Jonathan and Simon discuss the recent collapse of the right-wing alliance between libertarians and conservatives in the United States, as well the analogies in the Australian scene. Some of the symptoms of this include populist politics, new approaches to economic policy in the Republican Party and, of course, President Trump. What is next for the right in the United States? Will the Republican Party have to reimagine itself in this transition period? Will new alliances form on the Right? Another question we explore is whether the "fusionism" on the Australian right has a similar instability, and how this might affect the Liberal Party. They also discuss Grant Wyeth's recent article at Quillette, "The Failure of Fusionism".

Some of the resources mentioned in this episode are linked below:

Jonathan Cole, "A Kirkean Critique of Libertarianism", Quadrant 63 (iss. 10, October 2019), pp. 86-88

Simon Kennedy, "Empty Pews", The Spectator Australia, 29 October 2016