One Nation supporters are the underdogs

Pauline Hanson in action in the Senate.

What we are seeing throughout the West is a remaking of liberal democracy. In its infancy, even John Stuart Mill was worried about what would happen if the principle of ‘one vote, one value’ was applied with universal suffrage. Imagine a dumb arse navvy getting the same vote as an educated property owner? This is the classic problem of the tyranny of the majority.

Instead of advocating plural voting, where those better-educated individuals had more votes than less-educated workers, academics have invented a shame culture that effectively does the same thing. Politicians of the major parties have given in to this shame culture by doing their utmost to avoid being labelled ‘Populist’.

For years, the left have used subtle yet effective ways of blocking dissent and any form of challenge to their policies relating to energy, identity politics, and welfare.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, One Nation supporters are the underdogs.

None of them get it – not journalists, academics, big business, policymakers, or the major parties.

One Nation supporters are Australia’s underdogs.

They’re not Menzies’ forgotten people or Howard’s battlers. They’re not bound by ideology or class.

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— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) June 28, 2026