The recklessness of William Wragg
Everyone makes mistakes, but they are seldom as monumental as William Wragg’s. The Tory MP has admitted handing over the…
Why is Putin still blaming Ukraine for the Moscow terror attack?
In the fortnight since four Isis gunmen stormed Crocus City Hall in the Moscow suburbs, Vladimir Putin has done his…
The plot to stop Marine Le Pen could backfire badly
At first, French elites haughtily dismissed the Rassemblement National (RN) and its voters. Then they were in denial about its…
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act may have done us all a favour
Scotland’s Hate Crime Act (HCA) has, by common agreement, been an unmitigated disaster. Less than a week old, there are…
Civil servants can’t down tools if they don’t like Israel
Britain in the nineteenth century pioneered the idea of the professional, impartial civil service independent of politics. In the twenty-first,…
Should the UK impose an arms embargo on Israel?
Yesterday, a letter from 600 legal experts, including four former Supreme Court judges, was published, arguing that the UK government should impose…
Will Netanyahu take Biden’s ceasefire ultimatum seriously?
When Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that he had a ‘good’ talk with American president Joe Biden on Thursday,…
France’s schools are succumbing to the Islamist threat
A 13-year-old Muslim girl was beaten unconscious outside her school gates in Montpellier in southern France on Tuesday. Her mother…
Botswana’s President: elephant hunting isn’t cruel, it’s necessary
Last month, Botswana’s Minister for Environment and Tourism Dumezweni Mthimkhulu threatened to send 10,000 elephants to Hyde Park. This week,…
Netflix’s Scoop is a reminder of the Prince Andrew problem
If the royals weren’t going through enough problems at the moment, another one is about to be added in the…
The UK cost of living crisis and Net Zero
The cost-of-living crisis in the United Kingdom (UK) has severely worsened during the Covid era, pushing households into financial hardship…
Listen: David Cameron refuses to answer Gaza questions
After the tragic news of the deaths of three British aid workers, killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, both…
Scrapping Ofsted would suit teachers – but be terrible for children
There is one thing that seems to have gone missing from the campaign by the National Education Union (NEU) to…
The secret history of the school choice left
Because teachers’ unions play such an important role in today’s Democratic Party, it is widely assumed that school choice —…
Is the Gen Z backlash justified?
‘I cannot stand how the news has been dogging Gen Z and calling them lazy for not wanting to work…
Double Shot S2E8 The trans-activist pitchfork mob! Graham Lineham, Kevin Donnelly, John Ruddick
Comic and creator of widely praised and loved sitcoms such as the IT Crowd, Graham Lineham, is touring Australia to…
Renewable gas?
State government bans on gas connections to new premises have caused confusion among their respective constituents, and outrage among stakeholders.…
Rishi Sunak’s empty human rights threat
Is there anyone in Britain who believes that Rishi Sunak will take us out of the European Convention on Human…
The concerning appointment of Australia’s new governor-general
While the King and the Princess of Wales both battle cancer, the business of monarchy goes on. In the realms…
Nato’s unhappy birthday
Nato marks its 75th birthday today, but the alliance is in no mood for celebration. At its foundation, and for…
The Besiktas nightclub fire was tragically inevitable
At least 29 workers died and two were seriously injured yesterday in a fire at an Istanbul nightclub. The Masquerade club is in the basement of a 16-storey building in…
The next Senate GOP leader won’t be super-rich. That’s a good thing
One of the two Johns — John Cornyn and John Thune — is in all likelihood going to be the…
Biden uses the gilded cage of the White House to his advantage
As much as things have changed since 2020, the campaign styles and strategies of Trump and Biden have mostly stayed…
