Deal or no-deal? The choice is Boris Johnson’s
If you voted for Brexit, did you think it was a state of pure and perfect national independence, or did…
Tim Smith’s gender confusion
Policians are finding it hard to think straight when it comes to gay conversion laws. Take Victorian Liberal MP Tim…
The Victorian Liberals silent anniversary
Ten years ago Ted Baillieu broke the Liberal’s post-Kennett electoral drought by leading his party back into power in Victoria. …
Every business is essential
Governors across the country are deploying their unilateral power to institute draconian measures which close small businesses, mostly those in…
Can Boris’s dash to Brussels secure a Brexit deal?
The upshot of Boris Johnson and Ursula von der Leyen’s conversation this evening is that the pair will meet in…
The crushing lack of curiosity of the MSM
The legacy news media appears determined to nail down its own coffin-lid, as its former viewers and readers are forced to seek…
The Tory Covid wars aren’t going away
The Covid wars in the Tory party aren’t going away any time soon, not least because MPs are expecting a…
Brace yourselves for President Harris
Although the electors for the presidential election of 2020 do not cast their votes until December 14, and their votes…
Barack Obama, the real narcissist president?
For four years now, Democrats and the media have droned on about how much of a narcissist Donald Trump is.…
Should we judge Roald Dahl’s work by his anti-Semitism?
Roald Dahl died in 1990. So why does it matter today that he was an anti-Semite? Why has his family…
The Met Office’s confused climate change forecasts
Oh, do make your mind up. Is snow in Britain going to be eradicated for good due to climate change…
The COVID response shows the left is losing its way
Last month, British Columbia announced that those who don’t wear masks indoors can now be fined $230. ‘To me, it’s…
The rise of toxic femininity
The days of women merely fighting for equal opportunity have long since ceased. According to Christina Hoff Summers, the goal of…
Inside the no-deal reasonable worst case scenario
I’ve been passed the government’s ‘reasonable worst case scenario planning assumptions to support civil contingencies planning for the end of…
WA Labor’s bizarre bout of Murdoch madness
We really are in a post-truth era of politics; and for a change, Western Australia is leading the pack instead of trailing 30 years behind.…
You can’t reduce debt by taking on more debt
Pop. That is the sound of the pin of reality piercing the inflated balloon of Australian economic wishful thinking. Fresh…
GDP is up, but recession conditions remain
The September quarter national accounts released last Wednesday have been interpreted by some commentators as heralding the end of the…
Be afraid: Victoria restarts hotel quarantine today
Today, Monday 7 December, will be a day filled with trepidation for Victorians and all Australians. Today is the day…
Meet the pollster who doesn’t suck at his job
The winner of this year’s presidential election may be different than the last, but the struggles of the polling industry…
Johnson’s ‘last throw of the dice’ in Brexit talks
The UK’s chief negotiator David Frost has arrived in Brussels for last-minute talks with the EU’s Michel Barnier. After a phone…
A Grantham statue is the least Margaret Thatcher deserves
Grantham in Lincolnshire has an interesting history. Newton went to school there. Turner produced several paintings of local scenes. During…
The Grenfell Tower inquiry is uncovering a major corporate scandal
A picture of an enormous corporate scandal has emerged at the Grenfell Tower inquiry to little fanfare over the last…
The need to blame someone in the COVID-19 pandemic: a personal reflection
Social stigma is a damaging phenomenon. It occurs when people are associated with negatively viewed events, beliefs, and social phenomena…
Victoria’s latest gender legislation risks a future litigation tidal wave
In 1869, a “well-meaning” Victorian government passed the Aborigines Protection Act under which Aboriginal children could be taken from their…
Real climate science
According to Tim Flannery’s Climate Council, Aborigines ate the megafauna, so highly flammable scrub grew up and they had to…
