Sunak says his ‘working assumption’ is no spring election
Rishi Sunak has this afternoon given his strongest hint yet that the next general election will be held in the…
The Epstein files heap fresh embarrassment on Prince Andrew
Four days in, and 2024 shows every sign of being yet another annus horribilis for Prince Andrew. After – by…
The families of IRA terrorists shouldn’t get compensation
In the period between Christmas and New Year archives in both Belfast and Dublin are opened and documents are declassified.…
The real reason junior doctors are striking
Any remaining question about who NHS strikes are supposed to benefit has been put to rest this week. Industrial action…
eBay side-hustlers deserve to get taxed
There will be people outraged by the latest initiative of HMRC: to demand that the likes of Airbnb, eBay, and…
The real pandemic
We were told that Covid was a pandemic: and yet less than 1,000 died of Covid prior to the introduction…
Harvard’s Claudine Gay isn’t a victim of racism
A month ago, Claudine Gay of Harvard University was obsessed with putting things into context. Asked at that now infamous…
The Iran terror attack is embarrassing for the mullahs
Anyone who wants to strike at the heart of the Iranian regime would be hard-pressed for a more symbolic target…
The case for colonialism, with Bruce Gilley
The overwhelming majority of academic articles come and go with little fanfare. There may be the odd admiring nod from…
Lessons from the removal of Harvard’s president
“This is not a decision I came to easily,” wrote disgraced former Harvard University President Claudine Gay of her resignation…
Claudine Gay was bad for Harvard, but Harvard is bad for the country
I advise you to have a bottle of Dramamine on hand before reading Claudine Gay’s nauseating missive announcing her resignation as president…
Music and the well of human spirit
Amongst the huge volume of online viewing options that dominate our televisions these days, occasionally there are gems that speak…
Did Richard Tice tease a return to politics for Nigel Farage?
Reform UK is the great enigma of right-wing British politics. Despite lacking a memorable name, leader, policy platform or record…
Bitcoin’s bounce back has proved its critics wrong again
The charlatans had been exposed. Its flimsiness had been confirmed. And the bubble had finally burst. Rewind to just over…
The hypocrisy of France’s feminist movement
A cultural war has erupted in France over the iconic figure of Gérard Depardieu. The 75-year-old actor is considered one…
BBC rushes to defend Harvard’s president Gay
President Gay, we hardly knew thee. Six months ago, the political scientist was appointed the head of Harvard University to…
House prices aren’t falling any time soon
Economic forecasts rarely survive far into the New Year. Just look at last year’s prophecy by the IMF that the…
Claudine Gay is gone – but Harvard’s radical clerisy remain
In the end, Barack Obama, Penny Pritzker, 700-some members of the faculty, the mighty voice of the Harvard Crimson and the…
Israel is heading for war with Hezbollah
Saleh al-Arouri may have been a senior member of the Palestinian group Hamas, but the drone strike that brought his…
Israel has taken a big risk with its Hamas assassination in Lebanon
Israel today killed top Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri, in the most significant assassination since the war against Hamas started almost…
It’s no surprise Mhairi Black has turned on Nicola Sturgeon
Mhairi Black can clearly see which way the wind is blowing. ‘I did always feel a wee bit uncomfortable,’ the…
Israel’s supreme court verdict spells trouble for Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel’s supreme court has overturned a law passed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government last year that would have limited the power…
Life’s too short to battle public health puritans – I’m over it
When I’m not compiling the Morning Double Shot email, or talking on the radio, my professional role is as a…
Clover Moore’s ‘Blak power’ New Year’s Eve fireworks (for kids?)
The ABC has been dragged from one end of social media to the other after the appallingly political and nauseatingly…
The haunting certainties of Australian Digital ID
Of what can we be certain regarding the two Digital ID Bills opened by our federal government to public comment…
