How Keir Starmer’s message was pitch perfect
It was not the acceptance speech he could have anticipated making when the campaign for the Labour leadership began many…
Four of the best Spectator pieces I’ve ever read
One of the things that lockdown allows you to do is not just to read but to re-read. Obviously the…
Will we be paying to keep GetUp! going?
Here’s a little something that the Prime Minister should be urgently seeking advice on – or backbenchers with any steel…
Questioning coronavirus origins is not a conspiracy
The exact origins of COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, remain unknown. We know only that it began in the Wuhan province…
Italy gave China PPE to help with coronavirus — then China made them buy it back
China has tried to restore its image after lying to the world about the seriousness of its coronavirus outbreak, but…
Coronavirus: a threat to lives. The government response? A threat to fundamental liberties
One of the few positive aspects of this present crisis is that some politicians are finally revealing their true authoritarian…
How many people have Covid-19 and don’t even know it?
Just how many of us have Covid-19 and are not even aware of it? It’s a question at the heart…
How will Keir Starmer use his ‘huge mandate’ to lead?
After both his victories in the two Labour leadership elections he faced, Jeremy Corbyn boasted about his ‘huge mandate’ from…
Keir Starmer’s first challenge as Labour leader
As expected, Sir Keir Starmer has been announced as the new leader of the Labour party. The former shadow Brexit…
Could coronavirus lead to Frexit?
Is France flirting with the idea of Frexit again? Coronavirus is currently provoking a chorus of ‘reprendre le contrôle’ (take…
Ventilators aren’t a panacea for a pandemic like coronavirus
‘More ventilators!’ criedthe journalists on Twitter. ‘Yes, more ventilators!’ replied the politicians. ‘Where are the ventilators?’ demanded the journalists, now screaming on television.…
Will we survive coronavirus financial fever?
It is truly staggering how quickly fortunes can change. At the beginning of this year, the economy was ticking along…
Beijing Bob’s job application?
Heaven knows why a respectable family newspaper such as The Australian continues to publish the pronouncements of the thinking man’s…
Go in hard, get out fast
It remains to be seen whether the actions taken by the Morrison government in the last two weeks will have…
Brown study
What with all the monumental stuff-ups by the public authorities in the campaign against coronavirus, it is not surprising that…
Dis-con notes
Time for a re-shuffle, Mr Morrison Since its re-election the Morrison government has been beset by one ‘crisis’, real or…
End of the world? Call me sceptical
There are just not enough deaths to justify the draconian reaction to the coronavirus
Getafix battles Pharma Geddon and comes up Trumps
A quick cheap cure for the coronavirus could be a bitter pill for the Democrats
Lloyd Rees Solitude 1978
‘How much of our village do we burn to contain this?’. That was the chilling headline of an article in…
Comic books are now a laughing stock
The heroes of yesteryear have been supplanted by woke snowflakes
