Confronting Moral Cowardice With Brendan O’Neill

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On 22 May, At the conclusion of Brendan O’Neill’s tour of Australia with the Institute of Public Affairs he sat down with John Roskam to discuss why the elites are trying to censor Elon Musk, the failure of centre-right political parties to fight for freedom, and why we need to fight back against the assault on our values.

In the discussion, Brendan and John also discuss how Australia has become woke, and why the elites fear they are losing control.

Chief political writer for sp!ked, Brendan O’Neill has written for publications including The Spectator magazine, The Sun and The Australian.

Brendan is also the author of A Heretic’s Manifesto: Essays on the Unsayable, a clarion call on the need for dissenting voices to challenge the ideologies of elites and the political class.

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