inquiry into excess mortality
‘Facts are stubborn, but statistics are more pliable.’ – Mark Twain The year 2022 will go down in infamy as…
What does Starmer hang on his wall?
Political artwork has rather dominated the headlines of late. After Sir Keir’s peculiar opposition to the ‘unsettling’ painting of his…
Kemi Badenoch’s leadership pitch? Tough love
It’s a busy day for the Tory leadership race in Westminster as the six candidates attempt to build momentum and…
The AfD is winning over Germany’s youth
‘We are the party of the youth!’ When the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party launched its state election campaign…
Scrapping one-word Ofsted verdicts is a mistake
The decision to scrap one or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools is good news for teachers – but…
How Creative Scotland was corrupted by gender ideology
Loath as I am to indulge in the national pastime of Scottish exceptionalism, we do pretty well when it comes to…
Labour want to Frenchify the economy
It is not that long ago that the new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced that his would be the…
Labour must beware crying wolf about a run on the pound
As winter approaches, and fuel prices go up, Keir Starmer’s honeymoon period is well and truly over. The Labour government…
Angela Merkel played a key role in the rise of the AfD
To no one’s great surprise, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) romped to victory in Sunday’s election in the eastern state of…
How long will Germany’s anti-AfD ‘firewall’ last?
Berlin awoke this morning in a state of shock. Although opinion polls had predicted that the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)…
Starmer rehomes ‘unsettling’ Thatcher painting
To Downing Street, where a painting of a former prime minister has been causing quite a stir lately. Sir Keir…
How long will Starmer’s new MPs stay loyal?
It’s show time for Keir Starmer as MPs return to parliament today following the summer recess. The Prime Minister and…
The war on smokers has gone too far
You’d think, wouldn’t you, that after winning a giant mandate from the electorate and having not yet done anything to…
What the AfD’s ‘historic victory’ means for Germany
Alternative für Deutschland’s success in east German state elections marks a major blow to the government in Berlin. The AfD…
Scottish Nats still haven’t worked out why they lost
Unlike a slightly more high-profile reunion event, the ticketing website for the Scottish referendum tenth anniversary show is not expected to crash.…
The strange case of Pavel Durov and Emmanuel Macron
The arrest of Pavel Durov, the founder of the messaging app Telegram, has not only raised questions about the charges…
Remembering Diana 27 years later
It has been 27 years since Princess Diana tragically died in a car accident in Paris. That makes her one…
La Macronie à l’Agonie: France’s cautionary tale for Australia
As I wandered through Paris over the past few months, it became increasingly evident that the City of Light is…
The AfD is set to win its first ever state election
The far-right Alternative für Deutschland party is set to make history and take control of at least one of Germany’s…
Masculinity is not toxic
Violence against women and children is never acceptable, no matter who the perpetrator. Bill Shorten, in an interesting piece in…
