Nothing will change after Mike Freer stands down
Nothing will change in the wake of Mike Freer’s decision to stand down. That a Member of Parliament says he…
Britain must help Burma win its freedom
Three years ago today, the military in Burma (or Myanmar, as the junta prefers to call it) plunged the country…
Spain and the mystery of Scotland’s Covid travel list
Nicola Sturgeon had a very rough time at the UK Covid-19 inquiry in Edinburgh yesterday. A sticky moment in particular…
What’s going on with Nicola Sturgeon’s memory?
Nicola Sturgeon’s memory is a fascinating and frustrating thing. At times, the former First Minister of Scotland’s powers of recall…
California’s next freedom to lose: speeding
There are perfectly practical reasons to study philosophy. That’s what I told my teenage daughter when she came to me…
Nicola Sturgeon’s torrid time at the Covid Inquiry
Nicola Sturgeon’s afternoon at the Covid Inquiry was pretty brutal. She was subjected to a difficult round of questioning on…
How to rig an election, with Nic Cheeseman
2024 is the biggest election year in history. Countries with more than half the world’s population – over four billion…
Steal from the rich. Steal from the poor. Steal from them all!
What does our Prime Minister really think about money? Does he see himself as the ‘Robin Hood’ of Australian democracy?…
A journey into the classical Roman rite
In the heart of an Australian capital city, amidst the bustling modernity of our liberal society in 2024, I found…
David Cameron is in a muddle over Palestine
The definition of madness, commonly attributed to Albert Einstein, is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a…
Boycott backlash: Rip Curl on the run
#BoycottRipcurl is ripping its way through social media after the surf and snowwear icon featured a trans activist instead of…
Albanese is the real source of misinformation
Anthony Albanese likes to decry misinformation, but the irony is that his government is one of its biggest proponents. As…
Anzac Day shame
News today that a rock concert has been planned for Anzac Day in Sydney demonstrates just how much trouble we…
Starmer and Sunak argue about a man called Phil
Keir Starmer opened PMQs by describing ‘the plight of the Member for Mid Norfolk’, whose mortgage had gone up by…
Martin Bashir continues to haunt the BBC
In the annals of those connected with the contemporary Royal Family, it is hard not to see the journalist and…
No, Brexit checks won’t push up food prices
It is one of those occasions when you don’t need to wait for tomorrow’s newspapers to know what will be…
Labour U-turns, yet again
Another day, another Labour U-turn. This morning it’s the turn of Rachel Reeves, who has done another copy and paste…
Jeremy Hunt should ignore the IMF’s tax cut warning
Government borrowing is lower than had been forecast. The economy needs some form of a boost. And perhaps most of…
Will expat voters really help the Tories at the next election?
With opinion polls predicting an oncoming electoral shellacking for the Conservatives, it is unsurprising that Rishi Sunak is hoping to…
Mass migration will make the housing crisis so much worse
We can have mass migration or we can have affordable housing. But it’s hard to see how we can possibly…
Is Taylor Swift a psyop?
In 2024, right-wingers are facing a doddery, often incoherent Democratic president, an even more incoherent VP (who doesn’t have the…
The surprising truth about ‘Nanny State’ Britain
This week, a Conservative Prime Minister announced he was banning something – disposable vapes. The reaction to that ban –…
Will this be the summer of Daniel?
‘Wholesale electricity prices on the East Coast have halved from 2022 levels, reflecting the increasing role that low-cost renewables are…
Ilhan Omar and the battle of the Somali translators
Who knew there were so many fluent Somali speakers in Washington? Talking to a crowd of Somali émigrés in Minneapolis…
Applying Javier Milei’s ideas to banking regulation in Australia
There is a series of sentences in Javier Milei’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, which are…
