Keep your vote out of the swamp. Victorians, read this before Saturday!
There’s a party running in the Victorian Election tomorrow that goes by the name of ‘Sack Dan Andrews – Restore…
How Qatar uses its wealth to challenge western values
The French have adopted a ‘when in Rome’ approach to the World Cup in Qatar, refraining from virtue-signalling their disapproval…
Lacking a spine? Vic Libs and the Renee Heath controversy
The state of Victoria has served up yet another watershed moment in the decline of freedom of association. Back in…
The permanent revolution or a conservative renaissance?
Whatever the result of this Saturday’s Victorian election, one thing is for sure: there will be no conservative renaissance south…
Ignore the French, the next war requires nuclear subs
Do armchair warriors really believe our submariners should fight in obsolete diesel-electric submarines in defence of our nation? Making the performative…
Victoria: divide and conquer
The Victorian Premier leads by diversion, distraction, and division. He doesn’t answer journalists’ questions – diverting their attention to another…
The Tories’ migration policy problem
Today’s net migration figures naturally present a problem for ministers in that they are going in the opposite direction to…
Theresa May savages Piers Morgan
Perhaps the most cathartic moment of The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards was when the relatively quiet former PM…
Davos deities and the Schwabian dystopia
Several years ago The Spectator Australia Editor and Sky News Australia host Rowan Dean said that it’s ‘a hardcore leftist eco-horror show replete with…
Net migration has surged to 504,000. Why?
Net migration to Britain has passed 500,000 for the first time ever – twice as high as the recently upgraded…
New Zealand’s Supreme Court is playing a foolish game of politics
If you are still trying to come to grips with our Supreme Court’s delicate relation with the politics of Scottish…
What now for Scottish nationalists?
The Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on independence. The Supreme Court has made…
The World Cup armband row would never happen in Japan
Before the start of their World Cup game with Japan, the German team chose to make a ‘protest’. Each player…
Will Rishi Sunak get away with ignoring voters on the right?
Conventional wisdom has long held that the Conservatives win elections from the centre ground – including territory just to the…
Can Boris Johnson’s Charles de Gaulle act pay off?
It is only a month since Boris Johnson gave up his dramatic attempt to regain the Premiership he reluctantly surrendered…
Australian law-making needs repair
Australian federal and state governments fall well short of good practice in developing and deciding policies that affect us all.…
Victoria’s looming energy disaster
A centrepiece of Victorian Premier Dan Andrews’ campaign is to renationalise Victoria’s privately owned electricity businesses. He claims that the…
Ron Klain ruins Thanksgiving
Top Twitter user Ron Klain is at it again. This time, the terminally online White House chief of staff tweeted…
The pandemic pushers need to stop
During the WHO press conference on global health issues on November 9, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced that since…
Victorian Labor: trashing public trust
As Victorians head to the polls this Saturday they’re deciding much more than who controls the state’s finances for the…
The Tory planning row is becoming increasingly bitter
The Tories are really wheeling out all the greatest hits for party rows at the moment. Not content with a…
Stop ignoring the real environmentalists
What does throwing soup on a piece of art have to do with the environment? When we hear the word…
Mohammed bin Salman doesn’t care what the West thinks of him
Saudi Arabia is a bit like us. It’s decent at football. It holds conferences to talk about things like ‘investing in humanity’.…
It could soon be game over for Nicola Sturgeon
The idea that a referendum on Scottish independence could be held without it having any bearing on the constitution of…
Nicola Sturgeon is running out of road
Nicola Sturgeon gave a predictable response to the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Scottish government does not have the power…
