As the Liberal Party sinks into its morass of feckless principle and Turnbullian intrigue I have come to accept that you will soon occupy The Lodge. Fair enough, that’s democracy. But I implore you not to change your stated policy on franking credits. How can I plan to cope with your intended injustice if you keep changing it?

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Apologists and rationalisers, who constitute almost all of the political and media class, prefer to keep the focus on ISIS as the model of ‘bad Islam’, rather than the broader creed of 1.8 billion from which the seeds of mayhem are scattered. Don’t they ever wonder at the difficulty of naming a Muslim-majority society which boasts internal harmony and doesn’t trouble its neighbours?

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Unless one is coming at you with a knife it can be hard to tell an extremist from a moderate, so here’s a handy guide: Muslim extremists will kill you while moderates deal in excuses and rationalisations for their more ardent brethren. Ultimately, though, both take their cues from the Koran

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Better, more precise use of language would not solve everything, but it would help society better navigate the obstacles of vague meaning and foggy perception. More people might come to appreciate the difference between allegations and evidence and be less likely to dunk witches. A straightforward politician might even impress voters

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Daniel Hannan delivered a terrific, uplifting address the other night — until the topic of Trump prompted a stream of disdainful regret that such a vulgarian is in the White House. Yes, his manners could use a good polishing, but in the meantime he keeps winning and winning big

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Preferential voting — compulsory preferential voting, that is — minimises the chances of candidates other than those of the major parties. Sure, we see the odd independent elected, but what chance of a Thatcher or Trump arising under a system that favours forty shades of beige

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Regard Marxism as the economic equivalent of a dead language and it makes some sort of  sense — worthy of study for its place in the pantheon of human knowledge and doleful impact when implemented, but otherwise having no contemporary utility

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Reputable scientists start afresh when their theories clash with experience. Not the climate careerists preaching planetary doom, who have just released yet another fires-and-floods prophecy. This lot adhere to Groucho’s maxim: when predictions don’t work out, they have others

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It is past time to bluntly confront leftist thought at every opportunity. Did being polite save Brett Kavanaugh from slanders that will adhere for the rest of his days? Reserve and good manners are the conservative way, but they are of no use when the enemy’s motto is ‘by any means necessary’

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The US Senate finally confirms Brett Kavanaugh, who has endured months of character assassination driven by a vile campaign of lies and distortions. Let his ordeal be a lesson to all who hope for even a mere modicum of decency from the modern Left: they don’t have a shred of it

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