Why is Australia culling wild horses?
A government-sanctioned programme to cull the brumby mobs of wild horses in Australia’s High Country has become a hot political…
Why is Putin still so desperate for Western validation?
Everyone loves Russia, or at least echoes its talking points – if you believe the country’s state media. Why should…
Is stress always a problem?
‘Cerebral climaxes’ are those moments when we experience a high, a life-changing realisation, a joyous epiphany. I have studied these brain…
Donald Trump thinks Taylor Swift is ‘unusually beautiful’ but ‘probably doesn’t like Trump’
Cockburn already pre-ordered Ramin Setoodeh’s book, set to be released on June 18. Titled Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump…
Hunter Biden found guilty in gun trial
Hunter Biden was found guilty of all three counts of federal firearm charges on Tuesday, concluding a six-year investigation into…
Why didn’t Geert Wilders do as well as Marine Le Pen?
‘We are really by far the biggest winner this evening,’ said Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV), when…
Sunak’s manifesto is not credible
Rishi Sunak’s manifesto launch was necessarily defensive: the Prime Minister is trying to stem the losses in this election campaign…
The London Stock Exchange is in serious trouble
It has impeccable green credentials. It is crucial to the country’s power grid. And it is one of the UK’s…
Sunak’s National Insurance pledge could backfire
Two years ago, as Chancellor, Rishi Sunak chose to jack up National Insurance contributions. It is a mark of how…
King Charles isn’t the enemy of animal rights activists
The attack by animal rights activists on the new portrait of King Charles, currently on display at the Philip Mould…
Rishi Sunak’s manifesto is thin gruel
Rishi Sunak today launched a manifesto that might suffice for a governing party polling at level pegging with the opposition…
Watch: Animal rights activists vandalise King’s portrait
Good heavens. Protestors are back to their old tricks and now it’s the King’s first official royal portrait that has…
Farage attacked again on campaign trail
Nigel Farage is continuing his cross-country campaign as he makes the case for voters to back Reform UK on 4…
The nasty tax surprise hidden in the Tory manifesto
There are no big policy surprises in the Tory manifesto – not least because the major announcements on tax, immigration,…
Sunak plays it safe with his manifesto
With three weeks to go until polling day, Rishi Sunak this morning unveiled his prospectus for a Conservative government. There…
Rescuing hostages amid the Israel Defence Forces’ trial by media
Over the weekend, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) pulled off a daring daylight raid to rescue four hostages held by…
Why Rishi Sunak can’t weaponise the ECHR
One of the major themes of the current election campaign is the attempt by Rishi Sunak to draw a dividing…
Government regulations are responsible for unaffordable housing
The Australian house building (though not apartment building) industry is mainly non-unionised and therefore has low costs. But building a…
The Sneering Hubris Awards aka The SMUGGIES
The Sneering Hubris Awards, nicknamed the SMUGGIES, were announced in the wake of the King’s Birthday Honours where the Companion…
Former Green leader jumps ship to Labour
Another day, another drama. As general election campaign shenanigans continue, it now transpires that Robin Harper — the UK’s first…
It isn’t true that elections are always won from the centre
Last week, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt argued that the Tories shouldn’t pitch to the right in response to Nigel Farage…
How France’s shy Le Pen voters caused a political earthquake
Emmanuel Macron visited Oradour-sur-Glane on Monday to mark the 80th anniversary since the village in central France was liquidated by SS…
The Tories are addressing welfare reform too late
The launch of the Conservative manifesto later this morning will dominate today’s headlines. But it’s worth reflecting, before the full…
Trump is forcing Biden to the right
Joe Biden is a pragmatist. With just five months to go until his rematch against Donald Trump, the veteran Democrat…
Australia’s Covid honours farce
Whatever one thinks of all that happened in the Covid years, and how the experience scarified so many and even…
