The new peace that is no peace
The visit to Australia by China’s Foreign Minister, H.E Wang Yi, reminded us of how the strong exact what they…
JK Rowling stared down hate speech laws
Recently, Scotland has been met with one of the worst pieces of legislation in the nation’s history, and nobody is…
Great Colorado restaurants, now with Michelin nods
I’ll fight you to the death on this one: Colorado’s dining scene is hotter than a habanero. A land-locked state…
The Conformist – cancel culture and fascism
Bernardo Bertolucci’s 1970 masterpiece, adapted from the 1951 Alberto Moravia novel, is a case study in conformism under a fascist…
Mitch McConnell stands against TikTok
Mitch McConnel is tackling America’s biggest national security threat — TikTok. In a Senate speech Monday, McConnell implored his fellow…
The lazy corpspeak of the Foreign Office establishment
Mark Sedwill is a serious man. He has a master’s in economics from Oxford. He worked in Cairo, Nicosia, Baghdad…
What Strasbourg’s climate ruling means for Europe
Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on an unprecedented trio of cases which claimed that European states have…
Week in 60 Minutes S2E10: Killing cash to murder freedom – Monica Smit, Pete Shmigel and Terry Barnes
The government’s mission to destroy cash is being done by proxy. Knowing that legislation to outright ban it proved unpopular…
Can David Cameron charm the Americans?
David Cameron is stateside today as the Foreign Secretary tries to muster up support for the US to send aid…
Who are the Westminster honeytrap targets?
The honeytrap scandal is the talk of the town as politicians, staffers, advisers and even journalists working in Westminster have…
The problem with Rachel Reeves’ non-dom tax plan
By abolishing non-dom status, Jeremy Hunt was supposed to have clipped the wings of the shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves. Given…
Is climate change really a human rights matter?
The media and the middle class may love net zero. Unfortunately, it is increasingly clear that voters are less keen.…
Why the public doesn’t support decriminalising abortion
Curious, isn’t it, how sentiment changes on a critical issue all of a sudden? Not so long ago, the prospect…
The plot to bring down Emmanuel Macron
Last week Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the Olympic aquatic centre that will host the swimming and diving events at this summer’s…
Amnesty laments death of Palestinian torture group leader
One might expect a global human rights organisation to wholeheartedly condemn a man involved in the brutal torture of a…
Does Australia know what a woman is?
When Australian businesswoman Sall Grover set up Giggle – an app exclusively for women – in 2020, it never occurred…
How much trouble is Angela Rayner in?
Another week, another development in the row over Angela Rayner’s tax affairs. The deputy Labour leader is facing questions over…
Will the Seine be safe for the summer Olympics?
Emmanuel Macron’s promise to strip off to his Speedos and swim in the Seine to prove it is safe for…
David Cameron meets Trump at Mar-a-Lago
As the US elections draw ever closer, Donald Trump is back in the spotlight. Last night, David Cameron met with…
We’re all paying the price for our rotten prisons
What happens when government policy meets an entirely unfit system? Today’s report on HMP Peterborough by HM Inspector of Prisons…
The Tories deserve our contempt
The Telegraph reported at the weekend that the Conservative party appears to be attempting, in its selection process for parliamentary…
Julie Bishop highlights ‘female privilege’ in politics (by accident)
Since being offered a largely pointless and doomed-to-fail role as UN special envoy to Myanmar, the former Liberal Foreign Minister,…
Trump’s abortion mistake
Donald Trump’s decision to weigh in on the abortion issue again at this juncture, with his most definitive statement yet…
Where will the Westminster honeytrap scandal go next?
The circle of those caught up in the Westminster honeytrap scandal continues to expand, with at least 15 figures now…
Watch: Pro-Palestine protestors vandalise Labour HQ
Uh oh. Labour is once again facing dissent from its own supporters over the Israel-Gaza conflict. Things came to a…
