London deserves better than Sadiq Khan
By any measure, Sadiq Khan deserves to lose the London mayoral election. Khan has been terrible for the capital, yet…
John Major urges Hunt to up defence spending, not cut taxes, in Budget
John Major has called on Chancellor Jeremy Hunt not to cut taxes in his Budget next week – but to…
‘I still need to live’: Christian preacher Hatun Tash on the plot to kill her
When Hatun Tash went missing before Christmas her friends and family had good reason to be worried. In recent years,…
Asylum seeker dies on board migrant barge
An asylum seeker has died on the Bibby Stockholm boat. The identity of the migrant who lost his life on…
Is this year’s Tory conference slogan the worst ever?
Boris Johnson got plenty of things wrong as prime minister but he at least knew how to come up with…
What’s the truth about the Peckham shop scuffle?
Rye Lane in south London’s Peckham is a lively place day and night, but yesterday evening the atmosphere was distinctly…
Starmer hails ‘historic’ moment after Selby by-election victory
Labour has won the Selby and Ainsty by-election – overturning a majority of more than 20,000, the biggest it has…
Is Gary Neville following in the footsteps of Thatcher – or Trump?
A video loop on the homepage of Gary Neville’s new website shows the ex-Man Utd captain turned businessman, broadcaster and…
Let’s call time on football’s absurd beer ban
When Qatar announced an alcohol ban at last year’s football World Cup, there was uproar. The decision, made public a…
TV dramas like Welcome to Wrexham are spoiling sport
The blurred lines between sport and entertainment
Is Wrexham’s Hollywood fairytale heading for an unhappy ending?
Wrexham’s Hollywood dream seems almost too good to be true. The club spent years in the doldrums of the Welsh…
Six key announcements in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget
Jeremy Hunt got the job as Chancellor because he is very different from his predecessor. If Kwasi Kwarteng was rash…
Liz Truss triumphs in Tory leadership race
Liz Truss has won the race to become Tory leader and Britain’s new Prime Minister. Truss, who was the runaway…
Watch: Trump hints at comeback after FBI raid
Love him or loathe him, Donald Trump is a brilliant political opportunist. And the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago estate last night may…
Why won't Gary Lineker name those who racially abused him?
Gary Lineker is the BBC’s top earner: he was paid £1.36m last year. The popularity of Match of the Day,…
Boris survives confidence vote – for now
Boris Johnson has won a confidence vote in his leadership – but nearly 150 Tory MPs voted against him in…
Is Jürgen Klopp really football's Mr Nice Guy?
Jürgen Klopp is football’s Mr Nice Guy. Despite his Liverpool side missing out on winning the Premier League, Klopp was…
Why should Idrissa Gueye have to wear a rainbow shirt?
A row about rainbows has broken out in football. Paris St-Germain players wore brightly coloured numbers — a show of…
Fascinating exhibitions – clunky editorialising: Breaking the News at the British Library reviewed
In The Spectator office’s toilets there are framed front covers of the events that didn’t happen: Corbyn beats Boris; ‘Here’s…
The ridiculous rehabilitation of Azeem Rafiq
Has Azeem Rafiq been forgiven yet? He’s certainly working on it. After finding himself on both sides of a racism…
Tulip Siddiq's selective attacks on foreign leaders
Tulip Siddiq has campaigned nobly for the return of her constituent, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The Labour MP is again doing her…
Amnesty International has undermined Navalny's fight for freedom
In his fight against Putin, Alexei Navalny needs all the help he can get. The might of the Russian state…
Is the EU cooking the books on tackling climate change?
When it comes to tackling climate change, the EU has always been eager to talk the talk. In 2011, the…
Boohoo, BLM and the price of virtue signalling
If companies were judged on what they said rather than what they did, business would be booming for Boohoo. In the…
Now isn't the time for an NHS pay rise
Across Britain, the rainbow pictures are coming down. But in some houses, they are being replaced with new, more political…
