Do you want politics with that?
Politics used to be confined to newspapers and stuffy government buildings — it was considered an impolite topic of conversation. Now, it has become the norm for political agendas to appear in every aspect…
Freedom of religion recognised in marriage equality report
The much-anticipated Report of the Senate Inquiry into the Commonwealth Government’s Exposure Draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill…
When 50 per cent off is no bargain
Reducing the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount is one of a welter of tax ideas to receive attention…
Thinking further about your departure, Cory…
What’s done is done and can n’er be undone. You’ve left the Liberal Party behind and barring a Black Swan set of circumstances…
Milo Yiannopoulos: too dangerous
When it was revealed that Milo Yiannopoulos endorsed sexual relationships between old men and boys as young as 13 (yes…
Sharia and sexism — a sequel
Apparently, criticising or arguing with a woman who thinks that Islam is the most feminist religion is sexist: Business and community leaders…
Bill borrows from Trump’s protectionist playbook
Donald Trump’s ascendancy has provided ample fodder for left-leaning politicians, GetUp! and other aggrieved members of the activist class seeking…
Punk rock conservatism is bollocks
The idea that Trump’s ascendancy has made conservatism a ‘counter-culture’ has been put forward by several right-leaning persons I admire…
Edward Gough Trump
For many it was if the prophesied Messiah had finally arrived while others feared the anti-Christ had descended upon the…
How Asia thrives without open borders
The European Union, the United States and Australia have since the late eighties shared in the belief that the key…
Daniel Andrews’ “Education State” is bullying homeschoolers
Everyone knows there is something wrong with our education system. The failure of testing such as NAPLAN to improve learning…
The left’s sickening superiority complex
They should be thriving, vigorous, durable dormitories. Instead, college campuses have become sickly ideological safe spaces for frail liberal indoctrination.…
Bridge
What can be more regrettable than picking up a huge hand and landing in the wrong contract? It happened…
For the sake of the constitution, please shut up
One of the striking features of Britain’s unwritten constitution is how it relies on various people keeping their opinions to…
The Spectator’s Notes
How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…
Let’s not dance
Why will people simply not believe you when you tell them that you don’t want to dance? Their reactions mimic…
Bad publicity
Whatever calamitous infelicities David Beckham did or did not email to his publicist, few will doubt that he has lived…
Gaslighting the nation
Arguably the cruellest thing you can do to human beings is to rob them of faith in their own sanity.…
Rodin at 100
The girl who posed for Auguste Rodin’s figure of Eve on the ‘Gates of Hell’ was, the sculptor said, a…
Corbyn’s blueprint
Twenty years ago Venezuela was one of the richest countries in the world. Now it is one of the poorest.…
Mick Jagger’s lost memoir
Ask any publisher of popular non–fiction anywhere in the world which book they would most like to sign, and it…
Bye bye, Buller
RIP the Bullingdon Club, 1780–2017. It isn’t quite dead — but it is down to its last two members. That’s…
‘Isis? Bomb those suckers’
These are the last days of the ‘caliphate’. The place Isis made their capital, Raqqa, in Syria, is encircled and…
It’s all too personal
When I was little I owned a set of pencils that had my name engraved on them. I didn’t have…
