Political correctness kills
On the third of October, 2019, Mickael Harpon went to work at police headquarters on the Île de la Cité…
Yes, we have a truth emergency
Last Monday the Australian described ABC journos organising a ‘solutions journalism’ approach to what they call the ‘climate crisis’. This…
Frydenberg’s fantasy federalism
Josh Frydenberg, the Treasurer of Australia and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, last week wrote an opinion piece in…
Indigenous notes
Beware labeling deaths in custody as racially motivated From time to time we hear about tragic events where a person…
When woke comes to town
The Australian leg of U2’s Joshua Tree tour is almost over and everyone can relax. Bono will slip his clothes…
Water, water everywhere
These words from Coleridge’s great poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, could have been the theme of the 2018…
Brown study
New York is a difficult place to get a handle on just how the place works. But despite this, every…
Political insanity
As the bushfires rage, and a long, hot, dry and fiery summer seems inevitable, it’s well past time for Australia…
The Ukraine blame game
This article is in The Spectator’s December 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. The unfolding deep-state effort to remove Donald Trump from office…
Women are the losers in Labour’s trans equality fight
I was pleasantly surprised when I read Labour’s manifesto. Not only did the party promise to end ‘mixed-sex wards’ in…
Jeremy Corbyn is a pale imitation of Clement Attlee
To excited cheers, Angela Rayner last week promised Labour supporters that a Jeremy Corbyn-led government ‘would knock the socks off’…
Jeremy Corbyn’s credibility problem
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party manifesto has made the front of all the papers today. The response is mixed. While the…
France shouldn’t fall for the Isis ‘matchmaker’s’ self pity
Tooba Gondal, the so-called Isis “matchmaker” who acted as a megaphone and recruiter for the terror group, is reportedly on…
Dear XYs, we love you
I bloody love men. I love almost everything about them: the banter, the directness, the chivalry and the everyday interactions…
Memo MPs: how have you forgotten 60,000 years of bushfire prevention?
The current weather and wildfire situation is neither unprecedented nor unexpected. These latest holocausts are a direct consequence of the…
Corbyn has all but declared class war with this manifesto
I am not sure if it is class war exactly but something very like it is back. Perhaps it is…
Christian Porter: no more free speech, thank you very much
Despite all the arguments made and support garnered for a constitutional amendment that would guarantee our freedom of speech and…
Prince Charles is now pulling the strings of the monarchy
Prince Andrew’s humiliation is complete. For now. Who knows what lies around the corner? Despite Palace protestations to the contrary…
Trump’s impeachment is now a certainty
If there was one person who could directly tie president Donald Trump to the alleged quid pro-quo with the Ukrainians,…
Prince Andrew’s fatal error
Well, they’ve got their scalp. Prince Andrew is retiring from public life. But before he did, he said in his…
What’s woke this week?
Non-binary wokeworld is at the top of our list this week with gender-inclusive gingerbreads out and proud. In other woke…
The Democrats’ open mic night in Atlanta
Fear not everyone — there are only seven Democratic debates left this cycle. As if the prospect of a fifth…
Fight for the Bight has jumped the shark
The Great Australian Bight has been the focus for two environmental campaigns this week. Typically for such campaigns, each seems…
We cannot let anti-Semitism spread here
We are facing a growing threat of left-wing anti-Semitism that we must not allow to fester and infect Australia. Anti-Semitism…
Hong Kong is fighting for its very soul, Extinction Rebellion are throwing tantrums
As tensions rise in Hong Kong and the protests become ever more violent, some have begun wavering in their support…
