Russians feel bleaker than ever after Alexei Navalny’s death
The news about Alexei Navalny’s death came as a shock to anti-Putin Russians like myself – he’d been a central…
Why do football managers like Thomas Tuchel always get the blame?
Bayern Munich’s decision to part ways with their coach Thomas Tuchel is a rather bizarre form of managerial sacking. Tuchel…
Lindsay Hoyle has lost control of the Commons
Ahead of the SNP’s opposition day debate calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the expectation was that it could…
Lindsay Hoyle apologises amid Commons chaos
The Commons has gone into meltdown this evening over the Speaker’s handling of the Gaza ceasefire motion, with the Speaker…
Parliament’s Gaza vote won’t help anyone
The big issue at PMQs today was the motion calling for an end to hostilities in Gaza. In itself this…
Starmer doesn’t need to be loved to win the next election
Conservatives are currently reassuring themselves that a general election defeat is not inevitable because, as Nadine Dorries put it recently,…
The urgent call for an equitable transition: a cry for help from the Kiewa Valley
In the serene landscapes of rural Victoria, where the Kiewa Valley’s rolling hills and verdant meadows paint a picture of…
Lindsay Hoyle has become a menace
The Labour party is not very good at electing prime ministers but it is very good indeed at electing House…
“It’s the culture, stupid” – Matt Goodwin
Bill Clinton’s strategist James Carville memorably said, “It’s the economy, stupid”. Times have changed. The great political battles of our…
The Carlson critique
Volodymyr Zelensky – the front-line president (Wilkinson Publishing) Andrew L. Urban & Chris McLeod Our new book (the 2nd on…
Swift justice for the political class
The question I asked after reading a report about Taylor Swift’s biggest-ever concert in Melbourne, which reportedly had over 90,000…
Switching on reality
When the lights went out last week for 500,000 Victorians, it wasn’t all bad. Most still had natural gas to…
Why is Labour going after Kemi Badenoch?
One person dominated Prime Minister’s Questions, and it wasn’t Rishi Sunak or Keir Starmer. It was Kemi Badenoch, who appears…
London has France to thank for its Brexit win
The City of London would be hollowed out. Bankers would have to retrain as burger chefs. And Paris and Frankfurt…
Prince William should keep quiet about Gaza
‘William: Fighting in Gaza must be brought to an end’, bellows the Daily Telegraph‘s front page today, next to an…
The failed Trident missile launch is a big embarrassment for Britain
With Keir Starmer having rid the Labour party of its Corbynite doctrines, Britain’s independent nuclear deterrent would not be expected…
Is Orban’s family policy coming unstuck?
Hungary’s governing Fidesz party is in crisis over an issue it has staked its credibility on: the defence of the…
Tucker Carlson’s spat with Boris Johnson turns nasty
Some of Steerpike’s wiser American friends like to say that Tucker Carlson, the mayhem-causing TV man, has a lot in…
Navalny gave Russians hope – they must hold on to it
In the wake of the news that Alexei Navalny died in the darkness and bitter cold of Russia’s remote Polar…
Macron’s latest adversary might be his most dangerous yet
It’s been a terrible start to the year for Emmanuel Macron and his new government. Aside from the well-publicised farmers’…
How Britain helped Robert Mugabe rise to power
A century ago today, Robert Mugabe was born. The man who would come to rule over Zimbabwe between 1980 and…
A subdued Donald Trump in South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina I’ve now seen three versions of Donald Trump in the state where I grew up. In 2016,…
Foreign policy fibs and half-truths
Despite frequent promises that they would be the most transparent and open government ever, the Albanese government has gone out…
Why are the Tories, Labour and the SNP changing their tune on Gaza?
The government has now tabled its own amendment to the SNP motion calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. This change…
Could Assange be freed?
What could be the final act in the long-running drama of Julian Assange’s legal battles has opened at the High…
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