Why the smoking ban exposes the ‘right side of history’ delusion
As a conservative non-smoker who in his youth was a libertarian twenty-a-day man, I can see both sides of the…
Russia is failing to undermine German morale on Ukraine
The news that German police have arrested two alleged Russian spies in Bavaria has understandably raised some alarm bells in…
Biden bookies’ 2024 favorite for first time in months
The betting market often provides different insights from traditional polling. While most polls presently have Donald Trump with a slight…
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband charged in SNP police probe
Peter Murrell, former chief executive of the SNP, has tonight been charged with embezzling money from his party. Murrell, the…
Why Giorgia Meloni is taking on Alfa Romeo
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s crusade to defend Italian excellence from the destructive side of globalisation has won a small…
The assault on the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador
There is no doubt that the Ecuadorian assault on the Mexican Embassy in the capital Quito appears to be an…
Why did Swedish conservatives relax gender-change laws?
In the 2010s the main political dynamic inside western societies could be boiled down to simple left and right. Figures…
Is North Korea developing biological weapons?
The threat North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme poses to the world is well known. But as the hermit kingdom actively…
I’m all in for Fallout
It was only a matter of time until Amazon decided to throw its hat in the ring and join the…
Forced divestiture is better than expanding regulation
‘Muddying the waters’ is one of the cleverer and more effective tools deployed by public relations advisers. The method involves…
How NatCon Brussels was saved from censorship
When I was first scheduled to speak at this year’s National Conservatism conference (NatCon) in Brussels, I expected it to…
What the Mark Menzies scandal means for the Tories
You’ve got to feel for Rishi Sunak. He spends his days slaving around the clock to shave half a percentage…
Humza Yousaf could never realise Sturgeon’s fantasy climate plans
It was Cop26 in Glasgow and Nicola Sturgeon was in her element, posing for selfies with Greta Thunberg, David Attenborough…
Prince Harry ditches UK as primary residence
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Queen of Privacy never manage to keep out of the news for too…
Labour should think twice before taxing pensioners
Labour, according to Rachel Reeves, is now the party of low taxes. She has said she won’t raise income tax,…
It’s no surprise the SNP’s climate change law has failed
When Nicola Sturgeon unveiled the SNP’s climate change pledge in 2019, the First Minister boasted that Scotland had the ‘most…
Europe’s coffee houses are in trouble
There’s bad news for coffee fans: the price of your favourite beverage – which has already rocketed in recent years…
We need more Kemi Badenochs
On Tuesday, parliament voted for the first time on legislation to begin the phasing out of smoking (not just cigarettes,…
The tragedy of Emma Raducanu
It is hard not to feel a teeny weeny bit sorry for Emma Raducanu, who was hailed as the next…
The far-left takeover: working in childcare is a political act
Concerns are being raised about Australia’s new Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF 2.0). The Frankfurt school cultural Marxism – aka Critical Theory…
Time is ticking to save Vladimir Kara-Murza
A year ago today, the Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for 25 years – the longest sentence handed down…
The National Portrait Gallery’s bizarre obsession with slavery
We might have foreseen that the movement to radicalise the art and museum world would in time come back to…
The land that time (but not the government) forgot
Australia’s vaccine regulator, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), is still determinedly operating a virus theme park which…
Victorians have no idea
When it comes to Indigenous matters, it seems Victorians and their Members of Parliament, have no idea what is happening…
Rishi gets witty at PMQs
Keir Starmer came to Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) with a spring in his step. He announced that he owned ‘a…
