Bill Shorten heeded the economic counsel of Chris Bowen and threw away the unlosable election. Meanwhile in Warringah, a quite astonishing number of voters jettisoned a seasoned, dedicated and decent man for a blonde political confection preaching the utter nonsense of climate catastrophism. Celebrate the Coalition's win certainly, but take no comfort in it

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While 'The Secret Barrister' details the shocking state of Britain's legal system, with particular attention to its gullible, incompetent, politically correct and politically motivated police force, I challenge any Australian reader to absorb its litany of outrages without a gross and recent injustice in a Victorian court coming immediately to mind

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You might have seen reports from London of 'climate activists' glueing themselves to Tube trains and so forth. Yes, they are quite mad, but their insanity's disruptive antics are the smaller woe. Far more depressing is that even the likes of Boris Johnson, who should know better, see their cause as just

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I'm pleased to report that great minds charged with protecting public safety in Britain have made a momentous discovery: to combat violence it is essential to put policemen where violence is occurring. Perhaps, when knife crime has been remedied, the police could do something about dogs on bar stools

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Back for a visit to the land of my birth, I'm observing a nation being serially frustrated by a political class of Remainers whose prevarications have been intended from the very start to foil the popular will. As Cromwell might have put it, 'In the name of God, go!' Messy undoubtedly, but it's the only solution

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Many people of reason and standing -- Mark Steyn, Douglas Murray, Mark Durie, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, to name just a few -- are concerned about Islam's tendency to produce violent and supremacist advocates of the Prophet's creed. The oafish and tin-eared Fraser Anning should not be included in that company

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Leftists say the craziest things, and it is almost always a mistake to think their unhinged passions can be rebutted with reason. They don't tolerate disagreement, as guests at many a dinner party have found, and they are even worse when presenting themselves as governments in waiting. Facts and logic cast no shadows over their grand schemes

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Recall that Lindy Chamberlain’s demeanour of not being outwardly and sufficiently upset, as judged by the standards of her questioners, contributed to a false conviction. Cardinal Pell has been accused of being 'wooden' and this, apparently, also signifies his guilt

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The parable of the talents is instructive. First, there is a rich man with servants in the parable. Second, the servants did not start equally well off nor, distinctly, did they end equally well off. Capitalism comes to mind much more so than socialism in this story

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If you accept that youngsters are better left uninstructed than seriously misled, the case for filling kids' heads with Keynsian nonsense simply cannot be made. Given the state of discipline in schools and the likely sympathies of their teachers, by my reckoning it is tantamount to child abuse

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