Michael Cook Michael Cook is editor of Mercator. “We failed to keep these children safe. We failed to listen when they spoke out. We failed to act to ensure that it did not happen again.” Familiar words in the mouths of bishops apologising for sexual abuse by priests. But this
We could be forgiven for thinking that the reason the lefty elites think Western society is so irredeemably awful is that they judge the rest of us by the dire standard of their own toxic bubble. After all, “male feminist” has become a byword for abusers and creeps. The Greens
As Australia, like the rest of the West, continues to slide into the dark valley of unabashed anti-Semitism, for our elites, it’s very much one step forward, two big ol’ goose-steps backward. Yesterday, the government and opposition united in condemning anti-Semitism, and especially its representatives and
The tyranny of distance is a very real thing, when you live in a place like Tasmania. Just 250km of water makes a huge difference, especially to prices. Tasmanians are well used to paying a good 10c/litre more than our nearest Mainland cousins. On the flipside, housing used to
Can Australians really believe Anthony Albanese when he occasionally and reluctantly speaks out against anti-semitism? Opposition leader Peter Dutton has been clear and unequivocal in his full-throated condemnation of the tidal wave of anti-semitism currently staining the West. Albanese, on the other hand, struggles to even mention
New Zealand may have packed off their Socialist Barbie to some globalist sinecure or other, but her dire legacy continues to play out on both sides of the Tasman. But, wait, you say — Saint Jacinda was the patron saint of Kiwiland, what does she have to do with Australian politics?
Has Australia ever been saddled with a weaker, more useless PM than Anthony Albanese? Albo is an object lesson that, no matter how bad the incumbent is, there’s always somebody worse. Scott Morrison may have been wetter than a slug in a downpour, but it’s unlikely that he
We’ve all been there: you wake up with a lurgy and call in sick to work. But then you have to try and drag yourself off to the doctor’s for a medical certificate. Even assuming you can get in (good luck with that!), the last thing you want
When greedy, lazy governments and employers try to defend importing up to a million people a year, we’re told it’s “good for the economy”, and “necessary to fill the shortage of skilled workers”. Bullshit. The so-called “economic benefit” works out to barely a couple of hundred bucks
If the wave of anti-Semitism was solely confined to ignorant students and ranting Muslims, that would be bad enough. That anti-Semitism has infested almost every institution in the West, from academia and media, to state bureaucracy, is horrifying. If you think I’m being alarmist, then you’re
As the filth of anti-Semitism more and more pollutes the public sphere, the inevitable clamour of “the gummint should ban it!” rises. No one outside of the Greens or Lakemba Mosque would dispute that governments and public institutions have so far woefully failed to do anything meaningful to tackle
Another day, another pratfall from Australia’s hopelessly incompetent Immigration Minister. Andrew Giles, it must be remembered, started his career as a boat-chasing, “refugee”-activist. A leopard and an activist lawyer never change their spots: Giles’ first loyalty is to country-shopping illegal immigrants. Immigration Minister Andrew Giles boasted
Would you rather meet a sloth of savage bears* in the woods or face a judge who thinks the presumption of innocence is an “intractable problem”? I’d take the running of the bears, any day. (*Yes, that’s the collective noun for bears. I looked it up.) As I
It’s a fundamental tenet of communications that a good rep takes a long time and hard work to build, while a negative perception can build overnight and be near impossible to shake. For politicians especially, there’s a point at which negative perceptions become all-but fixed in the
Parachuting activists into safe seats is rarely a good idea, while giving them pet ministerial portfolios never is. Because an activist’s focus is almost always monomaniacal. They see everything only ever through the lens of their single-minded activism. Labor should have learned that lesson when it parachuted Midnight
Opinion polling shows that support for Israel among ordinary people remains strong. Very few support Hamas. Yet, that is not what we see peddled by the media, who too-obviously sympathise with the vicious ignoramuses screaming in the streets and on university campuses. Yet again, the divide between the elite
