Israel goes for Hezbollah’s leadership
Israel has carried out a daring air strike against Hezbollah’s headquarters. The Islamist terror group’s underground command centre, located below…
Why couldn’t Labour save Harland and Wolff?
As expected, Harland and Wolff, the legendary Belfast shipyard which built the Titanic, has formally entered administration. This comes as a…
Beijing is seriously concerned about the Chinese economy
China’s leaders and economic policymakers – who have been optimistic and confident about the economy for years – are clearly spooked. Just…
Six policies for an Australian Libertarian movement
The Coalition is having an existential crisis. With the threat of a Double Dissolution election looming and the Misinformation and…
Humiliated Victoria shamed on world stage
Almost exactly a year after reviled Labor leader Daniel Andrews resigned his post as Victorian Premier – his legacy continues…
Whatever happened to the ‘Office of Deputy PM’?
Poor old Angela Rayner. It seems she is not too happy about reports that she is being ‘frozen out’ of…
Watch: JSO protestors attack more Van Gogh paintings
It didn’t take long for the eco-zealots to strike again. Just minutes after Just Stop Oil activists Phoebe Plummer and…
Why did it take Baroness Warsi so long to quit the Tory party?
There will be little surprise that Baroness Warsi has resigned the Conservative whip; the greater wonder is that she didn’t do…
Quorn truly deserves to go bust
When I heard that Marlow Foods, parent company of Quorn, had reported a £63 million loss due to declining demand…
Boris never had a chance of convincing Prince Harry to stay
Strange though it might seem now, at the beginning of 2020 Boris Johnson came close to achieving his childhood ambition…
Labour climate envoy sports Extinction Rebellion badge
When it rains for Sir Keir Starmer, it pours. Labour isn’t yet in the clear over the freebie fiasco that…
Will ‘flatgate’ damage Keir Starmer?
Labour conference has been and gone and still Lord Alli remains in the headlines. The latest claims regarding the multimillionaire…
Russell Findlay becomes Scottish Tory leader
The first of two Conservative leadership contests has concluded and today it has been announced that the new leader of…
Japan’s next prime minister is a bit of a maverick
The 67-year-old Shigeru Ishiba will become Japan’s new prime minister on 1 October after winning a surprisingly exciting play-off vote…
Why didn’t the BBC air this 7 October documentary earlier?
We all know what happened on 7th October 2023. But those of us who have watched the Israeli government’s compilation…
Slating Nato won’t help Donald Trump
Reacting to Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Scranton, Pennsylvania, earlier this week, Donald Trump reiterated his long-standing ambition to bring Russia’s…
Viktor Orban’s adviser has made a big mistake
This week Balazs Orban, the bespectacled political director to the Hungarian Prime Minister (and of no relation to him), has…
Starmer needs to make peace with Elon Musk
It is tantrums at dawn between Elon Musk and Keir Starmer’s Labour government. The Tesla billionaire and owner of Twitter…
Boris gave Prince ‘manly pep talk’ to keep him in UK
Well, well, well. When the monarchs of Montecito decided to cut ties with the UK and live stateside, Prince Harry…
Trump on Starmer: ‘I actually think he’s very nice’
After months of diary-juggling, Keir Starmer finally got his meeting with the man who could be the next US President.…
What is Biden’s Middle East legacy?
No one can accuse President Joe Biden of failing to do his utmost to prevent a full-scale war from breaking…
How to evacuate a country
As fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah, planning for a potential evacuation of British nationals from Lebanon has seen troops,…
Why women’s prisons don’t work
This week, the Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said that her ‘ultimate ambition’ was to close women’s prisons, saying they were…
French women are afraid. But the country’s politicians don’t seem to care
In a country that has become accustomed to atrocities in the last decade, the brutal murder of a 19-year-old student…
You reap what you sow, Sir Keir
The public response to Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers accepting gifts from Labour donors and others has been what…
