The middle-class obsession with the miners’ strike
The miners’ strike has struck again. It’s the fortieth anniversary of the protracted dispute of 1984-85, which means that you…
MAGA Aussie’s insider experience at CPAC USA 2024
While all of Sydney was in the thrall of Taylor Swift, I went to a four-day concert that was more…
Biden’s absurd student loan ‘solution’
You’ve got to hand it to President Biden — when he puts his mind to something he doesn’t let mere…
Labour loses control of the credit card
After four straight election defeats, Labour are desperately keen to prove that the party has changed. Gone – supposedly –…
The Church of England should stop distracting itself with ‘racial justice’
Churches are emptier than ever since Covid. Fewer clergy have more and more parishes to look after; the buildings themselves are…
Trump needs some of Nikki Haley’s voters
The hard math is clear for Nikki Haley. Even as she overperformed many polls that had her struggling to top…
Is there a house-building cartel?
The Competition and Markets Authority report on the housing sector should be a boost to the Yimby policy machine. It…
John Kerry has unwittingly exposed the climate change wheeze
Here’s a good wheeze: prod every last inch of your own country, open the taps and become the world’s largest…
History is watching
Speaking to the Press recently, President Joe Biden made his case why the House of Representatives should pass the Bipartisan…
The war on children
On February 18, Elon Musk shared the documentary directed by Robby Starbuck titled The War on Children. The film is a…
Lee Anderson doubles down in Islamist row
Rishi Sunak withdrew the whip from Lee Anderson on Saturday over his claim that Sadiq Khan had ‘given our capital…
Yes, minister… The Lowy Institute edition
What do you mean, ‘deliberative democracy’? Sounds like BS to me
Angela Rayner facing questions over council house sale
A difficult Monday morning for Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner. The right-on left-winger is facing some tricky questions today after…
Liverpool fans should stop booing the national anthem
Liverpool fans, a significant number at least, booed the national anthem at the Carabao Cup final at Wembley yesterday. It wasn’t the…
Javier Milei’s Argentine revolution seems to be working
The currency would collapse. Output would go into freefall. Unemployment would soar, and the IMF would be back in charge…
Netanyahu’s post-war Gaza plan looks dead on arrival
Israel’s government has finally begun to turn its attention to what happens once the war in Gaza is over. The…
France expels Islamists while Britain appeases them
France last week deported an imam after footage emerged of him appearing to preach hate. Mahjoub Mahjoubi, who has lived in France since…
Can the EU survive another five years of Ursula von der Leyen?
Ursula von der Leyen came to the post of President of the European Commission five years ago with a less…
Will Navalny be given a public funeral?
Nine days after Alexei Navalny died in an Arctic prison colony, his body was finally handed over to his mother…
What if digital learning is a catastrophe?
There’s a lot of talk in the papers about the importance of banning smartphones from schools. Quite right too. The…
Inside Bannon and Burra’s post-CPAC blowout
National Harbor, Maryland “CPAC 2024 was a HUGE success!,” the conference’s account tweeted this morning. Cockburn isn’t sure how they’re…
Zelensky: ‘31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed so far’
After two years of secrecy, Volodymyr Zelensky has finally revealed the number of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. ‘31,000 Ukrainian military personnel…
Fighting academia’s feminist tentacles
As the toxic sludge of feminist claptrap seeps through the academic world, there are many principled researchers grinding their teeth…
Defence is the topic of the day
The Albanese government has acted true to form with a big announcement that sounds like a lot is going to…
The fantastical myths that swirl around Vladimir Putin
If there is one man who is probably happiest that Vladimir Putin’s travel schedule has been so heavily curtailed of…
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