Bloomberg isn’t beaten
The sub-tweeters and thumb-twitchers are writing Michael Bloomberg’s political obituary after his admittedly less than thrilling turn in Las Vegas,…
Trad is much more than a four letter word as the Queensland poll looms
To the eternal shame of conservative politicians in Queensland, the most memorable and most damaging barb fired at scandal-prone Treasurer…
Hinden-Bloomberg: NYC mayor goes up in flames at Vegas debate
Former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg got a taste of front-runner status on Wednesday night, getting absolutely walloped by…
Struggling Democrats hit the wrong targets in Nevada
Unlike the previous snoozers where all the candidates pretended to like each other, the debate in Nevada ahead of their…
Let’s have real award simplification: let’s make it simple to pay workers what they’re owed
Last week, as George Calombaris saw his life’s work tumble thanks to payroll errors, Labor industrial relations spokesman Tony Burke wrote:…
Time to drive the luxury car tax out of Australia
Liberals Tim Wilson, Craig Kelly, Jason Falinski and James Paterson are grinding Treasurer Josh Frydenburg’s gears by demanding we send…
The true Tony Abbott
Earlier this week, the book Abbott: The Defining Speeches, which I edited with the former prime minister’s speechwriter Paul Ritchie,…
Bloomberg is a bigger threat to democratic norms than Trump
Mike Bloomberg publicly admitted just a few years ago that he ‘couldn’t win’ the presidency because his political program would…
A requiem for suicide
Let’s rewind time by about a year. Back then I would have said suicide was one of those awful things that impacted other people, strangers and so on…
Democrat blues: the leadership fears and loathes the grassroots
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. ‘Today, I’m reflecting on the three years we’ve spent…
British police must learn from France in dealing with Extinction Rebellion
I’ve always been a fan of the French police, in part because when I lived in the south of the…
Will our new moral police ever stop harassing Israel Folau?
Israel Folau is no longer allowed to play sport in Australia—of every sporting code—and so he has been forced to…
No point holding on to Holden
Another one bites the dust in Australian manufacturing. This time it’s Holden. Across Australia, people are lamenting the end of…
ABC in ‘suicide attempt’ scandal
You know that string of errors by The(ir) ABC? Well, it just got even longer. Comedian Rosie Waterland has taken to…
This one takes the cake, but you can’t eat it
A Perth primary school principal’s inspired idea to ban birthday cakes at his school in case they offended students from…
My fight against the police over ‘transphobic’ tweets
The police have no jurisdiction over our thoughts, but that hasn’t stopped them trying recently. Just over a year ago,…
Dawn Butler’s transgender madness
Imagine if a politician went on TV and said ‘The Earth is flat’. Or ‘Man didn’t really land on the…
Sanders and Bloomberg take the American Jewish feud public
You wait decades for a Jewish candidate for the White House, and then two come along at once — like…
The EU is in trouble and Ursula Von der Leyen is the wrong person to rescue it
Ursula von der Leyen was an unloved choice to replace Jean-Claude Juncker as the next president of the European Commission.…
Richard Dawkins, euthanasia and eugenics
Richard Dawkins is the gift that just keeps on giving. Well, at least for us religious types who believe in…
Boris Johnson’s lead Brexit negotiator sets out his red lines
What are the UK’s red lines in the upcoming trade talks with the EU? Although Boris Johnson has said publicly…
What Boris Johnson’s opponents need to know about the PM
Margaret Thatcher famously said of Mikhail Gorbachev “We can do business together”. Clearly she wasn’t endorsing the policies and outlook…
Let’s save the planet by eliminating everyone
We have come to the place where our supposed love for the planet means that we must now hate people.…
The police are in thrall to Extinction Rebellion in Cambridge
When I read that police were invoking emergency powers at an Extinction Rebellion protest in Cambridge I thought: about time,…
The UN should be ashamed of its anti-Israel boycott list
I knew if we waited long enough, the United Nations would make itself useful. The Office of the High Commissioner…
