Watch: Stephen Colbert grovels for Kate joke
Oh dear. In his never-ending quest to prove that he’s almost as funny as Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert has tripped…
Why the WHO’s pandemic planning poses a threat to Britain
The fall-out from Covid continues. Its latest manifestations on the international stage are a draft pandemic preparedness treaty, soon to…
You’re not being paranoid: smart meters are out to get you
If anyone was still in doubt as to why the government is keen to press ‘smart’ meters onto us, those…
Scotland’s pound shop Stasi
The Scottish government’s illiberal Hate Crime and Public Order Act isn’t even being enforced yet and already Police Scotland are…
The Waspi women won’t be compensated any time soon
If the ‘Waspi women’ (women against state pension inequality) were hoping that last week’s ombudsman report into the maladministration of…
Europe must tighten its borders to combat the Islamist threat
Europe is on a state of high alert after Friday’s Islamist attack in Moscow that left 137 concertgoers dead. France…
Trump’s legal troubles are paving his way to the White House
The Trump 2024 campaign’s fundraising email operations went into overdrive last weekend. ‘Dems threaten to seize Trump Tower,’ screamed one call…
Was Russia right to torture the Moscow attackers?
The court appearance of the four men accused by Russia of carrying out the Moscow massacre of 137 innocent concert…
The Moscow terror attack is Putin’s 9/11
The Crocus City Hall attack blindsided Putin’s vast security state. Employing nearly a million policemen, 340,000 national guards and over…
Let’s kick ‘racial justice’ out of the Church of England
Holy Week is the most important part of the year for many Christians, but it will come as little surprise…
Health insurers experiment with nine-day fortnights
It is reported that health insurer BUPA is ‘trialling’ a nine-day fortnight for its staff, meaning it is looking to…
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…
