by Spectator Australia | Jun 14, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/fire-the-liar-albaneses-donation-hell/Generally speaking, if you’re a politician, you shouldn’t start arm-wrestling over campaign donations … unless you’re winning. ‘Donations’ are one of Nigel Farage’s favourite topics. Every week...
by Spectator Australia | Jun 14, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/trumps-birthday-ufc-fight-is-a-seminal-moment-in-us-politics/The UFC event today at the White House has been widely dismissed as an absurdity. Inevitably, the administration’s critics have portrayed the event — officially part of...
by Spectator Australia | Jun 14, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/is-trumps-birthday-extravaganza-his-last-hurrah/In January 1934, Franklin D. Roosevelt held a toga-themed birthday party at the White House to mock the accusation that he was an incipient dictator. Donald Trump is doing him one...
by Spectator Australia | Jun 14, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/the-belfast-attack-raises-questions-about-irelands-borders/As is so often the case following riots, attention on symptoms drowns out discussion about the cause. This pattern has been evident this week, as unrest in Belfast erupted...
by Spectator Australia | Jun 14, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/06/david-and-goliath/The most consequential allies in the US war on the Iranian Republic (now passing the 100-day mark) are not influential, behemoth nations, but small, agile, rising powers: a glittering city-state of 11 million and...