A no-deal Brexit isn’t worth the risk
The heightened rhetoric of the past few days, from talk of collaborators, saboteurs and government of national unity, prompt me…
Donald Trump goes Fox hunting
Has Donald Trump outfoxed himself? In the past few days Trump has been lashing out at the network for publishing…
Emmanuel Macron could be Boris Johnson’s Brexit saviour
One thing on which Remainers and Brexiteers can agree is that Brexit delayed is Brexit denied. The government continues to…
New South Wales’ looming Liberal leadership crisis
Just weeks away from what’s sure to be a roiling Liberal state council meeting, the realisation is dawning that Gladys…
Sex and the Sydney stabbing: preach PC, print prurience
The good-girl-gone-bad narrative peddled by the Australian media following the stabbing murder of Sydney sex-worker Michaela Dunn last week —…
As China is shows its true colours, how should we respond?
Given the recent news regarding the arrests of Canadian, Australian, UK and US citizens in China — as retaliation toward…
Will the Morrison government axe compulsory student fees?
For far too long, left-wing student unions have shown a cavalier disregard for the interests of mainstream students on campus.…
Social media is making it harder to hear legitimate criticism
When was the last time you were in a Twitter mob? We know these maelstroms of anger so well now,…
Why was a finals student disqualified for criticising halal meat?
We have to talk about the schoolgirl who was disqualified from a GCSE exam on the grounds that she had…
Joe Biden won’t win
Joe Biden has led Democratic polls since day one, holding the kind of consistent lead within his party that Donald…
Want to give her a better chance at life? Support free market solutions
In 1981 42 per cent of the world lived in extreme poverty earning less than $700 USD per year. Today…
The horseman of the Australian stock market apocalypse
It’s the question that puzzles pundits and experts alike, with billion-dollar hedge funds, mum and dad investors and everyone between…
Public servants who serve? Ministers who lead? Very courageous, Prime Minister
In 1980 when Laurie Oakes, was leaked the Budget papers in the Treasury car park and revealed his trove on…
The Mooch, Bill Kristol and the NeverTrump quest for relevance
If The Onion didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent it. The self-described ‘omnipotent’ purveyor of current-events satire may…
Put a sock in it, whingers
We are in trouble. But, it seems, everyone is too scared to speak up. Conservative broadcaster Alan Jones apologised to…
Lies, leeches and Chinese whispers: one not so enchanted summit
What was that Malcolm Turnbull once said about “the prime minister who broke the nation’s heart”? Whatever the case, he…
Je suis Fredo
I have pondered for some time why President Trump is so disliked by all the mainstream media. I am using…
The magic and mystery of English cricket
Nothing in cricket is quite as visceral, even quite as primeval, as the confrontation between a batsmen of the highest…
Give Hong Kongers real security: a British passport
We seem to be building up to a second Tiananmen Square, 30 years after the first. This time the venue…
If Raheem Kassam should be banned from Australia, what about that thug George O’Dowd?
According to grandstanding Senator Kristina Keneally, commentator Raheem Kassam should have been banned from entry to Australia. Kassam, who offhandedly…
Was I wrong about Boris Johnson?
The Conservative commentariat does not march in step. Myself, along with Matthew Parris, Max Hastings and Simon Heffer are proud, stiff-necked…
The battle cry of the politically homeless
Like millions of other Americans, I’m exhausted. But I’m not tired from #Resisting or tired from screaming at a MAGA…
Where’s Boris?
Before Boris Johnson became Prime Minister there was widespread expectation that his government would be chaotic. It was thought that…
Portrait of the week: All-women cabinets, employment growth and more Hong Kong protests
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, proposed an extra 10,000 prison places and the expansion of stop-and-search powers. PC Stuart…
Rachel Johnson: which political party should I join next?
I lay low during the ‘season’ as I can’t think what to say to people any more. I went to…
