Corbyn takes aim at Labour’s favourite bogeymen in conference speech
Jeremy Corbyn has just delivered one of his better party conference speeches. It wasn’t just because it was much shorter…
Brexiteers should cheer the Supreme Court
Ignore, with great respect, the people telling you today that the justices of the Supreme Court have waded into politics,…
Corbyn makes the most of Boris Johnson’s misfortune
The Supreme Court ruling has provided Jeremy Corbyn with his most positive outing at Labour conference. On hearing the news…
Sorry Greta, but some feral children just love fossil fuels
People, people, people! How could we? We’ve been so distracted by Greta Thunberg that we’ve forgotten our history – or,…
The rustbelt Libs belt their own
Business and investors are up in arms about the Liberal South Australian government’s land tax reforms. Scott Salisbury, Managing Director…
What’s behind the global climate tantrum? Hello, socialism
According to the United Nations – and Greta Thunberg – four million people around the world, mostly students who walked…
Australia, the great liberal project
The great Australian historian John Hirst once told of a visiting American academic who commented that despite the Labor Party…
Are you being served?
Whether it’s federal or state, health or education, the ATO or ASIC – dealing with bureaucracy is a notorious source…
Boris Johnson would be foolish to underestimate Labour
In the next election, as in the last one, McDonnellism will prove a serious challenge to the Tories. John McDonnell,…
Tories should be terrified of John McDonnell
Once again, question marks surround Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. This is not new. While I was at 10 Downing Street, with the small…
The truth about David Cameron’s progressive legacy
One of the downsides of all this snarking at David Cameron over Brexit is that the rest of his legacy…
Bailing out Thomas Cook would have been a mistake
The biggest victim of the failure of Thomas Cook is the worldly reputation of its eponymous creator – a sober…
CBD: climate rallies and the useful idiots of the wokers’ paradise
Our non-cisgendered prominent political personage from the Progressive Canberra Cadre writes: As ScoMo jetted off to dine with — CBD can…
Joe Biden versus the internet
The paradox of Joe Biden is well known. How does the experienced, effective, formidable politician turn into such a fiasco-stalked…
Sorry, Sam, but you’re a he or a she
While most of us have been working hard to pay our mortgages and bills, the left has been full-time employed…
Jennifer Marohasy: come visit the reef with me, Misha Ketchell
Fundamental to the scientific method is the assumption that reality exists independently of our belief systems; that there is such…
The child abuse redress scheme – a thumb on the scales of justice
The National Redress Scheme for victims of institutional child abuse has fallen into ‘the road to hell is paved with…
If Richard Dawkins loves facts so much, why can’t he get them right?
Professor Richard Dawkins has written a book called Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide. Its aim is to save children and…
How to stop a drone attack
Drones have come of age in the war on terror. When the United States and Britain invaded Afghanistan in 2001,…
The death of ScoMo’s cash ban is welcome
Government legislation that would have outlawed cash payments for goods and services exceeding $10,000 AUD to or between businesses has…
Meeting Heather Henderson
Last week’s Sitting Week was a busy time in Parliament House; bills to be tabled, lines of visitors streaming down…
Joe Biden’s fractious relationship with the truth
This article is in The Spectator’s inaugural US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. ‘He ran twice for president and lost when he…
It’s no surprise that Brexit looks doomed
I have a friend who insists that he takes little interest in politics. Even so, the other evening he came…
Notes from a street protest
Coralines Emo Coraline look-a-like protesters from expensive Toorak Girls Private with an excellent fine arts program wave protest signs and…
Why would Britain want to be a member of a club like the EU?
The past three years of agonising non-progress on Brexit have damaged Britain in many ways. Our political institutions have looked…
