Trump is desperate to find someone to blame for his coronavirus failings
If there is one thing Donald Trump likes more than patting himself on the back, it’s a convenient scapegoat to…
Six reasons why it’s a mistake to compare countries’ coronavirus figures
I was inspired to write this piece by a chart made by the historian James Barr. It showed, in the…
France won’t be fooled by Macron’s radical reinvention
A couple of hours before Emmanuel Macron addressed France on Sunday night I received a meme on WhatsApp from a…
Why The Spectator is a true survivor
As print titles battle logistical disruption and falling sales from Covid-19, it’s worth saluting The Spectator’s long-lasting tenacity. It has…
I, for one, welcome our new People’s Republic of ScoMo
Welcome to Socialism World, where everything is paid for. ‘Yeah, nah’, as we say here in the People’s Republic of…
ScoMo, Josh: without an exit strategy we face higher taxes, higher debt, a higher cost of living – and little hope
The $320 billion of fiscal and monetary measures in response to the coronavirus, however necessary, will impose a debilitating cost…
WHO’s to blame for the WHOhan flu
Donald Trump has halting America’s funding to the World Health Organisation. The US President has said: Today I’m instructing my…
The George Pell interview response: how dare leftie media think it’s the highest court in the land?
After all that he has endured – more than 400 days in jail for crimes he did not commit —…
Why the mainstream media won’t take Tara Reade seriously
‘The gym bag, I don’t know where it went. I handed it to him. It was gone and then his…
How the government has failed risk management 101
Risk management is something that everyone thinks they understand until they actually do it. And make no mistake, this coronavirus…
Barack Obama’s endorsement of Joe Biden is comedy gold
Anyone who doubts that Barack Obama has a sense of humor should take a look of his endorsement of Joe Biden…
Sovereignty rules
This article is in The Spectator’s May 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. Washington, DC At the end of…
Ricky Gervais is right about sanctimonious celebs
Do you who hasn’t had a good corona war so far? Celebrities. Throughout this crisis, many of them seem to have…
5G conspiracy theories didn’t come out of the blue
There’s a dark irony to the scorn being poured on 5G conspiracy theorists right now. Which is that a lot…
Saudi may have won an oil truce – but a greater conflict now looms
For the first time in months, the coronavirus panic was briefly demoted as the main news story on Sunday when…
Thank God for the Queen
One happy result of the horrible virus is that it has prompted the Queen to give us not one but…
Trump should shutdown his press conferences, now
What do you do when you are in an argument with an impossible child who sees you as the enemy?…
Macron has lost the coronavirus war
France is to be locked down until 11 May, and possibly longer. Whether the credibility of Emmanuel Macron’s presidency can…
The Party’s pandemic
If the world ever needed proof that the Chinese Communist Party is ethically bankrupt, paranoid and running a political system…
Bandit Bandt’s back to his bad old ways
Well, that didn’t last long. You’ll recall our tale of our Easter miracle, the email sent to Greens supporters by…
The Koronavirus Keystone Kops threaten our health and our liberty
In the space of just a few weeks, the rule of law in Australia has both triumphed in the High…
Be warned: the Twits are already going to Pell and back
Any journalist who says they would not have wanted the first exclusive post-prison with Cardinal George Pell after his release…
A corona communique to Pirate Pete and pals: how about we fix federation before trying a republic?
It was former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating who supposedly said ‘Never get between a Premier and a bag of…
Has Fauci has become the James Comey of the scientific community?
Is the Trump White House fired up? Not exactly. White House spokesman Hogan Gidley tried to douse the speculation that…
The thin facade of authority
The virus will teach us many things, but one lesson has already been relearned by the American people: there are…
