Masking science with politics in the Covid era
The release of Matt Hancock’s WhatsApp messages in the ‘Lockdown files’ has been an eye-opener for many who are now…
Super betrayal: it’s not a tax on the rich, it’s a tax on the young
Throughout my twenty years as a financial planner, a frequent objection to my strategies is, ‘I don’t trust super’. The proposed…
The fanatical foot soldiers of feminism
So, another International Women’s Day has come and gone, and the usual plethora of dubious statistics, socialist ideology, and tendentious…
Jeremy Hunt’s crafty Budget spells trouble for Labour
Jeremy Hunt was designed to exclude unnecessary body movements. Tall and gaunt, his demeanour faintly bird-like, he worked through his…
The Budget in twelve graphs
Jeremy Hunt has just delivered his second Budget as Chancellor. The top message the Chancellor wants to push is that…
What do Jeremy Hunt’s welfare reforms add up to?
In his Budget speech, Jeremy Hunt made a great play on how Conservatives value work. Tories love talking about this…
The biggest Budget surprise wasn’t one of Jeremy Hunt’s announcements
The biggest surprise from today’s Budget was not an announcement, but the forecasts that gave Jeremy Hunt room for manoeuvre.…
Why Biden will never let Silicon Valley fail
After a bank run on Silicon Valley Bank left the institution in ruins, the Federal Reserve announced it would make…
Will Credit Suisse trigger a global banking crisis?
When your largest single shareholder decides that enough is enough, that it is no longer prepared to throw good money…
What Biden gets wrong about women’s rights
If you’ve spent any time on Twitter over the past few years you will almost certainly have met the ‘woke…
Budget 2023: the main takeaways
Jeremy Hunt is today unveiling his first Budget. He has told the Commons that his Budget will help deliver on…
Will the BBC own up to its Covid impartiality failings?
As Gary Lineker resumes his duties as the BBC’s highest-paid employee, it is worth appreciating that one of the Corporation’s…
Paris is stinking
They say Spring is a magical time to visit Paris but perhaps not this year. It’s not so much love…
Six key announcements in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget
Jeremy Hunt got the job as Chancellor because he is very different from his predecessor. If Kwasi Kwarteng was rash…
Australia’s big picture: climate change, nuclear energy, and defence
We are destroying our economy by shutting down baseload power whilst subsidising fake renewables, big batteries, and the incredible energy-gobbling…
CLARIFICATION – FLORADA
On 14 February 2023, The Spectator Australia published an article entitled ‘Covid killed the Roses’ on our Flat White column…
Get Woke, go broke: Vanguard ditches ESG investing
The world’s second largest asset management firm, Vanguard, with $8 trillion AUM, has pulled out of the ESG madness. This…
Why did a Russian jet and a US drone collide?
This morning, a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with a US MQ-9 Reaper surveillance drone over the Black Sea. The…
Men welcome in women’s basketball
It’s funny how the universe works. The first round of the women’s NBL1 competition is set for April 1st. That’s…
Alan Jones: should the pension age be lowered for Indigenous people?
Wouldn’t it be valid to argue (though Australians are frightened to say it) that Indigenous Australians, who constitute 3.8 per…
Silicon Valley Bank: doomed to fail?
The basic question to ask about the collapse of the $200 billion Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) is, why did it…
Rishi Sunak has a scrutiny problem
Rishi Sunak is in a hurry to fulfil his ‘five priorities’, especially on small boats. He’s in a hurry because…
Rishi’s Richmond flourish in No. 10
During Boris Johnson’s tenure, No 10. Downing Street seemed to anthropomorphise into being political actors itself. From partygate to wallpapergate,…
Will Rishi invite Biden to his California pad?
When Rishi Sunak became Prime Minister last October, Joe Biden phoned him to reaffirm the ‘special relationship’. But when the two leaders…
Fiona Bruce shouldn’t be punished for her Stanley Johnson comments
It is not the first time Fiona Bruce has been slated on social media. She has long been accused of…
