Simon Cook

Pensioners have never had it so good

28 January 2025 5:00 pm

British pensioners are wealthier than ever. New figures from the Office for National Statistics, analysed by The Spectator’s data hub, show pensioner…

Which president granted the most pardons?

21 January 2025 4:46 am

Joe Biden has bowed out of the White House with a slew of presidential pardons. Today they have been awarded…

How does the NHS tackle eight million missed appointments?

2 December 2024 10:55 pm

One of the perennial scapegoats of the NHS is the patient who doesn’t turn up for their GP appointment. The…

Why do so many private school students get extra time in exams?

9 November 2024 4:15 am

Are independent schools gaming the system to give a disproportionate advantage to their pupils in exams? That’s one possible inference…

Did lockdown make children overweight?

7 November 2024 10:58 pm

Every year, the government weighs and measures children in Reception (ages 4-5) and Year 6 (ages 10-11). The National Child…

Is staff sickness crippling the NHS?

2 November 2024 1:08 am

Some £22 billion of the £40 billion in tax rises the Chancellor announced this week will go straight to the…

Boosters give 88 per cent protection against hospitalisation

2 January 2022 2:34 am

The good news picture continues to build for Omicron. Late on New Year’s Eve, the UK Health Security Agency released…

Is Omicron now falling in South Africa?

21 December 2021 4:09 am

Man makes Covid predictionsand God laughs. Yet with the stakes this high in Britain, every bit of real-world data is…