The panda-demic virus originating in China infecting Australia represents a tipping point similar to the election of Donald Trump in 2016 and the decision by British voters to endorse Brexit at the 2019 election.
As noted by the eminent philosopher and public intellectual Roger Scruton, one of the most important political issues of our time relates to the tensions and conflict between national identity and sovereignty and the move to internationalism and global integration.
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Dr Kevin Donnelly is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Catholic University and author of A Politically Correct Dictionary and Guide (available at kevindonnelly.com.au)
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