Retail outrage: Plibersek wants the clothes off your back. ‘I’ll be watching.’
To cope with the outrageous creep of authoritarian behaviour and inescapable globalism, sometimes citizens of the West refer to themselves…
Officials back Kemi Badenoch in Post Office row
The row over compensation for wrongly convicted postmasters returned to parliament again today. Kemi Badenoch, the Business Secretary, is currently…
Can Jeremy Hunt actually afford to cut taxes?
Does Jeremy Hunt have the cash to spend on tax cuts in his spring Budget next week? That’s the billion…
Week in 60 Minutes S2E5: Plibersek’s war on fashion! Senator Malcolm Roberts, Marita Pushon, and Kevin Donnelly
When the World Economic Forum calls with a terrible idea, Labor dutifully obeys. This time, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has…
Why Macron won’t send troops to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron does enjoy a good grandstanding. Having once been keen to present himself as a possible bridge-builder…
How the Netherlands became a narco-state
In a heavily-fortified Amsterdam courthouse known as The Bunker, Ridouan Taghi, the chieftain of the so-called ‘Mocro-Maffia’ (Moroccan mafia), and…
How Hunt’s Budget could put Starmer in a bind
Time was when a chancellor had to resign for leaking the Budget – Hugh Dalton famously lost his job after…
Why is Macron acting like a ‘warlord’?
Emmanuel Macron has said that the West may have to send ground troops to Ukraine to support their war against…
Sunak’s Lee Anderson problem isn’t going away
It’s day five of the Lee Anderson debacle and the row shows no signs of abating. Rishi Sunak is having…
Why shortening the school summer holidays helps no one
A new report, funded by the Nuffield Foundation, has recommended that the six-week school summer holiday should be reduced to four weeks,…
Lords amendment could thwart Emirati bid for Telegraph and Spectator
In an era of information wars, a ban on foreign powers owning news providers is an act of common sense…
The Church of England shouldn’t be neutral about the Ukraine war
The Church of England’s Synod is debating the war in Ukraine today. There will be a vote on a motion…
Queensland Supreme Court finds some Covid vaccine orders unlawful
The Queensland Supreme Court, in a recent judgment, found that mandatory Covid vaccination orders for that state’s police and ambulance…
Ukraine’s heroes are losing hope
Ukraine can still win its war against Russia – and it can win it in 2024. All it needs is…
Why is the BBC not telling the full truth about a trans cat-killing murderer?
Given that the BBC places great store in having a ‘Verify’ unit to root out fake news emanating from other…
Tory switchers less keen on Sunak’s smoking ban
It’s the threat the Tories really fear: a high-profile defection at the beginning of an election year. Richard Tice’s Reform…
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…
