A Spectator editor’s account of the D-Day landings
Today is the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. On 6 June 1944, some 160,000 Allied troops crossed the Channel, as…
The astonishing achievement of D-Day
Today we are commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day – ‘Operation OVERLORD’ – with fitting ceremony and reverence, though, some polls…
Keir Starmer and the truth about the Camden cadre
Since 1997, every new government has been defined by an inner-London postcode. Remember the David Cameron era ‘Notting Hill set?’…
How a dead French poet helped the Allies to victory on D-Day
D Day, 6 June, 1944, saw put into action one of the most unlikely alliances in the history of warfare:…
Vaughan Gething’s impressive failure
Vaughan Gething, First Minister of Wales, has managed to achieve the remarkable feat of losing a no confidence vote –…
Farage’s milkshake attack and the perils of progressivism
Much worse than the fact of a banana milkshake being chucked over Nigel Farage is the inevitable discourse it has…
Will Vaughan Gething follow Truss and Yousaf?
There’s something in the British waters right now – and it’s not Ed Davey on his paddleboard. After Liz Truss…
The European elections will test the AfD’s strength
As Olaf Scholz gathers alongside other European leaders on the beaches of Northern France tomorrow to commemorate 80 years since…
Will Netanyahu declare war on Hezbollah?
The war in Gaza is perceived internationally as a limited affair, pitting Israel against the Islamist Hamas organisation within the…
Reform’s Farage poll bounce spells trouble for the Tories
‘I’m back’. Nigel Farage’s two-word tweet on Monday heralded the return of one of Westminster’s great celebrities. Barely 48 hours…
The Nigel Farage milkshaking is no laughing matter
Emerging from a pub after his campaign launch in Clacton yesterday afternoon, Nigel Farage was milkshaked. A 25-year-old woman has been charged with assault by…
Alex Salmond’s Alba party isn’t serious about the general election
In the second-floor room of a building on Tufton Street, Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond delivered a press conference…
Imagining nuclear armageddon, with Annie Jacobsen
The world could end before you finish listening to this podcast. That’s the reality of a nuclear-armed world. If a…
Can Begona Gomez get a fair trial in Spain?
Begona Gomez, the wife of Spain’s Socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez, has received a court summons for 5 July, in connection with…
Renewable energy subsidies undermine our economy
Australia has seen a 20-year downward trend in productivity. Many other nations have seen similar trends and the cause is…
Labour is paying the price for Starmer’s failure to refute the £2,000 tax claim
The Tories have had their first good 24 hours of the election campaign. The £2,000 tax claim made by Rishi…
Labor’s ‘soft’ student caps don’t go far enough
1 in every 37 people are foreign students
Tory favourites enjoy mixed success in safe seats
Claims of stitch-ups in seat selections are as old as the Tory party itself. But the chaotic nature of this…
Human rights in the firing line?
As many readers will already be aware, the WA Labor government is currently attempting to make sweeping changes to Western…
ACTU: imposing union control over AI?
The ACTU apparently perceives AI as a ‘very big threat’ to workers, yet simultaneously aims to leverage it for higher…
On Sunak’s maths, Tories will lift taxes by £3,000 per household
My colleague Ross Clark has shown how the Tories cooked up that £2,000 figure. They worked out the total cost of what…
The activists’ war on book festivals spells disaster for authors
Touring the country’s literary festivals as an author isn’t glamorous. Like travelling salesmen, we get into our cars or board…
The truth about Labour’s fiscal black hole
It is small wonder that Treasury officials are unhappy about Conservative claims about Labour tax rises being attributed to them.…
Nigel Farage is turning the screws on the Tories
He’s back. After months of teasing and indecision, Nigel Farage launched himself fully into the fray of yet another election…
Don’t get rid of VAR!
The Premier League’s 20 football clubs will vote tomorrow on whether to scrap video assistant referee (VAR) technology. Five years…
