Liberals defy the odds with the right decision

18 January 2026 1:25 pm

We may not be a party to the closed-door ideological struggles of the Liberal Party, but we do know they…

Farage turns on Tory MP over Mauritius

18 January 2026 7:59 am

It seems that Nigel Farage has not taken too kindly to all Kemi Badenoch’s talk of ‘cleaning house’. The leader…

These tariffs aren’t just about Greenland

18 January 2026 6:15 am

During his visit to Washington, DC, on Wednesday, the Danish foreign minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen said that he had a…

British people still hate the nanny state

18 January 2026 5:23 am

In recent years a popular assumption has arisen in Britain that we are a nation of ‘curtain twitchers’ with an…

Trump slaps Britain with tariffs over Greenland

18 January 2026 5:12 am

Donald Trump has announced that he will impose tariffs on goods from the UK, Denmark and other European countries. The…

Badenoch backs Starmer on Greenland

18 January 2026 4:38 am

Leave it to Donald Trump to knock Robert Jenrick off the news cycle. The US President has not taken too…

Andy Burnham joins Hillsborough revolt

18 January 2026 4:10 am

Can Keir Starmer get anything right? Just days after yet another U-turn on digital ID, it now seems that his…

What does loyalty mean in politics?

18 January 2026 3:30 am

For David Cameron, there were two types of politician. Team players. Or tossers. Although he preferred a slightly saltier description…

Malcolm Offord must improve

18 January 2026 3:16 am

The biggest beneficiary of Robert Jenrick’s defenestration and defection was neither Kemi Badenoch nor Nigel Farage but Malcolm Offord. He…

You cannot fix education without first fixing the culture

18 January 2026 1:00 am

Australia has allowed ideology to shape curriculum content

Why was the West Midlands Police chief allowed to retire?

17 January 2026 10:18 pm

Even as he resigned, Craig Guildford couldn’t do the decent thing. Perhaps that’s no surprise. We have learned in recent…

Labor shelves its Stalinist nightmare (for now)

17 January 2026 10:18 pm

Labor’s outrageous omnibus bill, Combatting Antisemitism, Hate, and Extremism Bill 2026, casually known as the WTF is this Stalinist Nightmare (2026), has…

Nobel Peace Prize forgets its realist origins and goes full Woke

17 January 2026 5:37 pm

Few legacies have been as deliberately engineered as that of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor whose name is now synonymous…

Have tariffs ever worked? (asking for a mate)

17 January 2026 2:28 pm

China’s trade surplus hit $1.2 trillion in 2025 – a record, up 20 per cent from the previous year’s record…

Cubans want Donald Trump to save them

17 January 2026 2:04 pm

The US capture of Nicholas Maduro sent a shockwave of fear through the regime in Havana. Heeding the words of…

After years on the sidelines, Liberals have joined the free speech debate

17 January 2026 1:57 pm

Turns out the culture wars do matter...

Why England’s Ashes defeat is so painful

17 January 2026 11:00 am

England’s most successful Ashes series Down Under for 15 years has somehow come to be seen as its most calamitous.…

Marine Le Pen is unstoppable

17 January 2026 11:00 am

Marine Le Pen returned to court this week to contest her conviction last spring for misusing EU funds. Convicted of…

The London property market might be about to implode

17 January 2026 11:00 am

First off, let me say: I’m a London property owner. It’s a pretty little flat, in a pleasant corner of…

Amid the bombs, life in Kyiv carries on as normal

17 January 2026 11:00 am

How do you convey the oddness of Kyiv during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? The reality of living under the constant…

Child gangs are menacing Europe

17 January 2026 11:00 am

Criminal networks are recruiting and tasking minors as paid operatives for shootings, bombings and contract killings. Europol, the law enforcement…

Claytons royal commission

17 January 2026 9:00 am

This week, the Prime Minister finally acquiesced to the broad outpouring of support across Australia’s political, professional and civic spectrum…

Is this the long goodbye?

17 January 2026 9:00 am

One Nation’s rise may spell doom for Menzies’ party

Inquiry that can’t inquire

17 January 2026 9:00 am

Beware the Bondi social cohesion clause

Theory versus practice

17 January 2026 9:00 am

The shambolic NDIS