The town of Broken Hill in Australia was supposed to showcase running an electricity grid entirely on renewable energy – until, just two weeks in, a single storm left the population without power for days.
Authoritarian government always suppresses free speech, but the worst part is that the public joins in, says Sallust, as he sees lessons in the 1939 writings of Nora Waln, who saw the iron fist coming down before her eyes.
Labour plans to build 1.5 million new homes in five years. That's 821 per day, 34 per hour. No chance, says Sallust. And when this turns into another broken promise, it will all be someone else's fault, naturally.
Australia's latest hare-brained scheme to turn the Outback into a giant solar farm resembles a nutty Heath Robinson contraption and may mark the beginning of the end of Australia's renewables romance, says Nick Cater.
Nick Carter in the Australian has written a merciless attack on Keir Starmer's handling of the summer riots and says the lesson for Australia from Britain's failed diversity experiment is clear: stop before it's too late.
Sallust raises red flags about the seismic impact of the Muslim Vote in the 2024 General Election, warning that future elections are increasingly set to be dominated by hostile sectarianism.
According to a BBC report, a group of macaques on Monkey Island in Puerto Rico got along better after a hurricane. Could it be that extreme weather isn’t all bad? asks Sallust.
The BBC has been pushing a story about a summer heatwave in the U.S. – blamed on climate change, of course – but the spectacular 'Junaury' winter storm in Montana got barely a mention.
In the UK, interest in news has halved since 2015 amidst a worldwide plummet in engagement with current affairs. The BBC reports on a global survey showing a sharp loss of trust in news providers and a hiding from reality.
Sallust underscores the profound impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on parenting skills, evident in schools like Telford's Lantern Academy, where basic communication and potty training have become necessary.
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