13 December 2019
The Great Realignment
Britain’s General Election- the results of which will, hopefully, be seen by the end of today (Sydney time)- is the most consequential in a generation. It pits avid socialist Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn against Brexit-backing Conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Corbyn would cripple Britain’s economy, associate with terrorist organisations like Hamas, Hezbollah and the IRA, and wants to have
14 December 2018
When Politicians Desert Their Voters
These days much is made of the so-called “crisis of democracy” in the West. At one level it’s hard to disagree with the view that even if democracy is not in crisis, at a minimum it is facing some not-insubstantial challenges. That yesterday in London 200 Tory MPs could vote to keep in power Theresa May, a Prime Minister who is
