NSW’s smoke and mirror budget
The NSW budget continued the nationwide theme of unimaginative big-spending budgets with large deficits. The economic story is not unique,…
The Surrey oil judgment undermines our democracy
The Conservatives are in favour of granting licences for new oil and gas extraction; Labour is against it. But what…
The Supreme Court has put the future of fossil fuel projects in jeopardy
‘Britain is evolving from a democracy towards a kritarchy – the rule of lawyers,’ wrote Ross Clark in today’s Spectator magazine. His…
Why the Bank of England isn’t lowering rates yet
The Bank of England has, unsurprisingly, held interest rates at 5.25 per cent for the seventh time in a row.…
Labour candidates chafe at battleground obsession
Just how much worse can the Tory campaign get? With a fortnight to go until polling day, the party’s field…
Will Christine Lagarde crush Marine Le Pen?
The National Rally is comfortably leading in the polls. The charismatic Jordan Bardella is set to become the next Prime…
Second Tory candidate investigated over election betting
Dear oh dear. Now it transpires that a second Tory election candidate is facing scrutiny over an alleged bet related…
The SNP’s election pitch is a masterclass in inconsistency
The SNP may be in crisis, with police investigating the use of party funds and support from voters sliding, but…
A Danish lesson for Labour in how to revive Britain’s economy
The coincidence of the 2024 general election and the Euro 2024 football tournament is a great lesson in the myopia…
Just Stop Oil’s Stonehenge attack is unforgivable
So now we know: nowhere is safe from the entitled fury of the Just Stop Oil mob. Not even Stonehenge.…
When will Labour get specific about its stance on gender reform?
In a general election campaign that has oftentimes presented scenarios that feel like a fever dream, the surreal headlines keep…
How we should deal with Just Stop Oil
One need not cast around for signs that Britain is no longer a serious country, but the indulgence with which…
Poll puts Tories on lowest seat total in history
How is the Conservative campaign going? Well, according to the latest YouGov poll, things are looking worse for Rishi Sunak…
Sunak on course to lose seat, predicts poll
Good heavens. One of the many polls released today has suggested that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak could become the first…
Working from home won’t fix Britain’s productivity
Why is Britain’s productivity so stubbornly low? Output per worker increased just 0.1 per cent in the year to April. Across swathes…
What does Keir Starmer think a ‘working person’ is?
Keir Starmer has promised not to raise taxes on ‘working people’. But who, exactly, is a working person? The definition,…
Advance Australia Bare
Albo the great apologist has recently informed the nation that the incoming Governor General was appointed for a ‘modern Australia’.…
It shouldn’t be surprising that a Muslim son of immigrants is funding Reform
Should it really be a surprise that Zia Yusuf, a Muslim entrepreneur who made his fortune setting up a company…
Straight from the Dastyari playbook
Australia’s own Peter Perfect Premier Mr Malinauskas has faltered, revealing a true agenda to stifle political opposition in South Australia.…
Has Julie Inman Grant undermined the Office of the eSafety Commission?
There are credible arguments for the existence of the Office of the eSafety Commission, provided it acts as intended. In…
Watch: Just Stop Oil deface Stonehenge
Now they’ve gone and done it. The juvenile antics of the eternally brain dead Just Stop Oil will be familiar…
When will the SNP admit its independence dream is over?
Line one page one of the SNP manifesto is, as promised, about independence. If the SNP wins a majority of…
Why won’t this museum let women see its Igbo mask?
The Pitt-Rivers Museum in Oxford has won a reputation for its energetic programme of ‘decolonisation’. Its director, Laura van Broekhoven,…
Boris Johnson can’t save the Tories from the coming wipeout
Are you beach-body ready? Boris Johnson, who has always projected a joyously uninhibited confidence about his physical form, clearly thinks…
Why Sunak will struggle to win the credit for falling inflation
After a three-year saga, inflation has finally returned to the Bank of England’s target. The Office for National Statistics reports…
