Fatima Payman saga shows the danger of identity politics
With the long-predicted departure of Senator Fatima Payman from the Labor Party, the whole saga is a timely reminder of…
Ed Miliband will be a liability as energy secretary
I know it has only just begun, but it is not too early to start wondering: what will it be…
Macron’s France has much to learn from Britain’s peaceful election
The left-wing French newspaper Le Monde last month sent its London correspondent across Great Britain to gauge the mood before…
Parties that presided over Covid are losing power
Today it begins – a lifeless shell is heaved onto the cold, silver table, and the political commentators then pour…
Would Rishi Sunak really be welcome in Silicon Valley?
Rishi Sunak’s bags are probably packed. The plane tickets are booked. And no doubt he has found somewhere for the…
Joe Biden’s interview with George Stephanopoulos could have been worse
Joe Biden didn’t make any major mistakes in his Friday interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. That’s the best you can…
Against the machine
It’s wonderful that so many freedom fighters and free speech advocates are making a point of visiting our shores this…
No hint of vanity
The new documentary I Am: Celine Dion which just started on Amazon Prime Video and in cinemas begins with Maria…
Aussie life
For most of China’s 1.4 billion population, 2024 has been the Year of the Dragon, which makes it, according to…
Language
I’ve been searching through the language used to describe the train wreck of a presidential debate between Joe Biden and…
Israel says it’s ready for another war
According to my phone, I’m in Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport. Except I’m not. The Israel Defence Forces have scrambled the…
Gins in tins – the Yummy Mummy’s ruin
I’m writing this in my car, laptop on knees and a delicious can of Tanqueray Flor de Sevilla gin and…
Biden is as big a narcissist as Trump
The dullest assertion you can make about Donald Trump is that he’s a narcissist who has no interest in the…
Can a home really be forever?
Graham Norton’s latest novel ‘blends dark humour and emotional weight with ease’, says the Radio Times. That may well be,…
