Javier Milei dismantles the Davos groupthink

19 January 2024 3:30 am

Each year the World Economic Forum’s conference in Davos, Switzerland draws the attention of conspiracy theorists. In truth, nothing is…

Starmer flip-flops on his CPS record

19 January 2024 2:33 am

He’s at it again. Like those unscrupulous bosses he professes to despise, Sir Keir Starmer enjoys taking the credit when…

Sergei Lavrov: War has had a ‘positive impact on life in Russia’

19 January 2024 2:08 am

Just when you thought Putin’s regime couldn’t sink any lower, it somehow manages to. Like something out of George Orwell’s 1984,…

Now even Humza distances himself from the SNP

19 January 2024 1:53 am

You know your brand is struggling when even the boss wants to ditch it. For it seems that hapless Humza…

Are the Saudis really ruining boxing?

18 January 2024 11:35 pm

There’s a new mantra in championship boxing. Try speaking to anyone from that world – a big-time promoter, trainer or…

Dare not speak its name

18 January 2024 11:30 pm

According to recent polling around the consequential caucuses just held, some 80 per cent of Iowa Republicans believe Joe Biden’s…

Sunak goes on the offensive over Rwanda

18 January 2024 11:28 pm

Who is to blame if no flights with asylum seekers leave the UK for Rwanda ahead of the election? In…

Charles, Kate and the changing attitude to royal illness

18 January 2024 11:17 pm

It was a detail that most novelists or screenwriters would have rejected as being too much. Shortly after yesterday’s announcement…

The clash between Iran and Pakistan is spiralling out of control

18 January 2024 11:15 pm

Pakistan’s retaliatory military strike on suspected militant bases in Iran – in response to Iranian attacks in Pakistani territory – can…

In defence of Katharine Birbalsingh’s prayer ban

18 January 2024 10:16 pm

We won’t know for some time what the outcome of the claim that a London school has broken the law…

Woolworths doubles down

18 January 2024 9:36 pm

Corporations these days do much to engender the absence of any respect of their customers. And they do not care.…

Will the Lords block Rishi’s Rwanda Bill?

18 January 2024 8:18 pm

Rishi Sunak will have been delighted last night to see his Rwanda Bill pass in the Commons, by 320 votes…

Lee Anderson: Laughing Labour MPs stopped me voting against Rwanda Bill

18 January 2024 7:45 pm

Tory MP Lee Anderson’s name was a curious omission from the list of rebels who voted against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda…

Self-driving cars are not yet safe enough to hit the roads

18 January 2024 7:41 pm

Despite warnings that self-driving cars are not yet safe to hit the roads, the government is pushing ahead with making automated vehicles (AVs)…

Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill is a sham

18 January 2024 5:45 pm

In voting through the government’s Rwanda Bill, Conservative MPs have made a declaration: they want to reduce illegal immigration but…

Why do we send the wrong people to prison?

18 January 2024 4:30 pm

In prison, I met a lot of men who said they shouldn’t be there. They presented detailed mitigations, and listed…

Mr. Uygur goes to Washington

18 January 2024 2:23 pm

You’ve probably seen a clip of Cenk Uygur, founder and host of the progressive online news network the Young Turks.…

Only 11 Tories vote against Rwanda Bill

18 January 2024 8:49 am

As expected, the Commons has backed the Safety of Rwanda Bill at third reading by 320 votes to 276. Just…

Rwanda rebels fold to guarantee Sunak victory

18 January 2024 5:59 am

The Rwanda Bill will tonight pass its Third Reading in the House of Commons, after right-wing rebels threw in the…

The top ten worst modern presidential campaigns, ranked

18 January 2024 5:05 am

The decline and fall of the Ron DeSantis campaign has led several people within the commentariat — which these days…

Rishi Sunak’s nightmare PMQs

18 January 2024 3:24 am

Wow. For Rishi fans, that was one to forget. The Tory leader lacked his usual fluency and focus at PMQs…

A real talk, with Zuby

18 January 2024 3:00 am

It’s perhaps never been harder to speak the truth than it is in the West today. In fact, many people…

Mediocranny – the legacy of DEI

18 January 2024 3:00 am

There are so many lessons to be learned from the case of ex-Harvard President Claudine Gay. Perhaps the crux of…

Political cowardice is putting our country at risk

18 January 2024 2:48 am

On the eve of Australia Day, and when Australians are doing it tough, the Prime Minister has betrayed our nation

Foreign policy gaffes

18 January 2024 2:20 am

I might have been wrong… This was the thought that rushed through my mind while listening to Prof. John Mearsheimer. He…