Donald Trump: social justice warrior
The term ‘social justice warrior’ is usually a pejorative hurled at those who hold socially progressive views, particularly those who take their views to extremes. But there is…
Palestinian leaders prefer to keep their people suffering to peace. Again
So, the Arab League has rejected the latest United States Middle East Peace Plan. So, what’s new, I hear you…
For once, just once, Richard Di Natale has made the right decision
Richard Di Natale this morning announced his retirement from politics, and his reasons make me want to stand up and…
It’s not easy being Greens leader
To understand why Richard Di Natale is stepping down as Greens leader, you have to appreciate two things. The first…
Finally, the truth about contemporary feminist theory
I have long said that modern feminists don’t even know what they’re fighting for anymore. Sure, they don their pussy…
Scott Morrison stopped the boats. If he wants to seize back the political agenda, he can stop the rorts
So Bridget McKenzie has bitten the dust. Finally, and not because of the flagrant pork-barrelling she and her office were…
Why Australia-style deal is the new Brexit buzzword in government
As the second round of Brexit negotiations loom with the EU, there’s already talk of an early bust-up coming up…
It’s about time we had cameras in court
I stood up this week and made a speech. I have made speeches like this many times in my 26…
Bridget McKenzie’s gone, but the government’s copped a shotgun blast
Bridget McKenzie has walked the plank. Quite rightly, too — but far too late. She should have saved a weakened…
Coronavirus: ScoMo’s made the right call closing the border, but stumbled otherwise
In the fortnight or so since coronavirus began making serious news headlines in Australia, the Morrison government has consistently been…
Pride and prejudice
Things have come to a pretty pass in Australia if you can’t say something in praise of our country without…
‘We will never return, there is no going back’: the Brexit Day party, as it happened
Remainers were there too. The first people I met at the Brexit Day festivities were opposed to the whole idea.…
The reason our civil service is soft on China
The creation of the National Security Council under David Cameron was supposed to join up parts of British government which…
The UK has left the EU
In practical terms, little has changed tonight. Businesses and citizens here will not feel any real difference in the coming…
Impeachment has proved the Democrats are no longer democrats
The Senate is not going to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump, and to all appearances the…
Brown study
There is an air of inevitability about the predicament facing the former sports minister Bridget McKenzie over the sports grants…
A new ally
The moment of Britain’s departure from the EU was always likely to be an anticlimax, both for those who expect…
Portrait of the Week
Home Using a Parker fountain pen (a brand now made in Nantes), Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, signed the EU…
Diary
I still live in the same house, in London, in which I lived as a baby. I walk my five-year-old…
Barometer
In the beginning How did Britain mark its entry into the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973? There were no…
Hair we go
Lord Heseltine’s electrifying hair once whipped the party faithful into paroxysms of euphoria. But since today he sees his hopes…
Letters
Enemies on the left Sir: James Forsyth’s article ‘Labour must change to win’ (25 January) describes how little appetite the…
The Spectator’s Notes
It was with regret that I read that Albert, retired King of the Belgians, has finally had to admit, following…
What will the Tories fight about now?
Now that Britain is out of the European Union, it will be very hard to go back in. In the…
