Forced divestiture is better than expanding regulation
‘Muddying the waters’ is one of the cleverer and more effective tools deployed by public relations advisers. The method involves…
How NatCon Brussels was saved from censorship
When I was first scheduled to speak at this year’s National Conservatism conference (NatCon) in Brussels, I expected it to…
What the Mark Menzies scandal means for the Tories
You’ve got to feel for Rishi Sunak. He spends his days slaving around the clock to shave half a percentage…
Humza Yousaf could never realise Sturgeon’s fantasy climate plans
It was Cop26 in Glasgow and Nicola Sturgeon was in her element, posing for selfies with Greta Thunberg, David Attenborough…
Prince Harry ditches UK as primary residence
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, the Queen of Privacy never manage to keep out of the news for too…
Labour should think twice before taxing pensioners
Labour, according to Rachel Reeves, is now the party of low taxes. She has said she won’t raise income tax,…
It’s no surprise the SNP’s climate change law has failed
When Nicola Sturgeon unveiled the SNP’s climate change pledge in 2019, the First Minister boasted that Scotland had the ‘most…
Europe’s coffee houses are in trouble
There’s bad news for coffee fans: the price of your favourite beverage – which has already rocketed in recent years…
We need more Kemi Badenochs
On Tuesday, parliament voted for the first time on legislation to begin the phasing out of smoking (not just cigarettes,…
The tragedy of Emma Raducanu
It is hard not to feel a teeny weeny bit sorry for Emma Raducanu, who was hailed as the next…
The far-left takeover: working in childcare is a political act
Concerns are being raised about Australia’s new Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF 2.0). The Frankfurt school cultural Marxism – aka Critical Theory…
Time is ticking to save Vladimir Kara-Murza
A year ago today, the Putin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza was jailed for 25 years – the longest sentence handed down…
The National Portrait Gallery’s bizarre obsession with slavery
We might have foreseen that the movement to radicalise the art and museum world would in time come back to…
In defense of journalism, with Anthony De Ceglie
It’s easy to forget that journalists were once invested with immense trust by citizens. This is no longer the case.…
The land that time (but not the government) forgot
Australia’s vaccine regulator, the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), is still determinedly operating a virus theme park which…
Victorians have no idea
When it comes to Indigenous matters, it seems Victorians and their Members of Parliament, have no idea what is happening…
Rishi gets witty at PMQs
Keir Starmer came to Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) with a spring in his step. He announced that he owned ‘a…
Sunak has no excuse to not proscribe the IRGC
Lord Renwick, the Labour peer and former Foreign Office mandarin, used to say that young diplomats of a certain breeding…
The Foreign Office is in trouble if David Lammy takes charge
The heart sinks at the latest thoughts espoused by David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, on a future Labour government’s…
Watch: Sunak ridicules Starmer over Rayner
The curious case of Angela Rayner’s tax affairs continues to drag on and Rishi Sunak isn’t prepared to let Sir…
Truss bestseller sold out on Amazon
She’s produced a bestseller! Liz Truss’s new book has been out for less than 72 hours and it’s already sold…
Inflation is down again – but don’t expect interest rates to follow suit
Interest rate cuts are beginning to look like a mirage: the closer we seem to get to them the more…
Why is the mayor of Tehran welcome in Brussels but not Nigel Farage?
‘How do you think this looks to the rest of the world?’ asked Nigel Farage as police attempted to shut…
Vale David Martin Jones
It is with the deepest sadness that I advise readers of The Spectator Australia of the tragic passing of David Martin…
Police probe Rayner over multiple allegations
Another day, another development in the curious case of Angela Rayner’s tax affairs. Mr S last week reported that Rayner…
