Pompeo: Hong Kong autonomy statement made with ‘great sadness’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press call Wednesday afternoon that his decision to declare Hong Kong no…
In Reconciliation Week and on Sorry Day
In Reconciliation Week and on Sorry Day we acknowledge that Australia is a racist country, and to say that it…
In praise of Kayleigh McEnany
Is Kayleigh McEnany the best Press Secretary in history? I think she may be. True, it’s early days. She was…
Is this the week the magic died for Boris Johnson?
What is really going on here? The via dolorosa Boris Johnson is trudging along is about more than Dominic Cummings’s…
Norway health chief: lockdown was not needed to tame Covid
Norway is assembling a picture of what happened before lockdown and its latest discovery is pretty significant. It is using…
Japan’s Covid success is a mystery
Japan’s Covid ‘State of Emergency’ is now officially over. Tokyo, the last of Japan’s 47 prefectures to be officially released…
We need a Pompeo Plan to tame the dragon
This article is in The Spectator’s June 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. It is traditional that the serious statesperson…
EXCLUSIVE: Greens Senator ignores China’s belligerence; calls for cancellation of cooperation with US military during corona crisis
As China denigrates Australia in official state media, slaps restrictions on our exports, refuses to respond to Trade Minister Simon…
Exposed: the true scope of lockdown unemployment
The official unemployment rate released by the ABS hides the true impact of the lockdown measures on the economy and…
Here’s hoping ScoMo’s new consensus with the unions is not what it appears
Is Scott Morrison’s industrial reform agenda a serious attempt at industrial change, or is it #ScottyfromMarketing looking for a mechanism…
Wacky Wayne Swan brings paranoia to the poll in Eden-Monaro
Are you ready, people? Tinfoil hats on? Teeth rotting nicely, fluoride-free? Anti 5G underwear secure? Right. Here are the highlights…
In a mental health crisis church controls don’t pass the pub test
In New South Wales, pubs and clubs will soon be allowed to open for 50 people but churches will still…
The Real White House Housewives
Donald Trump views The View as if it were a spouse over the age of 60: with disdain. ‘Explain how…
Joe Biden’s campaign has set feminism back decades
As we inch closer to the Democratic National Convention in August, the question looms ever larger: who will Joe Biden…
Britain should demand a level playing field from the EU
It will receive €9 billion (£8 billion) in free money from the government. It will be protected from any threat…
Dominic Cummings has become a symbol of a very British inequality
Dominic Cummings knows all about how perception damages public confidence in political parties. Here he is in June 2017: ‘People…
The big debate: is lockdown wrong?
Is lockdown a gargantuan mistake? That’s the view of a growing number of thinkers and critics, including The Spectator’s very…
So where’s the apology for laughing at workplace deaths, Clementine?
As the world knows now, Clementine Ford has (conditionally) apologised for her sidesplitter “Honestly, corona virus isn’t killing men fast…
Thanks for the speech, Prime Minister, but there is nothing normal about our ‘new normal’
As our world experiences vast arrays of change as a result of COVID-19, we keep hearing new phrases which albeit…
Meanwhile, in the Ultimo bubble…
We are tentatively emerging from lockdown, braving a pandemic of the likes we have not seen for a century, but…
Millennials have something serious to complain about
While the worst health effects of coronavirus are suffered by the elderly, the brunt of economic pain inflicts the young.…
Colour me woke
Crayola has launched a new range of crayons to represent 40 different skin tones and reflect ‘the full spectrum of human…
Dominic Cummings’s lockdown critics will never be happy
Happy now? Thought not. Dominic Cummings has delivered his statement and answered questions but still the critics aren’t appeased. Not…
Joe Biden’s ‘you ain’t black’ hole just gets deeper
Democratic strategist Joel Payne was left ‘embarrassed’ after insinuating on TV that black Trump supporters were merely stock models paid…
Boris Johnson will regret standing by Dominic Cummings
Boris Johnson is a populist who no longer understands the populace. Dominic Cummings pretends to be an anti-elitist but cannot…
