Letters
Culling camels Sir: Re: the proposed culling of over ten thousand wild camels in the outback. For some years now,…
How to lose votes and bore people
This article is in The Spectator’s January 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. If we can’t be governed, we may as well be…
Harry and Meghan just can’t handle criticism
‘Is there any one of the royal family who wants to be king or queen? I don’t think so.’ Back…
Whatever happened to ‘Je Suis Charlie’?
Five years on from the horrific Charlie Hebdo massacre in which a dozen people lost their lives, politicians have been busy…
The downing of a civilian jet only adds to Tehran’s desperation
Drama and tragedy continue to envelop Iran. Just hours after the regime struck two US bases in Iraq on Wednesday,…
The price of green folly
Green Folly locked up 11 per cent of Australia in a tinder-box of bushfire fuel, much of which is now…
Of course our leaders won’t measure up if we demand too much of them
Having watched the disgusting spectacle of Scott Morrison parading around devastated areas trying to shake people’s hands against their will,…
Harry and Meghan: ignore the so-called experts and leave them alone
Forget about Royal ‘experts’ who claim that there is some ‘Royal Split’, that Prince Charles and Prince William are ‘incandescent’…
Eliminating Qasem Soleimani was Donald Trump’s Middle East farewell letter
In July 55 BC, in the midst of his campaigns to civilize Gaul, Julius Caesar was troubled by the Germans.…
Stuff woke. Be practical
There has been enough social commentary on our bushfire crisis and climate change to fill Lake Eyre, so I’ll refrain…
Harry and Meghan have placed the Queen in an impossible position
In the Queen’s Christmas message, she observed that 2019 had “felt quite bumpy” at times. Her implication was that a…
The puzzling thing about Harry and Meghan’s big announcement
Let’s not get carried away. The Queen’s younger grandson may be decamping to North America with his lovely wife and…
My despair at those who weep for Quassem Soleimani
A few hours into the new year, pro-Assad forces targeted a school in southern Idlib with a cluster bomb. The bombing took…
Now the(ir) ABC wants to milk disaster
Listen… Do you hear it? The(ir) ABC is playing the world’s teeny tiniest violin. They want us to believe they…
When Kylie Jenner is more practical than the entire parliamentary Greens, we’re in trouble
You’d think the last thing the Greens would want to do at the moment is produce more hot air, but…
Polls apart
This article is in The Spectator’s January 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. Galileo famously said that the book of nature is written…
G’day world! We’re still here, open for business
People like me with families and friends overseas are getting concerned and panicky messages to check if we’re safe in…
Sussexit? So what? We’re governed by the people and the parliament, not celebrities
When Aristotle wrote his treatise on politics, he explained in some detail his most practical regime, the one that was…
How we lost our stars – and our beliefs
One of the most popular — and best-named books — ever written about Hollywood was Harold Robbins’s novel The Dream Merchants. Published…
How to end endless wars
This article is in The Spectator’s January 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. ‘Great nations do not fight endless wars,’ President Donald Trump…
Soleimani’s assassination has exposed the EU’s big weakness
What a difference a day makes. When I went to bed on 2 January what seemed to be the most…
Could Iran’s retaliation against the United States lead to war?
So it happened. Iran has just struck back against the United States for its killing of Quds force chief Qassem…
Trump’s Iran strategy has finally won over the ‘Never Trumpers’
As a general rule, neoconservatives and hawkish Republican foreign policy officials don’t respect President Donald Trump’s capacities as commander-in-chief. They…
Britain and the Royals must do more for Australians in their hour of need
In the Netflix series The Crown an entire episode is dedicated to the disaster at Aberfan. More than 100 people…
Sorry, doom-mongers, but it’s not World War III
In the days since the assassination of Iranian Revolution Guard Corps leader Major General Qassem Soleimani and the subsequent Iranian missile attack this morning on…
