The shamelessness of David Rothkopf
David Rothkopf may not be Ron Klain’s favorite DC pundit. That title goes to Jennifer Rubin, the “conservative” Washington Post…
Australia is importing UK policy on ‘gender affirmation’
The BBC recently pulled out of the Workplace Equality Index and Diversity Champions – a UK LGBTQ+ scheme put on…
Can Boris really blame the press for his defeat?
When asked what went wrong in North Shropshire, Boris Johnson gave a fascinating answer: journalists. Apparently, they have been reporting…
How Boris Johnson survives
When the Conservative party looks in the mirror what does it see? Beyond the bruising, what face peers back from…
Is the EU heading for a booster crisis?
The Omicron variant spreads far more quickly. It infects far more people. And it is already rampant around the world,…
The joy of Boris’s bungled by-election
By any reasonable standard the result in the North Shropshire by-election must be reckoned the funniest in years. Perhaps even…
Boris Johnson is now in political purgatory
We have just witnessed one of the most dramatic defeats in the history of British by-elections. A 38 per cent swing…
It’s time to take the Lib Dems seriously again
As far as seismic by-election results go, North Shropshire is one for the ages. The Tories had held onto the…
What’s behind Shinzo Abe’s Reaganesque straight talk on China?
What’s behind Shinzo Abe’s Reaganesque straight talk on China? In his December 1 video address to the Taipei-based Institute For…
Covid, the constitution and consensus
When Fox News anchor, Chris Wallace, announced that he was leaving Fox News last Sunday, the only question was whether…
China is a gold medallist in Olympic boycotts
Guess which country is a gold medallist for Olympic boycotts? Surely not the country that claimed recently a diplomatic boycott…
I took Hillary Clinton’s Masterclass in ‘resilience’
At some point near the one-hour mark, wooziness strikes. It’s that voice, that shrill drone. You can only take so much before the…
John Cleese’s cancel culture hypocrisy
‘Always look on the bright side of life’ sang Monty Python. But it seems that for at least one of the…
The ABC’s vibe needs correcting
Without even having listened to the IPA’s documentary podcast Their ABC, ABC board member Joe Gersh criticised the podcast but…
The war on Christmas comes home
America’s longest war has just come home. Last week, Fox News’s All-American Christmas Tree, standing merrily outside the channel’s headquarters…
The attacks on J.K. Rowling only prove her point
It is often said that J.K. Rowling is uncancellable. So rich and bankable is the Harry Potter author — now…
Ben Wallace takes aim at the misuse of the military
On this week’s Spectator TV, Andrew Neil interviews the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. The pair discuss Ukraine, Taiwan, Iran and…
The truth about my sister, Ghislaine Maxwell
The mainstream media’s pronunciation of my sister’s name has been about as accurate as their coverage of her. No, it’s…
Macron’s British travel ban is entirely political
Emmanuel Macron subjected France to a two-hour primetime television interview on Wednesday evening which must have been a pre-Christmas treat…
Revealed: Durham students’ chilling demands over ‘Rod gate’
The spirit of the Stepford students is back with a vengeance at our top universities, judging by the hysteria which…
Normal people have been ‘scared stupid’ by Covid
I host a weekly radio show Lily High on Life with the by-line, ‘Change your attitude, change your life’ –…
It’s been a rough start for freedom in Perrottet’s NSW
One of the first acts of the New South Wales Police Force on ‘Freedom Day’ was to cancel the ‘Freedom…
Gender-critical Tasmanian women are given permission to speak
A council meeting in Hobart has received some press attention for a motion brought by Councillor Jax Fox. The meeting…
Twelve questions for Christmas – answers
1. Anish Giri 2. Nona Gaprindashvili 3. Jamie Njoku-Goodwin 4. Alireza Firouzja 5. Magnus Carlsen–Hikaru Nakamura 6. 2 Qf4+! gxf4…
Christmas quiz – the answers
Rather odd Mars Michael Jordan Tower Bridge Moscow’s Lightning Winston Churchill Russia Jenners Sri Lanka El Salvador Don’t quote me…
