Can a ‘Trumpist’ approach to politics work in Australia?
- Written by Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
In one of their typically literary sketches, 1990s comedy duo Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie asked if Adolf Hitler’s fanatical racist oratory would have been as charismatic if delivered in English.
It’s a joke that has no answer, of course, but there is little doubt that national characteristics including history, public debate and...





