Battling the pragmatic left: a five step guide
The Pragmatic Leftist is a dangerous beast. A rare phenomenon; this particular political animal differs from other leftists, who tend…
Blind tasting
In my line of work, I’m lucky enough to go to a lot of wine tastings – press tastings that…
You up the back there, Spectator reader, stop laughing
[We wanted to parody the virtue signallers’ reactions to the Trump victory but wanted to ensure we published something high-quality.…
So much for elite opinion
On the morning of the American presidential election, The Australian, with all the massive North American and indeed worldwide resources…
Indigenous kids failed again
The Family Matters report released by SNAICC, the peak Indigenous child welfare services lobby group, is a recipe for perpetuating…
The incendiary Greens
Joan of Arc was burnt at the stake on May 30, 1431 for her defence of Orleans during the Franco-English…
Religion, ABC-style
“The Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne has blasted the ABC for axing most of its religious programming,” The Australian reports today,…
The right is to blame for Trumpery too
Explaining Trumpery in terms of the attitudes of the Left alone gets the story precisely backwards. Yet that is what…
November 8: decision time
Just as with Australian elections, American elections are not as untainted as they should be with the latest bombshell being…
Brexit means Brexit – and democracy, too
The stench of elite hatred for democracy is sifting through the streets of London. The courts have ruled against the…
The CSIRO’s political science
As the grandson and son of coal miners I grew up fascinated by mining. I accompanied dad to work, built…
The presidential race? It’s better than 1856, folks
Politics is like baseball. Like Australia’s summer pastime, it’s a numbers game, and there’s an old saying that three economic…
The government’s a mess, but remember Labor’s old ideals
Remember all that Marxist/Leninist guff, circa a century ago, about public ownership of the ‘commanding heights’ of the economy? If…
Niki Savva, racist? Blame Menzies
“Political columnist Niki Savva is copping criticism after using the expression ‘killed a Chinaman’ on television,” Buzzfeed, the politics website…
The spy who shoved me
This Ausyn Crites thing has me all nostalgic. It calls to mind my own run-in with the Secret Service. November…
18c is unconstitutional
The dismissal of Cindy Prior’s case against three QUT students on Thursday drew sighs of relief from freedom lovers across…
Far-right, or do you just disagree with them?
The return of One Nation at the 2016 federal election and the emergence of a series of small right-wing parties…
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Barometer
Strike force Nissan is to expand its plant in Sunderland, building two new models there. The Japanese company is praised for…
Love and death
From ‘Romance’, The Spectator, 4 November 1916: There is indeed a glamour and a pathos about the private soldier, especially when, as so…
A passage to India
When a Prime Minister flies off abroad with a few business-leaders it is seldom worthy of comment. Such trade missions…
Letters
An MP’s first duty Sir: Toby Young writes (Status anxiety, 29 October) that Zac Goldsmith’s decision to campaign for Leave in…
Heaven knows they’re miserable now
The Light Between Oceans is one of those films that comes issued with a handy how-to-use manual. Shudder as hero…
Portrait of the Week
Home Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, said he would stay on for another year when his…
Mistaken identity
The Romanovs were a hot topic in 1967: it was the 50th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, memories of Ingrid…
