Useful idiots at the ABC
ABC’s Four Corners remains proud of Sarah Ferguson’s three-part nothingburger last June about President Trump’s Russia collusion – its ‘story…
Political notes
Trudeau & the Virtuecrats It is too depressing to say anything much about the UK and Brexit. Well over half…
Sneak peek
When Rone first conceived of Empire – his vast sensory installation in an abandoned Dandenong Ranges mansion – he never…
Electric fantasies
A looming Australian federal election and the increasingly bitter carbon wars have resulted in a series of campaign promises that…
Self portrait 1934 Nora Heysen
In his new biography of Winston Churchill, Andrew Roberts notes that ‘it was said of Emperor Napoleon III that he…
Into oblivion
Moribund for about nine years now, Clive James has released his newest transcription of the Grim Reaper’s call. You might…
Labor’s electric road to nowhere
It’s like déjà vu all over again. The economy, although slowing, is growing at a respectable 2.3 per cent. Unemployment…
Newport West’s by-election suggests Labour could struggle in a snap election
The result from the Newport West by-election came in late last night and as was generally expected Labour held the…
My encounter with Young Labour makes me fear for the party’s future
To understand the decay of the Labour Party since 2015, look no further than its London youth wing. London Young…
Has a Brexit breakthrough been reached at last?
There has been considerable and widespread cynicism about the talks between the Government and Labour about a compromise that could…
The Coalition needs a bazooka to stop Shorten. Try this one…
In my Backwards and Forwards column on Monday, I said that if Bill Shorten gave a barnstorming, grievance-pandering, promise-laden speech…
Play on Labor’s ground, surrender the advantage
The 2019 Budget has been a budget that satisfies everyone but pleases no-one. It has proved to be a Labor-lite…
Is Barr really helping Trump by slowing the release of the Mueller report?
Poor Donald Trump. Even Mar-a-Lago may not provide much of a refuge from his cares now that it has been…
Jeremy Corbyn has ditched his principles over Brexit
Remember when people would say things like, ‘Jeremy Corbyn might talk a lot of nonsense but at least he has…
Ten reasons why we’re being denied the truth about Planned Parenthood
Do you know what is one of the most revealing films that won’t be shown in Australian cinemas this year?…
Joe Biden and the deranged policing of personal space
Conservative pundits and Republican politicians are joining the Democratic outcry against former vice president Joe Biden, accusing him of inappropriately…
What about immigration, Scott, Josh?
When Australia goes to the polls sometime and the Coalition is likely defeated, as the 50 straight Newspoll losses would…
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn both want to frustrate Brexit
There is a logic in Theresa May’s late move to Labour. It is the same logic by which both parties,…
More an epitaph than a budget
Looking at the reaction to Josh Frydenberg’s first budget, its beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It has…
What’s woke this week?
Wokeworld this week invoked cheese in the fight against Trump, introduced therapeutic cuddle parties for men to fight toxic masculinity,…
Would the Democrats rather win in 2020, or eat themselves alive?
Do Democrats want to win the 2020 election? Do they understand why they lost in 2016? I’m increasingly unsure. It…
Numptynomics
Looks like a slightly startling Sloane Ranger mummy (or Simon Le Bon) from 1981, sounds like a student trot mixed…
A campaign launch disguised as a budget
It’s like nothing we’ve ever seen before. In other words, it’s business as usual in Australian politics – business as…
Last night’s vote takes some of the pressure off Theresa May
The failure of any Brexit option to wield a majority in Monday’s indicative votes appears to have eased the pressure…
Roxane Gay’s toxic feminism
On Sunday night in Melbourne an event was held that was supposed to be a discussion/debate between Christina Hoff Sommers…
