America is in trouble if Gavin Newsom succeeds Biden
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California is everywhere at the moment, earnestly assuring Americans of his unwavering loyalty to poor,…
Meloni is furious at the EU’s centrist stitch-up
The European Union has reached an agreement on the bloc’s political leadership for the next five years – and in the…
Democrats can’t pretend to be shocked by Joe Biden’s decline
What a difference a week makes. Last week, White House spinners and Democratic pundits were insisting that clips of US president Joe Biden appearing…
Biden’s legacy has been left in tatters
Joe Biden did not simply alter his chances at winning a second term last night. He altered his legacy. It…
Democrats have led America to the brink of the abyss
Before Thursday’s debate, the leading contender to win the upcoming presidential election was already Donald Trump, a man whose first…
Biden and Harris must go
For months US Democrats have been wondering why voters were not supporting Joe Biden. He has been a good president, and…
The five worst moments from the Trump-Biden debate
Can Joe Biden cling on? That’s the question being asked in Washington, DC after a painful performance from the president…
After last night, nobody believes in Joe Biden
‘I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he…
‘That was painful’: CNN mourns Biden implosion
Oh dear. The Democrats are reeling from Joe Biden’s disastrous performance in the first presidential debate of the election (the…
Joe Biden’s debate disaster
The Democrats wanted and needed a compelling performance from Joe Biden last night: a rebuttal to the concerns about his…
Presidential debate: Joe Biden was painful to watch
These weren’t the Lincoln-Douglas debates. They weren’t Kennedy-Nixon. If those were graded ‘A’, then this was ‘C-minus’, at best. Both…
Iran’s sham election will change nothing
Voting takes place in Iran’s snap presidential election today – a contest brought forward by the death last month in…
There’s one place in Spain that hasn’t turned against tourists
Would you like to spend the winter in Benidorm? I guess it depends on the alternatives, but I wasn’t surprised…
Fatima Payman: the untouchable senator
When they are first elected and enter their party room for the first time, Labor MPs sign the Pledge. They…
Treason, Leaks, and Julian Assange: a misguided hero?
Thomas Jefferson once shot a man on the White House Lawn for treason. The Western world has come a long…
Biden had an awful debate. Is the media’s reaction an intervention?
The fix is in. The liberal media and Democratic donor class turned on President Joe Biden in droves on Thursday…
Australians should celebrate the return of Assange
The return of Julian Assange to Australia has undoubtedly been the dominant news item during the last couple of days.…
It’s time for a reckoning on race and gender
The Western world is facing a reckoning on race and gender. The rise of discriminatory hiring practices is usually the…
Sending US contractors to Ukraine could provoke Moscow
Call it ‘slippery slope’ or ‘mission creep’, America’s strategy for helping Ukraine defend itself against the Russian invasion has adapted…
Unesco’s Stonehenge threat isn’t worth taking seriously
If you gaze south from the sarsens of Stonehenge, your view at present is of a constant crocodile of cars…
Politicians aren’t discussing Britain’s woeful cancer survival rates
Last week, amid a flurry of election policies and debates, a striking report found that cancer survival in England currently…
Why the Bolivia coup failed
Latin America has long been the traditional home of the military coup – or ‘golpe’ in Spanish – so the…
Why the plot to kill Putin would be a mistake
Is the assassination of Vladimir Putin the answer to ending the war in Ukraine? A collection of émigré Russians who…
The pointlessness of the junior doctors’ strike
Junior doctors are back out on strike in England today, walking out this morning for five days. The timing of…
The shooting of Nahel Merzouk still haunts France
One year ago today, a 17-year-old called Nahel Merzouk was fatally shot by a policeman as he sped away from…
