Who really betrayed the Great Escape prisoners?
Anyone for whom a screening of the film The Great Escape is an annual Christmas tradition will know how strong…
Britain’s high street is still stuck in recession
So, is the recession over? The Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) retail sales figures show that sales volumes were flat…
Watch: Douglas Murray schools Al Jazeera journalist on Israel-Gaza conflict
When you’re interviewing an expert, it never hurts to come prepared. But when Al Jazeera journalist Jane Dutton quizzed Douglas…
What do plummeting birth rates mean for the future of the planet?
Few Britons will have heard the phrase ‘apocalyptic winter’, but that may soon change. It’s how Italian politicians describe the…
Only radical reform will save our overcrowded prisons
What should we do when there’s no cell space left in our disordered jails? The prison population figures published yesterday…
Gasp! The Christians are voting in Tasmania
It’s election week in Tasmania, and former leader of the Australian Greens, Christine Milne, appears to be clutching her pearls…
The unions are at war with NAPLAN (and why it must be saved)
Like clockwork, NAPLAN’s most vocal critics have again shown they miss the point of the national assessment. Around 1.3 million…
Tony Abbott warns against complacency in the face of ‘creeping Wokeness’
A majority that stays silent does not long remain a majority
Watch: Justin Welby takes a pop at CofE ‘whiteness officer’ job
Just when you think the woke wars can’t get more ridiculous, they do. It transpires that the Diocese of Birmingham…
The Bill of ‘self’
‘Belief Bashing’… That is what some have nicknamed Greenwich Bill sitting before the NSW Parliament. I would argue it is…
Neonicotinoid prawn cocktail, anyone?
Most Australians wouldn’t think twice about throwing a ‘shrimp on the barbie’ with their mates… This Aussie tradition is an…
The Swiss are cutting interest rates. Why can’t we?
Mortgage rates will finally start to come down again. Consumers will have a little more money in their pockets. And companies…
The Bank of England is edging closer to an interest rate cut
The Bank of England has voted to keep rates at 5.25 per cent – but there are signs that a rate cut…
Varadkar’s true achievement was screwing over the Brits
The departure of Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach yesterday should really be marked by Irish nationalists with elaborate memorials and tributes…
The rise and fall of Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar, who resigned yesterday, has certainly earned his place in the history of Anglo-Irish relations as one of the…
Gove’s ‘war on landlords’ is not going to plan
Levelling up the housing market, it is fair to say, is not quite going according to plan. Rents in the…
Watch: Donald Trump’s bid to woo Latino voters
President Joe Biden has been touring Nevada and Arizona in an attempt to win back disgruntled Hispanic voters. ‘This guy…
Why Labour secretly fears the Rwanda scheme
When Boris Johnson and Priti Patel first launched the Rwanda scheme, in the Spring of 2022, there seemed every chance…
How Putin used doublethink to manipulate the Russian election
In many ways, the recent presidential shenanigans in Russia, officially dignified with the word ‘elections’, have become a strange ritual.…
Britain just can’t stop spending
Will Jeremy Hunt have scope to deliver more tax cuts before the next election? Tory MPs certainly hope so, as…
Biden’s Rafah plan will only help Hamas
The fathers, brothers and sons who are risking their lives for their country do not want to go into Rafah,…
Senate votes against vaccine-injured Australians
I am a vaccine-injured Australian, writing under a false name to protect my identity. The reason I do this is…
Reform close in on Tories in new poll
On Wednesday night, Rishi Sunak urged his party to ‘dig deep and fight’ in the face of difficult polling. The…
How it all went wrong for Leo Varadkar
Genuinely shocking political announcements are relatively rare in the Republic. It’s a small country, with an even smaller political and…
Inside Sunak’s showdown with Tory MPs
After a bruising few weeks for Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister this evening appeared before the 1922 committee of Tory…
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