Category: Spectator Australia

While readers of The Spectator Australia may not usually find themselves immersed in discussions of the Bible and theology, they would routinely have waded into important contributions here on socialism, statism, and the war on the individual. Let me tie these elements together 

The European Council conclusions issued last Thursday were a misstep by the European Union. It is positively Carthaginian to think that in a negotiation all the concessions have to come from one side. As I say in the magazine this week, No. 10 has seized on this overreach to

These are strange days when a woman cannot stand up for women’s rights.  It is wrong.  The bra-burners of the seventies would be cranky.    On July 17 this year, a Member of Federal Parliament, Tasmanian Senator Claire Chandler, dared express a view

It was announced yesterday that South Yorkshire would be the latest area to move into Tier 3 of the coronavirus restrictions, after Sheffield City mayor Dan Jarvis concluded negotiations with ministers. It appears though that not everyone in the region was thrilled at the news. BBC Yorkshire spoke to

The politician vying for Queensland’s top job has promised to make people even less free if they vote for her at the state’s upcoming election. Queensland LNP leader Deb Frecklington said her party would impose a 6 pm curfew for North Queenslanders and ensure everyone was in bed by

In the last 24 hours Rudy Giuliani, 76 (and a man), managed to give birth to twins. Two healthy, weighty, happy October Surprises. First up was Newsmax TV, and a special 15-minute spot from the big man himself. His appearance was disheveled, but his mission was as firm as

Two weeks from The Most Important Election Of Our Lifetimes and nearly four years into the Trump Era, you could be forgiven for thinking there was enough genuine outrage in the world. Why on earth would anyone need to confect a controversy? If the current Twitter imbroglio surrounding Hollywood

It’s been a full week since the New York Post published their first story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, which is currently in FBI possession. The purported contents of the laptop which were released selectively in several news stories by the Post include private emails and photographs. These have yet

I have a bee in my bonnet about the universal description of Victoria’s Wuhan virus travails as a ‘second wave’.  Victoria did not have a ‘second wave’, a term which, used correctly, refers to a resurgence

When (if) the world returns to normal and live bridge tournaments resume, there are two things I will miss after all these months of virtual everything: playing in my onesie and the UNDO button. The UNDO button does what it says on the packet. If you ‘misclick’ you

To beat the virus, the government is asking us to keep to simple hands-face-space guidelines. When these are not followed, the virus spreads, but it is still (apparently) the government’s fault, i.e. the people can do no wrong. That was the case too in Athens’s direct democracy, where anyone

There’s a reason why No. 10 is always so inclined to ratchet up the tension in any given scenario. Downing Street’s staff, and particularly the Vote Leave alumni, believe that one of their strengths is that in high-pressure situations, they stay calm while others panic. This confidence is not