A target of zero cases means zero jobs, zero freedom and zero hope. Here’s a better way
Australia needs a COVID-19 reset. After seven hard months of social isolation, economic pain and despair about the future, the…
The arguments that will win or lose indyref2
Our latest poll in Scotland makes grim reading for unionists and offers much to celebrate for supporters of Scottish independence.…
Oh, there’s Hunter…
Res ipse loquitur. What a card Joe Biden is. Here he is to Fox News a year ago: ‘I have…
The Barrett hearings show the Democrats have wised up since Kavanaugh
There was nothing original about Amy Coney Barrett’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee other than her incessant professions of…
How new Covid restrictions are stalling the economy
The theory behind a V-shaped recovery relied on the assumption that the economy would open up almost as quickly as…
Donald Trump is running out of time
Donald Trump was bewildered, frustrated, and downright exasperated. Addressing a crowd of red-hatted, hard-core MAGA supporters last night in Johnstown,…
What’s woke this week?
You may have noticed a disturbance in the force this week as the orbits of high fashion, academia and Hollywood collided to form a…
Tiphaine Auzière and the panic inside the Élysée
Will the presidency of Emmanuel Macron open the door to a political dynasty in France? He has no children, so…
A medic’s case against another lockdown
‘Do no harm’ are three words all doctors must follow in the course of their work. These words make me…
Their ABC and ‘secret lovers’
This morning Their ABC ran early news bulletins that used the phrase ‘secret lover’ referencing the Premier of New South…
Coronavirus tipped us into recession – a recession made inevitable by two decades of policy failures
There is a natural desire for people to compare this current 2020-21 economic recession to earlier ones, with the most obvious…
‘No fair basis’ for canceling presidential debate, says Scott Atlas
White House coronavirus task force member Dr Scott Atlas said during a Tuesday interview with The Spectator there was ‘no…
Donald Trump is a medieval king
What the hell are we all going to talk about when he’s gone? That’s the barely disguised fear of wonks and analysts,…
Busting the super fund spending rorts
The 2020 budget will end the practice of super funds spending your money on themselves thanks to the “your future,…
Inside Boris Johnson’s Zoom call with Tory MPs
As Tory MPs vent over the government’s new three-tier coronavirus system, Boris Johnson appeared this evening before his party for an…
Germany’s growing Covid revolt
Germany is edging towards revolt. Twelve of the country’s 16 federal states have brought in ‘accommodation bans’, forbidding travellers in high-risk areas from…
The GOP’s Faustian bargain with Trump pays off
I don’t know who is going to win the election. I write this on the fourth anniversary of the Billy Bush Access…
The curious case of the man who caught COVID twice
Does catching the SARS-CoV-2 virus give us immunity from further infection by the virus or can we catch it a…
Why I’m dressing as Daniel Andrews this Halloween
Halloween is the greatest moral dilemma facing Western Civilisation. What started out as a bit of fun involving spooks and…
Not all in this together
When it comes to the coronavirus it is simply untrue, in many ways, to say that we’re all in this…
Is Britain really a nation of lockdown-lovers?
A quick read of the polls, and you would be forgiven for thinking we are a nation of lockdown-lovers, clamouring…
Australia must have nothing to do with UN Council of Human Rights
Imagine the outcry if Donald Trump appointed five members of the Ku Klux Klan to oversee race relations. There would…
What’s benevolent about ‘benevolent surveillance’?
Governments have shown a disturbing desire to control the behaviour of their citizens with technology. The NSW government intends to…
Parliamentary showdown looms today over Daniel Andrews’ freedom of movement bars
Victorian Liberals will today move amendments to the controversial COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) Bill that will scrap the five-kilometre rule…
Do you want a Trump or Biden economy?
It would be great if the President was an icon of virtue and goodness, but he isn’t. As much as…
