A short guide to justifying re-lockdown
Fear is gripping the American public health and media establishments: they are losing control. States are belatedly (and far too…
Believing ‘all women’ is a right-wing trap?
In a New York Times article last week, leading left-wing thinker Susan Faludi declared that the hashtag #BelieveWomen does not…
It’s time for Lib Dems to accept that the party’s over
Who are you backing in the latest Liberal Democrat leadership contest then – Layla ‘you got me on my knees’…
‘Nothing like what the public think it is’: Peter Ridd on the truth about climate change and ‘peer review’
Dr Peter Ridd speaks to Gideon Rozner about why ‘peer review’ is not necessarily the quality-control mechanism that the public has been…
Coronavirus and the enduring myth of Britain’s ‘Dunkirk spirit’
World War Two remains, for a certain kind of Brit, a living and vital presence. The increasingly-distant memory of our Finest…
Medicos should have shown more scepticism over lockdown
As a general rule, it might be fair to say that us doctors should be wary of politics. There are two sides to…
Recession. Clickbait fun?
Recession. Fun for all the family, when Dad loses his job, Mum loses hers, the kids’ marks deteriorate under the…
Pacific Island states will not longer play the patsies for the climate alarmists
Number eight in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…
Dominic Cummings has a human shield: Boris Johnson
The rule of modern politics, let’s call it Trump’s first law, is that if you are being attacked for apparently…
Civil servants strike back: ‘arrogant and offensive’
Oh dear. For some time there have been reports of tension between Downing Street and the Civil Service. Now it…
Locked up in lockdown
COIVD-19 has turned us all into prisoners: draconian lockdown orders, solitary confinement, monotonous food, limited fresh air and exercise, irregular…
Trump’s America needs the conservative tradition
The modern American conservative tradition – roughly dating from the dawn of the 20th century — emerged in reaction to…
What’s more disturbing: Cummings’ behaviour – or the mob pursuing him?
The Dominic Cummings story is deeply disturbing. No, not the fact that Cummings and his wife, Mary Wakefield, took what…
Why Dominic Cummings’ departure may only be a ‘matter of time’
Dominic Cummings’s role in government no longer looks sustainable, as members of the cabinet and Tory MPs turn against him…
Still Sheean and the Navy get nothing
Why is the government refusing to listen to the recommendation of its own inquiry for a Victoria Cross for Teddy…
Washington warns Danandrewstan: Mike Pompeo on China, coronavirus and the Belt and Road
Spectator Australia editor and Sky News Australia host Rowan Dean spoke exclusively with United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo…
After their $60 billion blunder will our shinybums start speaking English, not bureaucratese?
“Look, that’s the Treasury. That’s where they keep the money.” The dad was pointing out Canberra landmarks to his small…
Today’s left: “boiling babies” and “killing men”
All around the world, far-left lunatics are losing their appeal thanks to their uncontrollable, rising hatred. It’s become a race…
How Canberra can open closed state borders
It is unconstitutional to close borders between states, now that medical advice assures the Premiers that there is no scientific…
Why should Cummings be sacked for protecting his family?
There have been an enormous number of positive attributes on display during the lockdown. Family members keeping an eye on…
Now is maybe the time to start talking about God
Writer Helen Garner, talking about a difficult time in her life, described a feeling that there was a column of…
Obama should apologize to Trump
Anyone who has children understands the importance of teaching them to say ‘sorry’ when they’ve done wrong. Apologizing for causing…
Why Dominic Cummings must go
Most aspects of this present emergency are complex and resist easy solutions. Only a handful are elementary but one of…
Keir Starmer is an excellent Labour leader, which is why he’ll never be PM
We’ve all been very impressed, haven’t we, by Sir Keir Starmer’s performances at Prime Minister’s Questions? His calm, precise and…
Three reasons why a coronavirus vaccine might not be possible
The world is being held hostage by an organism so small that even the most powerful microscope could miss it.…
