Why is Sunak proud of his defensive campaign?
Rishi Sunak isn’t lacking in energy as he goes into his final few days of election campaigning. He is, though,…
Full list: newspaper election endorsements
They may not command the power that they once did, but newspaper endorsements are still highly-prized by political parties. Labour…
Trudeau must uncover the truth about what happened in Kabul
Barely a week has gone by before Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is back in the news again – and…
Will Marine Le Pen finish what her father started?
France votes today. If the opinion polls are correct Marine Le Pen’s National Rally will be the big winner in…
Diversity disaster? Report laments stale, pale, male directors
The ABC, in its limitless Woke fashion, decided recently that the time is again ripe to take the old ‘corporate…
Inside the Lib Dems’ campaign to tear down the Blue Wall
‘We would not put in this effort if we weren’t the challengers, and we clearly are.’ Liberal Democrat candidate Paul…
Paul Johnson: Tory and Labour attacks are ‘broadly fictional’
We’re five weeks into the election campaign – and just days away from polling day – and voters have plenty…
The Tories have much to learn from their 1997 wipeout
If polls are anything to go by, Labour’s historic 1997 election win – 418 seats to the Tories’ 165 –…
How to tell the difference between Slovakia and Slovenia
With England playing Slovakia in the Euros later today, there’s absolutely no excuse this time for Anglophones to confuse this…
‘Hate Speech’ laws and the murder of justice
Anyone keen on hate speech laws, needs to spend a year in Pakistan living under their Islamic blasphemy laws. It’s…
Why is Starmer starting rows before the election?
The Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has insisted he didn’t mean to cause ‘concern or offence’ when he called for…
Biden’s social media needs a refresh
Joe Biden has a cold. That was the desperate message sent out by sources close to the president halfway through…
Newsom is better than Biden
I have on the desk two yo-yos. One is from the brand Duncan – the ‘Imperial’ model. The other is from the…
Kemi Badenoch blasts Nigel Farage
With a week to go until polling day, the Tories are stepping up their attacks on Reform. Following Channel 4’s…
Sunak’s campaign has been a disaster from start to finish
Dry wit is a much under-appreciated quality in this age of high-impact sledgehammer communication. In an election full of sub-standard soundbites…
Macron’s power in Europe is draining
In Brussels over the last two days EU heads of state and government have been carving up the ‘top jobs’.…
Can the Democrats drop Joe Biden?
After his disastrous outing against Donald Trump on Thursday evening, Joe Biden’s surrogates are scrambling to salvage something from the…
Why is the C of E selling off Dick Whittington’s burial place?
The Church of England is flogging off Dick Whittington. No, this isn’t an innuendo or a twist from a pantomime,…
Why I’m backing the Tories over Reform
You can often tell a lot about people, not by what they say but how they say it. Three weeks…
How prison changed Julian Assange – and me
Julian Assange was a changed man when he walked free from Belmarsh prison in south London this week. The Wikileaks…
Is America fit to lead the West?
Foreign policy rarely plays a significant role in a US presidential election. Domestic issues, the economy, money in the pocket,…
The Biden-Trump debacle doesn’t mean America is in decline
There’s no point sugarcoating it: the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was a complete mess. Biden…
Bureaucratic punishment
Michael* (not his real name) is a typical Aussie kid who grew up in Sydney’s beaches. Confident and cheerful, he…
Nuclear fallout
The decision by the Albanese government to employ former Liberal New South Wales treasurer Matt Kean to sell its renewables…
