All about consent, without consent
While officials in Indonesia have been busy channelling their inner Turnbull in prosecuting sexual infidelity, The University of Technology Sydney…
What’s woke this week
There’s more from the world of woke celebrities this week, plus some judicial bible bashing. And from the art world,…
The alternative to Extinction Rebellion
More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The…
Great books, liberal arts, the Ramsay Centre and why they matter
The Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation is partnering with universities to offer what is often referred to as “Great Books”…
Tories fret over further election delay
Members of the One Nation caucus of Conservative MPs met with Boris Johnson this afternoon over concerns the party could…
Revealed: David Cameron’s ‘Gove protocol’
When Michael Gove was welcomed back into government this year and appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, some wondered…
Australia, please help Zimbabwe rejoin the Commonwealth
In recent weeks Zimbabwe has taken a crucial step forward towards rejoining the Commonwealth, the 53-country group of nations we…
Why do we love our great big, bloated Aussie oligopolies?
There should be a special prize for journos who take up the pen against our corporate monsters – beasts that…
Implementing Greta
I have written before about the actual policy proposals supported by Greta Thunberg and the Global Climate Strike initiative, which they see…
Extinction Rebellion is a menace
It’s tempting to laugh at Extinction Rebellion. I do it myself frequently. Those yoga sessions on Westminster Bridge. The amateur…
Thwarting Brexit probably won’t stop Brexit
What if they succeed in thwarting Brexit? The odds seem weighted against Boris Johnson delivering his do-or-die (-in-a-ditch) promise to…
Boris Johnson takes on extinction rebellion at book launch
To the launch of the final volume of Charles Moore’s biography of Margaret Thatcher at Banqueting House. A mix of…
Finally, some movement on the foreign student standards scandal
Some of Australia’s most prestigious universities are starting to make sensible changes when it comes to international student recruitment. In…
Can Boris Johnson survive if he breaks his Brexit promise?
It gives me no pleasure to report this of my former Daily Telegraph colleague, but some people who know Boris…
Emmanuel Macron will regret his failure to crack down on Islamists
It beggars belief that Mickaël Harpon was employed as a computer expert in the intelligence department at police HQ in…
Let’s give Extinction Rebellion protestors what they want
Extinction Rebellion’s leaders have arrived in London by fossil-powered train, car and bus – brandishing their mobile phones full of…
Why Boris Johnson’s Brexit offer is probably dead
The word habitually used by EU negotiators to characterise Boris Johnson’s Brexit offer is “uncertainty”. They talk of “uncertainty” about how the…
John Howard’s one big blunder: persuading Malcolm Turnbull to stay
John Howard is a great Australian and a great Liberal. Over the 75 years if its existence, only two figures…
Is a Brexit deal now off the table?
Is a Brexit deal agreed before October 31st a realistic possibility? Technically talks between the UK and EU are ongoing…
White Ribbon: the gravy train that jumped the tracks
When White Ribbon Australia announced last week it was closing its doors, there was a round of applause around the…
The BBC’s Brexit coverage is a disgrace
Lord Patten, rejected by voters 27 years ago, is the embodiment of a smug un-elected elite. As former chairman of…
The terror of the witches of modern India
When I landed in Delhi at the height of the monsoon, the excitement in the city was palpable. The Indian…
Weekend viewing: How the enlightenment came to Australia
In nineteenth-century Australia, the early colonists had to decide what sort of institutions they were going to choose, if they…
Romney Republicanism could never win
This article is in The Spectator’s inaugural US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. As Donald Trump strides toward his fourth year in…
Boris Johnson will have to win a majority to get the EU to engage with his Brexit plan
The Brexit talks between the UK and the EU are making very little progress. Number 10 say that there is…
