by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/do-i-have-what-it-takes-to-be-a-magistrate/I’m thinking of becoming a magistrate. Before applying, I was advised to attend a few sessions and find out how it all works. My first case was a bag theft from a London pub. The accused,...
by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/aussie-life-244/I’ve probably enjoyed as many long lunches as any old adman, and in the 1980s and ’90s may well have been guilty of what would today be called misconduct. But the office I held was never public, and the misconduct...
by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/those-who-believe-in-liberalism-must-now-fight-for-it/I’m conscious that, just as the easiest way to lose an argument is to mention Hitler, so the easiest way to lose journalistic credibility is to invoke the 1930s. Yet the...
by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/dear-mary-how-do-i-seat-lesbians-at-a-dinner-party/Q. We have recently moved out of London and have met charming, married lesbians who are living locally. They are coming to supper next weekend for the first time. Also present will...
by Spectator Australia | Mar 12, 2026 | Independent Commentary, Spectator Australia
https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/03/pauline-not-our-sort-of-person/Somewhere in Australia tonight, a senior Liberal is having dinner at a good restaurant. The food is excellent, the conversation careful. At some point the One Nation question comes up and he sighs –...