‘Never mind the backstop, the buck stops here’: Boris launches his premiership with domestic focus
Boris Johnson has just given a rather urgent-sounding, fast-paced speech in Downing Street. So fast-paced, in fact, that it almost…
‘Doubling down’ is Donald Trump’s greatest triumph
For three years, we have been told what Donald Trump is. We have been told that he is a racist,…
If there’s just one thing you need to read on climate science…
This could be it. None of the contents are new or original, but in this longer-than-an-average opinion piece, Bjorn Lomborg distils all…
By the light of the moon
The moon has been headline news for days. This is a strange phenomenon for our demur neighbour, whose nightly changes…
Americans are watching Boris Johnson with a morbid interest
Donald Trump didn’t take long to congratulate Boris Johnson on his victory in today’s Tory leadership race. ‘He will be…
Boris Johnson has achieved his dream. Will he mess it up?
When Boris Johnson chants his mantra of delivering Brexit, uniting the country and beating Jeremy Corbyn, it is very much…
Forget Brexit: Boris’s toughest task will be energising his exhausted party
Boris Johnson will now be receiving plenty of unsolicited advice about how to be Prime Minister. As his victory speech…
Boris Johnson’s risky strategy is to be himself
Boris Johnson is the new leader of the Conservative party. He has defeated Jeremy Hunt by a two to one…
Boris Johnson wins the Tory leadership race
Boris Johnson will be Britain’s new prime minister after winning the Tory leadership race. Boris picked up 92,153 votes, or…
Roger Scruton gets his job back
Roger Scruton has been reappointed as head of a government housing body after he was sacked in April following a magazine interview…
2018 Thawley Essay Prize winners
It is with great delight that we announce the winner and the runner-up of the 2018 Spectator Australia Thawley Essay…
A great crime, Their ABC-style
No. An old-age pension couple who can no longer afford electricity didn’t burn coal in an attempt to stay warm.…
Do Facebook, Google and Twitter censor conservatives?
‘Big tech’ plays a huge and ever-expanding role in our lives. Without a thought, we now trust platforms like Facebook,…
Why we can’t ignore the case of Jessica Yaniv
In Canada right now, a group of female workers, at least one of whom is a migrant, are coming under…
Boris Johnson will soon be the most popular leader in the world
Only one person in Britain now believes that Boris might deprive us of a Jeremy Hunt premiership. That person is…
How much bother will the Gaukeward squad cause Boris Johnson?
How much bother will the Gaukeward squad cause Boris Johnson? Barring one of the biggest political upsets of the past…
With woke corporates we soon won’t need elections
Non Cis-Gendered Individual Number One of the Canberra Cadre writes: Talk about ‘useful idiots’! CBD and his/her/zi GULAG fellow travellers…
About those person holes…
You would have read of another triumph of human progress from the city that has been a pioneer for so…
It’s not just Huawei…
Australian politicians have recently started pandering to their Chinese constituents by embracing one of the largest social media platforms in…
Is there a Trump smear the left won’t stoop to?
Last week, the Channel Nine tabloids ran a column: Trump and Epstein partied and commented on women in 1992 video.…
Scripture sniping as The SMAge spouts the Good Book to foul Folau
John Tait has written an article for the Channel Nine tabloids, designed to bring clarity to the question Israel Folau…
It mightn’t be sexy, but manufacturing got us to the moon
Almost forty years ago, in fact, during the time of the Hawke Labor government, Australia fell for a pea and…
How Tom Watson reinvented himself to become the new challenger to Corbyn
Tom Watson has had more reinventions than Kylie Minogue has had mid-performance outfit changes. His performances over the years have…
Which Brexit strategy will Boris Johnson go for?
Before he even gets in to Number 10, Boris Johnson must make one of the most important calls of his…
It’s not just Scotland’s drugs shame – it’s Britain’s
Twenty years ago, the Scottish parliament was reconvened after a lapse of almost three centuries. The logic for devolution was…
