Sinn Fein’s rise to power is nothing to celebrate
The resumption of devolution in Northern Ireland – scheduled for tomorrow after the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) reached a deal…
Home Office afflicted by top talent crisis
Rishi Sunak has made ‘stopping the boats’ central to his premiership. So it is, er, sub-optimal then that word reaches…
Delenda est Australia
Cato the Elder’s rhetorical phrase comes to mind when reflecting on the present sorry state of Australia. The left’s propaganda…
Post-Davos, Argentina’s Milei holds the Libertarian line: ‘There’s no plan B’
Post-Davos, Javier Milei’s Libertarian plan for Argentina hasn’t changed. As suspicious as any association with the shady World Economic Forum makes politicians…
Rugby isn’t child abuse. But it is dangerous
Why is no one only slightly wrong any more? We don’t say or do things that are foolish or ill-thought out…
What was the Clapham chemical attack suspect doing in Britain?
Here’s my question about Abdul Ezedi, the suspect in the Clapham chemical attack: what the hell was he doing in…
Viktor Orban has proved he’s a shrewd negotiator
All eyes were on Hungary’s Viktor Orbán at yesterday’s EU summit in Brussels. The issue at stake was simple but…
France’s farmers will be back on Paris’s doorstep before long
In a week full of symbolism in France, the most striking image was the sight of armoured cars blocking the…
Keir Starmer’s £28 billion problem
Another day, another story about Labour’s plans to ditch its pledge to spend £28 billion a year on green investment.…
Why have Germany’s spies opened a file on their old chief?
It’s not often that an ex-spymaster is spied upon by his former colleagues. But just that has happened in Germany,…
Did they chant ‘Gas the Jews’ or ‘Where’s the Jews!’
The choked, panicked words ‘I shot the prick!’ recorded in an emergency call played at a murder trial would have…
Is there such thing as a fair Trump trial?
I’m an unlikely defender of Donald Trump. Politically, he’s not my boy. Most of the former president’s hyperbolic rants make…
Biden should stop appeasing Venezuela, says Salazar
Venezuelan presidential hopeful María Corina Machado had filed a claim in December, arguing to the country’s highest court, that a…
Staffer filmed having gay sex in Senate office will not face charges
The Senate’s gay sex scandal started with a bang, but has ended with a whimper. This morning, the Capitol Police…
Nicola Sturgeon wasn’t the only one to politicise the pandemic
Nicola Sturgeon ‘could cry from one eye if she wanted to,’ Alister Jack told the UK Covid Inquiry this morning.…
Interest rate cuts are on the horizon
The Bank of England (BoE) has held interest rates at 5.25 per cent for the fourth time in a row. This is…
Misinformation: the science of political manipulation
Political science is an oxymoron. What is an oxymoron? The word’s etymology suggests it is derived from two words, ‘oxygen’…
The WEF’s Digital ID invades Australia
Warfare in the 21st Century is often conducted in the realm of cyberspace. Despite the growing concerns of cybercrime and…
The Northern Ireland Brexit deal isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal is an end to any dreams of a UK that runs itself. Much of the…
Labour woos business with a corporation tax pledge
One of the big changes in the Labour party since Keir Starmer took over from Jeremy Corbyn is the approach…
Double Shot S2E1: The Left’s war against Australia Day! Dr David Adler, Blake Keating, and Senator Ralph Babet
Why are the Labor Party and the Greens so keen to hand money over to UNRWA? Dr David Adler explains…
Why is the civil service being given lessons on ‘microaggressions’?
Civil servants are being given lessons instructing them not to roll their eyes or look at their mobile phones while…
The post-Brexit crisis in Northern Ireland is finally over
Rishi Sunak, with almost daily input from Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, the Democratic Unionist Party leader, has just delivered a deal…
