Tim Smith
Tim Smith is a former member of Parliament and Shadow Attorney-General in Victoria, Australia
Don’t give a Voice to racism
A proposed change to the Australian constitution will enshrine inequality in Parliament
Fat lot of use
One cannot approve of so lazy a gimmick as a fat suit in reality-obsessed 2024
Hatred and mental illness are not mutually exclusive
Violent men being mentally ill need not make broader societal phenomena irrelevant
The great immigration data disaster
Officials are deleting the data we need for a more sensible debate
Marshalling India’s maharajahs
Dethroned: The Downfall of India’s Princely States by John Zubrzycki
Crisis, what crisis?
The Spring Budget was a shameless manifesto of complacency and managed decline
Sheikh up the Telegraph
We are fortunate that the UAE still wishes to invest in so unstable a country
The Conservative betrayal of selective schooling
Grammar schools are great — but there are not enough of them
The Roman Republic is worth thinking about
The life and death of Tiberius Gracchus illustrate the virtues of populism
Playing the victim
A new book satirises the bizarre dynamics of social justice activism
The war on noticing in modern Britain
How DEI initiatives and the worldview behind them dull people’s natural perceptiveness
How the internet killed The Simpsons
Nicholas Clairmont has avidly viewed more than 750 episodes of the comedy about the residents of Springfield — but won’t be watching any more