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Me in the @dailytelegraph today.

Profile piece in Australia's national broadsheet on Lou Clegg who is again critical of "national conservatives" @australian @NatConOz

Good to talk to academic Salvatores Babones about his new book on Indian democracy and the extent to which Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party the BJP are similar to other nationalist leaders and parties taking power globally @BabonesBhai @NatConOz @danryanonline

Her take: “When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England."

Liked anecdote @ChrisWillx told last night about Winston Churchill’s mother, Jennie Jerome. She dined with perhaps Britain’s great conservative and liberal Prime Ministers, Disraeli and Gladstone, in the same week.

RT @NatConOz: A pleasure to discuss with @JohnAndersonAC the huge challenges facing Australia and the West, the "new right" and Howard era…

Chat with technology investor Misha Saul about his recent article in the Manhattan Institute's City Journal about "How AI will reshape society" and what this new technology means for jobs, politics, and much more. @NatConOz @danryanonline @ManhattanInst @CityJournal

A chat with academic Dr David Furse-Roberts about his biography on the great 19th Century British parliamentarian and social reformer, Lord Shaftesbury, and his enduring relevance to "new right" politics today. @NatConOz @danryanonline

Great to chat to Harrison Pitt, Senior Policy Fellow at Restore Britain, about what Australia can learn from the national populist experience to date in the UK @Harry_pitt @RestoreBritain_ @NatConOz @danryanonline

Great to catch up with Brian Marlow. We do an in-depth and brutal assessment of the Liberal Party's recently published "Review of the 2025 Federal Election" - its shortcomings, its fundamental misdiagnosis of the problem, and what it should have focused on. @BrianTaxpayers @Revive_Aus @NatConOz @danryanonline

Discussion with Mary Winkels about the debate around changes to childcare and family policy in Australia @ChoiceCareAU @NatConOz @danryanonline @the_parenthood

Wide-ranging discussion with Australian commentator Tom Switzer about the war with Iran, the state of Trump's foreign policy, the lack of realism in Canberra, Ukraine, China, and much more @TomSwitzerMedia @NatConOz @danryanonline

A chat with former Australian MP, Keith Wolahan, about his recent essay on the demographic and other challenges facing the centre-right in Australia and what realistically can be done. @NatConOz @danryanonline @keithwolahan @LiberalAus @inflectionptswk inflectionpoints.work/articles/liber…

Article in @dailytelegraph on how a new leader for the centre-right in Australia, however smart and decent, won't change things if policies and ideological framework don’t fundamentally change @NatConOz @danryanonline

A pleasure to chat to former Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott about his new book "Australia: A History". We had friendly but robust discussion about "liberalism" and the future of the centre-right Down Under. Enjoyed it. @natconoz @HonTonyAbbott @danryanonline

RT @NatConOz: A pleasure to chat to Emma Dawson, Executive Director of the Australian Labor Party-aligned Chiefly Research Centre, about th…

A pleasure to chat to George Owers aka @CapelLofft about his much acclaimed new history book "The Rage of Party" about England in the late 17th/early 18th century and how this period is surprisingly relevant to our own time @NatConOz @danryanonline

In advance of his upcoming tour to Australia, an interview with Dr John R Lott @JohnRLottJr on gun laws and his view about what the data shows works and what does not @NatConOz @danryanonline

Piece in @SpectatorOz responding to odd and unfounded allegation by regular columnist Lou Clegg that national conservatives are antisemitic - when they are probably the last people who should be accused of that @NatConOz @danryanonline spectator.com.au/2026/01/the-na…

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