Tom Switzer
Tom Switzer is executive director at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney. He is a co-editor of Prudence and Power: The Writings of Owen Harries
The dangers of defenestration
Political instability in Australia provides sobering lessons for plotters in the Labour Party
Time to get real on Ukraine
What doth it profit a man if he gains the whole of Ukraine, and yet loses the balance of power?
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
The emperor’s new AI
A satirical X account is doing what the media class has failed to do, and report on the great AI delusion
The right does need religion
Christianity is politically valuable as well as, you know, true
The trains have to run
Populists have had success in persuading people that they can govern — but can they actually govern?
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Will Spain become a Protestant country?
How immigration is changing the religious dynamics of a traditional Catholic stronghold
The resistible centrism of Mark Gatiss
Why a centre-left worldview struggles to understand dissent
Questionably loyal opposition
A “rainbow coalition” between Conservatives and the Greens raises questions about the state of the Tories
Stella Creasy hates questions
For many politicians, being disagreed with is proof that they are right
