Was the far left to blame for France’s Olympic railway chaos?
Trains are again running normally in France today after engineers worked over the weekend to repair the damage caused by…
Watch: Just Stop Oil tries – and fails – to cause chaos at Gatwick
Just Stop Oil eco-activists took to Gatwick Airport this morning – but their attempt to disrupt summer holiday travellers appears…
What we didn’t learn from the Manchester Airport police ‘attack’
There’s a famous 1986 TV advert for the Guardian (remember when newspapers had TV adverts?) which shows you footage of…
Will Rachel Reeves get away with a ‘doctors’ mandate’ to hike taxes?
It’s ‘blame the Tories’ day in Westminster as Rachel Reeves prepares to take centre stage. The new Chancellor will this…
Trump’s crackdown on Mexico’s narco-cartels won’t work
Donald Trump has said he would not rule out military action against Mexico’s narco-cartels which he blames for the opioid crisis killing…
Is Robert Jenrick fit to lead the Tories?
As the Conservative leadership contest gets underway, the various candidates are busy talking up their differences. But most of the…
What’s the problem with playing Premier League football in the US?
Sadiq Khan has suggested that the long rumoured prospect of Premier League fixtures being played in the United States is…
The Gold Coast’s unAustralian ‘view tax’
Labor’s cost of living crisis and expanding black hole in the Treasury has led many to believe that they’ll soon…
Things are about to get ugly in Venezuela
At 3:45 a.m., the sun was not yet out in the Venezuelan valley of Caracas, but Andrés, a twenty-two-year old…
Albanese’s game of Cabinet charades
The colour of authoritarianism is grey. I learned this the first time I sat in a wonderful old town square…
Suella Braverman bows out with a blast
The Tory leadership race is hotting up and there’s lots of familiar faces featuring this time around. Kemi Badenoch, Priti…
Can anyone stop Kemi Badenoch?
Kemi Badenoch has become the sixth – and potentially last – candidate to enter the Conservative leadership race. In an…
Democracy is better off with policy think tanks
In case you missed it, media attention recently focused on a US think tank and its worked-up policy plans for…
Time for tough love or Australia will go to the dogs
From Thimphu, Bhutan: To ‘go to the dogs’ is an idiom that means an organisation or a country is ‘deteriorating…
An Anzac story
In an obscure cove, on an unknown beach, in a foreign land far-far away, on the morning of the April…
The Olympics have gone to s**t
There was a time, not so long ago, when poodles shitting on the streets of Paris were considered to be…
The science of twins: why are we so fascinated by doubles?
Fascination with twins and what twin studies tell us about human nature is universal. There is no question that behavioural…
Is Rachel Reeves about to make the same mistake as Liz Truss?
How much can Rachel Reeves be trusted? A Chancellor’s credibility counts for a lot with the markets, who are asked…
Sunday shows round-up: Labour accuse Tories of finance ‘cover up’
Chancellor Rachel Reeves is this week expected to announce a £20 billion black hole in the country’s finances. Many believe…
The Olympics can’t mask Macron’s troubles
Politics and sport have always been cynical and self-interested bedfellows. Rulers since the Caesars have been eager to spend vast sums…
What happened to the Rishi Sunak I knew at school?
Rishi Sunak’s political journey over the past few years was summed up by him well in a joke he made…
Being ‘middle aged’ isn’t what it was
Fashion, forget what they tell you, isn’t about looking good. It’s actually there to remind you that you’re not young…
Labor, the CFMEU, and the war on small business
Labor governments across the country have expressed their astonishment at the revelation their mates and financiers in the CFMEU might,…
Can Priti Patel become Tory leader?
Priti Patel has tonight entered the race to be the next Tory leader. The former home secretary sets out her…
Is radical anti-feminism really the most prevalent extremism?
A new report from the University of Melbourne indicates that radical anti-feminism could be the most prevalent form of violent…
