Let’s end the Age of Bitterness in our politics
With just a little bit of Aussie bloomin’ luck, the destabilising and destructive approach to the dark art of politics…
Brexit and the great liberal crack-up
Brexit may yet kill the Conservative party but it is exacting a cruel psychological torture on liberalism. Liberals are supposed…
The hounding of Hope Hicks and the desperation of the Democrats
Oscar Wilde once observed that only very superficial people don’t judge things by their appearances. Like many of Wilde’s quips,…
Trump told me I got a ‘bad rap’
I owe my return to these pages to the pardon I have received from the President of the United States.…
What will happen if Theresa May tries to cling on?
On Friday, Sir Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 committee, will go and see Theresa May. It is expected that…
How we’ve turned mad – half mad, anyway
Two numbers in the low forties popped up in two separate stories this week: Americans today are more closely divided…
Chris Bowen’s out, but will Albo heed his warning on religious freedom?
It is slowly starting to dawn on some Labor voters that Australians with a traditional Christian worldview are feeling somewhat…
Ten more reasons Labor lost the unlosable election
Most people I speak to think that as a nation, we just dodged a bullet. And even those who voted…
Nigel Farage is not ‘far right’
It is now fashionable to describe Nigel Farage as an ‘extremist’, ‘far right’ or ‘fascist’ politician. Last month, Dame Margaret…
The app that could see GetUp downed
In an era where political parties and policy advocates on the right are struggling to find new ways to engage…
Tony Abbott: with thanks to the fallen warrior
Last night former prime minister Tony Abbott succumbed to a perfect political storm: a climate zealot candidate dressed up as…
Donald Trump’s one-front trade war
At 12:01 a.m. on Monday, President Donald Trump went a long way toward defusing a potential war – not with…
A progressive ALP is unelectable
There used to be a line in the Lord’s Prayer which went: “But lead us not into temptation; and deliver…
Can Brexiteers trust Boris Johnson to deliver a ‘real’ Brexit?
The current Westminster consensus that Boris Johnson is the next Tory leader and prime minister raises all sorts of thoughts.…
The case against Boris Johnson
In the old days, if the Tory party was in trouble, old hands who had seen it all before would…
The Israel Folau affair: Kafka – or John le Carré?
In the midst of the coalition’s ‘miraculous’ come from behind win at the federal election was the news that Israel…
The inevitability of Joe Biden
‘Biden is their nominee until further notice,’ a source close to the White House told me recently. The candidacy of…
Only a dragon and a bottle of bleach separates Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from Daenerys Targaryen
Judging by the social media response, the only people to appreciate the “Game of Thrones” series finale might be politics and…
Will Labor listen?
When Labor’s Chris Bowen told voters, “If you don’t like our policies, don’t vote for us,” it was an applaudable…
Let me feel your pain (so I can claim it as mine)
Since Scott Morrison’s election victory on Saturday night, TV personality Lisa Wilkinson, has penned a virtue-signalling column for 10Daily, titled…
Where the division of identity politics gets you
It was Labor’s political owl Graham Richardson, who, just a couple of weeks before the event, was promoting his presence…
CBD: the people – ugh – have spoken
Our perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: CBD never understood how many nerve endings are ensconced in one’s sconce. CBD’s election…
With media mates like this it’s no wonder Labor lost
It’s ironic that Labour’s defeat may be sheeted home to some of its strongest, most vocal allies; the supposed national…
A welcome – but predictable – victory
The election result surprised pollsters, punters and most commentators. But as I argued early last Wednesday on the Spectator Australia…
Rowan Dean: I predicted all along that Morrison would win
The Coalition has been returned to government. Bill Shorten lost the “unlosable” election and Scott Morrison won – funnily enough,…
