Is the UK’s China policy about to change?
What difference is the revelation that China was behind two cyber attacks – on the Electoral Commission and UK parliamentarians –…
The UN’s ceasefire call will only strengthen Hamas
The UN has passed a draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza to last until the end of…
Steve Bray is silenced, finally
It must be a hard job being the Metropolitan Police. Too hardline and you risk howls of protest from the…
E-scooters and e-bikes are on the rise. Will we ever walk again?
In 2022, Utrecht (Holland) was ranked the world’s most bike-friendly city. Australia seems keen to compete, with the number of…
Fatal flaws exposed in the Net Zero transition. What is to be done?
According to NSW’s Ausgrid, the most recent AEMO draft Integrated System Plan (ISP) for electricity supply will require $325 billion…
Why Islamic State is fixated with Russia
Islamic State (IS) has released a graphic video showing gunmen storming the Crocus concert hall near Moscow in an attack…
Can Britain afford Trident?
The prime minister is in Cumbria today, visiting Barrow-in-Furness to announce a ‘national endeavour’ to support the defence and civil…
The pension triple lock is a drain on the taxpayer
Jeremy Hunt’s promise that the Conservative manifesto will protect the ‘triple lock’ on the state pension is a desperate measure…
If the ABC reforms itself, would you watch it?
Kim ‘the Renaissance man’ Williams has promised to fix the national broadcaster
Will the slimmed-down monarchy cope without Kate and the King?
The reaction to the Princess of Wales’s courageous and affecting video, in which she discussed her cancer diagnosis, was largely…
How Islamic State rose from the ashes to attack Moscow
Since America’s disastrous scuttle from Kabul in August 2021, there had been rising concern that Afghanistan would once again become…
The SNP’s star economist eviscerates the case for independence
He’s only gone and done it again. Mark Blyth, born in Dundee but now professor of international economics at the…
Why bullies win
Remember when Friends Reunited was a thing? Twenty-something years ago, before Facebook even existed, this primaeval social networking site connecting…
Keir Starmer should think twice before shunning Marine Le Pen
Riding high in the polls with a 20-point lead, the Labour party is preparing for government. Across the Channel with…
The real problem with Jonathan Glazer
Every year the Oscars unleashes some kind of political controversy, and this year’s revolves around Jonathan Glazer’s speech denouncing Israel. Glazer, the…
Kept in the dark: Chinese Foreign Minister visit was a wake-up call
This week’s provocative visit from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was a wake-up call for those who have spun us…
Treasurer’s antifragile Budget just another black swan
The Treasurer is like a boss who enthusiastically makes everyone’s life a misery with every new fad. Only this time,…
The ABC once made jokes, now it is a joke
I have fond memories of ABC’s Wednesday night programming around 2005-10 when the best comedies they had to offer used…
Why did the SNP make allowances for Spain during Covid?
The Covid Inquiry’s recent Scottish sojourn brought several weeks of bad headlines for the SNP. One revelation got less attention…
Will Sunak renege on ‘foreign powers’ owning newspapers?
Last week, a rebellion in the Lords drew a government pledge to ban foreign governments and their proxies from owning…
Will Biden change his Venezuela approach?
Venezuela has been leading the United States on, maintaining the pretense that they will ensure that the upcoming presidential elections…
Canada is the country to watch for conservatives
Pierre Poilievre is the gambler’s choice to become Canada’s next Prime Minister and he is becoming an international political superstar…
The West must wake up to the threat of Islamic State-Khorasan
It is time to wake up to the growing international threat posed by Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K), the group believed to…
Alexandra Marshall Live S2E7 with Michael de Percy
Speccie regular and senior lecturer of political science, Michael de Percy, joins the show to unpick the crazy political landscape.…
Hunt: Tories will keep the triple lock on pensions
Jeremy Hunt: Russian government creating a ‘smokescreen of propaganda’ On Friday night, a terrorist attack at a large concert in…
