September 13, 2019

Spectator Australia Diary

First published in The Spectator Australia, 13 September 2019For the past three years, I had been looking to say something strong and substantial about Brexit. I first had a go at an Australian Chamber of Commerce event in London not long after the referendum, and then had a couple of pieces in The Spectator, but my...
on September 13, 2019

Address to Budapest Demographic Summit

In the long run, said John Maynard Keynes, we’re all dead, which perhaps explains why most of us worry much more about what’s happening tomorrow, or next week, than what might happen in ten years’ time, let alone in 50 years. Yet sometimes we really should have to focus on what’s important, rather than what’s...
on September 5, 2019

Address to the Danube Institute

The working title for these remarks is what Australia can teach Hungary on border protection. In fact, Australia has very little to teach Hungary on border protection. In fact, no country has much to teach Hungary on border protection. But Australia does have much to teach Europe on border protection – as does Hungary, which...
on September 4, 2019

September 2019 – Policy Exchange

The argument over leaving the European Union is Britain’s least civil and most seismic disagreement, at least since the Irish question, a century or so back, that shaved off part of the country and irrevocably split the Liberal Party. Yes, it is that serious.   Allow me, please, to make a declaration at the outset:...
on September 2, 2019