Why a no-deal Brexit is now overwhelmingly likely
I am regularly asked whether MPs can block a no-deal Brexit, whether they will block a no-deal Brexit and whether…
Nobbling the new gold rush
The rising price of gold is stimulating a boom in new activity. However, Victoria is one state government standing firm…
Rise of the comrade babies
If you elected to build a library dedicated to the subject of Human Folly, the place would end up as…
Donald Trump is the best prime minister Britain never had
Britain has never had a better friend in the White House than Donald Trump. FDR may have bailed out Britain…
Liberalism cannot stop the shootings
What makes a young man pick up a gun, head to a crowded place, and shoot as many people as…
The sacred Australian right to be a dickhead
In a media release last Friday, the Victorian government announced some new policy aimed at combatting offensive slogans on vehicles…
Will Hong Kong be the spark for a wider revolt?
Hong Kong demonstrations are the fuse, and many in the Beijing dictatorship – those who know the history of revolutions…
What Kristina Keneally doesn’t get about freedom of speech
Kristina Keneally is hopelessly muddled about how freedom works, specifically freedom of speech and freedom of religion. I’m sure she’s…
Wasting our resources
Foolish politicians driven by extreme green ideology are wasting Australia’s resources. Australia’s nuclear resources are largely wasted. We have abundant…
McDonald’s straws and the policies of moral panic
McDonald’s has bowed to public pressure and replaced plastic straws that you can recycle, with paper straws that you can’t…
Could Boris Johnson be the last Prime Minister of the UK?
Now it gets messy. Lord Ashcroft’s poll putting support for Scottish independence at 52-48 (the cursed percentages) is the first…
Socialism for gringos: a guide in Venezuelan colloquialisms
My Dad always says that Venezuela requires a lot of explaining to gringos. When he was a student, he taught…
Gladys’ greyhound moment?
Pro-life politicians from the Liberals and Labor in New South Wales no doubt spent the weekend huddling over proposed amendments…
The religious freedom Trojan horse
There is a considerable risk that the Morrison government might be contemplating the enactment of discrimination laws that could ban…
James Cleverly – We are not ‘going to initiate’ a general election
Niall Paterson stood in for Sophy Ridge this morning, interviewing the Conservative party chairman James Cleverly. Paterson asked Cleverly whether…
The ambiguity of the woke businessman
The woke businessman, like the woke prince and princess, is an ambiguous figure. Being woke, after all, involves a contempt…
The Democrats have become the party of Froot Loops
Honest question: just how much is Trump paying the contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination? One is hard-pressed to come…
Presidency Inc.
Eric Swalwell, we hardly knew ye. And we might add that what we did know did not leave us pining…
What’s changed with Boris Johnson in Downing Street
10 days in to Boris Johnson’s premiership and the big change is, as I say in The Sun this morning,…
Corbynistas in a spin over Lib Dem by-election win
As the Liberal Democrats celebrate their win in the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election, other parties are licking their wounds. The…
All you need to know this week
Melbourne City Council, not to be outdone by Sydney Mayor Clover Moore’s declaration of a Climate Emergency plans to declare…
A burqa ban that only shows the weakness of the West
I’m of mixed views about the burqa and the niqab (more Islamist than Islamic head to toe “modesty wear” which…
Dare Boris Johnson go rogue and prorogue?
An old, seldom-used word has been on the lips of British MPs and political commentators alike in recent days. With…
If politicians are still in denial about Boris’s Brexit, the currency markets are not
In his first week as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has shocked those who had assumed that he is a joker…
Portrait of the week: Britain meets its new cabinet
Home The Conservatives’ poll ratings went up and the pound went down after a week of the prime ministership of…
