The sad decline of The Simpsons
In the latest episode of ‘Americans Do the Funniest Things,’ it has emerged that The Simpsons is to replace the…
Welcome to Spectator Australia TV
We’re excited to be launching Spectator Australia TV and CounterCulture, a new weekly web show and podcast presented by Institute…
If Craig Kelly wants to strike while the iron’s hot…
When he resigned from the Liberal Party last week, Craig Kelly signalled that he would be seeking to highlight the…
The Budget could be an awkward moment for fiscal conservatives
There is no getting around the fact that these are awkward times for fiscal conservatives, such as myself. It has…
The World Economic Forum: ‘lockdowns are improving cities around the world’
The World Economic Forum — an economic think tank that thinks it’s great that everything is closed — announced today…
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You’ve just enjoyed today’s Outsiders — and there’s more to come. More to come very, very soon. Stand by for…
Pints and proposals at CPAC in Orlando
The Conservative Political Action Conference is in full swing. The ACU has upped sticks and thrown its annual shindig in…
Are the Tories about to ditch one of their biggest policy achievements?
We already know much of what will be in Rishi Sunak’s Budget next week. Another £30bn for Covid-relief measures: furlough…
Shamima Begum is not a victim
Adark cloud hangs over the Al Hol Camp where Shamima Begum is being held in North-Eastern Syria. She is said…
Iranians don’t hate Israel
The decades since the Islamic revolution have weighed heavy on the people of Iran. Living in fear, under extreme levels…
The trouble with ‘BAME’
Are Black people and Asians the same? Are they different from other ethnic minorities? What about Jews? And who do…
The campus Churchill delusion
Was Winston Churchill a racist? For students like me who attended Churchill College, Cambridge, it’s a question which barely even…
The worst political speeches of the decade
In thinking about the worst political speeches delivered in Britain, I reached for lectures that weren’t just technically poor but…
EXCLUSIVE: Danandrewstan, when Extinction Rebellion can march on March 22, but diggers can’t on April 25
Earlier this month, to the fury of veterans, Melbourne’s Anzac Day March was cancelled for the second year running, with…
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Women must lead the fight for equality in sports
Trans athletes have un-levelled the playing field for women and girls
Australian notes
Bullocks As you drive into our nation’s beef capital you are greeted by a statue of a bull emblazoned with…
In the land of the blind
Somehow, American culture has got itself into a terrible mess of division and acrimony: elites against mainstream, progressives against conservatives,…
