Do we really need more ‘national conversations’?
Other than being fired out of a cannon to raise funds for the NHS, what could Wes Streeting possibly learn…
The problem at the heart of the Chris Kaba case
There are few moments more serious than when the state takes the life of a citizen, when a police officer…
Kamala Harris and the coconut tree speech
On May 10, 2023, Kamala Harris, the Democrat Party Presidential candidate, delivered a speech in the White House to Hispanic…
Too many people are being recalled to prison
One of the new government’s first decisions was to announce that most prisoners would be released 40 per cent of…
Why Kamala Harris will lose
When you look back on the 2024 presidential election and try to understand why it was that Kamala Harris lost,…
The turnout election: a tale of two ground games
In the past two months, the Harris-Walz campaign has texted five times asking me to join its door-knocking efforts in…
Unpacking the race for the US Senate
In the middle of the most chaotic presidential election in the modern era, with its death race through senility, assassination…
Is Tim Walz an ‘old friend’ of China?
The term “old friend of the Chinese people” has a sentimental, almost innocent ring, but the Chinese Communist Party regards…
The life and times of Sheldon Whitehouse, the last patrician liberal
It is not often that an American politician publishes a book of genuine interest. It is even less often, breaking…
The Florida abortion question that could shape national policy
Lorien Hershberger checked every box: she grew up in poverty, was pregnant just out of high school and her boyfriend…
Inside the frazzled mind of the undecided suburban mom voter
I’m a registered Independent voter, part of the coveted suburban mom vote, and as I file this in the dying…
Why Wes Streeting’s ‘prevention’ agenda is sinister
Who could possibly object to Wes Streeting’s plan to turn the NHS ‘from hospital to neighbourhood’ and from ‘sickness to…
Why do Britain and Germany need their own defence pact?
It is a standard feature of modern politics that government announcements are preceded by announcements of announcements. The ground must…
Keir Starmer’s concerning decision to ditch Shakespeare’s portrait
Politicians are said to campaign in poetry and govern in prose. In the case of Keir Starmer, he campaigned in…
The strange paradox of Britain’s treatment of miscarriages
Since this month, the UK government has been able to send mothers condolences for the deaths of children whom it…
The endgame: Biden’s quest for a foreign policy legacy
President Joe Biden only has a few more months before he steps out of the White House, hands over the…
Donald Trump is bringing the joy at just the right moment
Donald Trump is many things. Most of all, he is the quintessential American entrepreneur. He sees the upside in everything.…
Brits blast failing NHS over diversity hires and gender ideology
It’s not looking to be a good week for Sir Keir Starmer’s lefty lot and it’s only Monday. This morning,…
Watch: King Charles heckled by Australian protestor
To Australia’s Parliament House, where King Charles gave his landmark address today. But it wasn’t all plain sailing for the…
Ignore the heckling, Charles’s Australia visit has been a triumph
If King Charles and Queen Camilla were feeling a tad apprehensive about their reception in Australia, they needn’t have worried.…
Parents should be worried about Labour’s trans plans
Keir Starmer’s new Office for Equality and Opportunity – launched earlier this month – purports to ensure that ‘equality is at the…
Is it time to ban the boy band?
It was Oprah Winfrey, I think, who said that ‘if you come to fame not understanding who you are, it…
What is the point of the Commonwealth?
The Commonwealth is outdated, pointless and increasingly irrelevant. What better time to point this out than on the day when…
Take teacher training away from universities
These places are openly in the business of destroying our country
Sandwich stimulus: Miles is a bad comedy
Although commonly attributed to Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman, the expression, ‘there ain’t no such thing as a free lunch’ long…
