Mt Warning: reopen awe and wonder to all Australians
Mount Warning is widely regarded as the most ecologically beautiful National Park in NSW. Most of the nearby towns (like…
Brazil’s bureaucrats bully Twitter
Brazil is on the brink of banning Twitter, with its bureaucrats accusing Elon Musk of breaking Brazilian law. The order…
Post-Soviet hostels and loveless nights
I suppose there are people who stay in four or five-star hotels all their lives and become a kind of…
Rayner promises to quit if convicted
Angela Rayner has this evening announced that she would quit if convicted of breaking electoral law, saying: ‘If I committed…
Rishi Sunak loses another minister
Graham Stuart has this afternoon quit the government, saying he wishes to focus on local issues after service in various…
The Greens are embarrassing the SNP
For an image of the ‘progressive nationalism’ that has disfigured Scottish public life over the past decade, look no further…
The Bank of England can’t blame IT for its dodgy forecasts
It hires the cleverest young graduates every year. It brings in talent from around the world. And it has the…
Are we really reaching ‘farmaggedon’?
I happened to be walking in the Cambridgeshire fens this morning while listening to the latest instalment of ‘farmageddon’ –…
Never forget the politicians who pushed gender politics
The great trans hoax is coming to an end. The idea of thousands of people being ‘trapped’ in the wrong…
The courts can’t solve climate change
It was always a racing certainty that this week’s ‘Swiss grannies’ climate change judgment in Strasbourg would spawn a new wave of…
Can Starmer be trusted with Trident?
Three weeks after the Prime Minister visited Barrow-in-Furness to pose with models of submarines, the Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer…
The Angela Rayner council house row deepens
The row over Angela Rayner’s tax affairs is becoming more serious. This morning, Greater Manchester Police launched an investigation into…
Scottish government spent £400,000 on promoting new hate crime law
Back to Scotland and Humza Yousaf’s controversial new hate law. The First Minister’s Hate Crime Act has left an already…
Police launch investigation into Rayner housing claims
Well, well, well. Less than 24 hours after Keir Starmer tried to brush off questions about Angela Rayner, it turns…
How did the BBC get the trans debate so wrong?
What must it feel like to realise you are part of an organisation that has placed so-called progressive values ahead…
Ukraine’s controversial new conscription law takes effect
The Ukrainian parliament has finally stopped delaying the inevitable and voted for a new law that tightens mobilisation processes, strengthens penalties for…
The UK leaves recession behind in 2023
The economy grew by 0.1 per cent in February: not much to celebrate on its own but the small uptick…
Israel is still committed to eliminating Hamas
On Wednesday, three sons of the Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed by an Israeli airstrike. The three were killed…
Have Scottish politicians read the Cass Review?
The Cass Review may prove to be a tipping point in radical gender ideology’s march through mainstream politics, institutions and…
The irresponsibility of ‘two years to save the planet’
Hurrah, we can all relax. We have been granted an extra two years to save the planet. So suggested Simon…
Watch: Tetchy Starmer wriggles over Rayner’s tax affairs
Angela Rayner appears unable to shake off questions about her tax affairs — literally. And now in an interview with…
Don’t be scared of Iran
Why are people so scared of ‘escalation’? The escalation paradigm is the outstanding relic of the Cold War. There is…
Has Iran saved Israel’s relationship with the US?
Only a few days ago, President Biden was framing remarks about Israel in tones which were astoundingly critical for an…
Why Biden and Trump risk upsetting ‘the base’
The Arizona Supreme Court ruling that upheld an abortion ban from 1864 had Democratic campaign managers practically breaking out their…
