Leigh does the maths, the Spectator calls it an ideology

Spectator Australia · B.W. Jackson · Friday 24 April 2026

Leigh does the maths, the Spectator calls it an ideology

Andrew Leigh defends the immigration numbers with actual numbers, and the Spectator treats this as an intellectual eccentricity.

Leigh's the Labor MP who actually reads the papers he cites, which in Canberra is enough to get you called a radical. The Spectator's framing this as professor versus politician — mate, the real contest is between a bloke who's done the numbers and a commentariat that treats arithmetic as a factional position.

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