Rishi Sunak only has himself to blame for the rise of Reform
By their rugby analogies shall ye know them: when Boris Johnson was asked about his chance of becoming prime minister,…
How Starmer wants to reverse Thatcher’s legacy
Members of Labour’s frontbench have recently fallen over themselves to acclaim Margaret Thatcher. Hot on the heels of Rachel Reeves…
We’d be wise to ignore the Council of Europe’s transgender nonsense
The Council of Europe might claim to be focussed on human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but lately…
Japan is no country for young men
Another week, another fun fact about Japan’s declining birthrate and ageing population to startle and amuse us. Japan has now…
Hamas resurrected?
The duplicity and the cynicism of the Biden administration knows no bounds. By choosing to abstain from a Chinese/Russian-sponsored UN…
Brown study
I hope you will allow me, just for this week, to mention an essentially personal matter. On 19 March, I…
War stories
Electric vehicles and apartment buildings
Do as we say, not as we do
China’s sweetest victory with Paul Keating
Crypto is useless money
Even central bank digital currency can’t go mainstream
Catherine and cancer
What’s behind the frightening increase?
Netanyahu’s dilemma
Proportional response warfare does not apply
It’s your white guilt, not my white privilege
The West need not apologise for colonialism
Who’s happy now?
No wonder our young are so miserable
Unsustainable returns
No money in renewables
Did he/didn’t he?
Good witches and witches dubbed bad and born green. Wicked is one of those pieces of musical theatre that will…
Aussie life
Memory is tricky. Wandering the Paris end of Collins street sipping espresso, waving to paroled Extinction Rebellion protesters, and thinking…
Language
We wordsmiths have a principle that ‘a text without a context is a pretext’. This matters because of what some…
Leadership beyond politics
On Kate, cancer and the constitution
Why the fuss over The Spectator’s sale?
This diary is late. Two months late. The columnists who missed my Evening Standard deadlines often had elaborate excuses. Mine…
British families deserve a tax break
I am delighted to report that some £800,000 of taxpayers’ money is to be spent ‘remediating’ the works of Robert…
