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Joe Lieberman RIP: a voice of reason in a fractious age
It is impossible for me to think of an American in politics who lived a life as full of hope as…
Thames Water proves privatisation has failed
Why do the Conservatives find it so difficult to admit that the privatisation of public utilities has in many cases…
The UK’s economic problems are far bigger than a ‘recession’
It was extremely optimistic to think the UK could revise its way out of recession. After the Office for National…
Germany’s Holocaust dilemma
‘In 2024, Jewish money is once again being confiscated by a German bank’. This is a headline that makes for uncomfortable reading…
Will Angela Rayner take her own advice?
It seems Angela Rayner is in hot water again. The Labour deputy leader might have thought she had escaped unscathed…
US businesses are falling out of love with Xi’s Chinese dream
A US diplomat in Beijing once told me a story of an American businessman hospitalised in the city of Ningbo…
NeverTrumpers have found a way to hit Donald where it hurts
With Donald Trump confirmed as the Republican nominee, a group of NeverTrump conservatives have tried to hit the former president…
Galloway suggests Obama involvement in Moscow attack
The fall-out continues from Friday’s attack on Moscow concert hall attack in which 139 people were reported dead. Russian officials…
Britain is falling out of love with the NHS
Rishi Sunak doesn’t speak much about his five priorities these days, apart from inflation, which ‘halved’ as promised. On NHS…
Why did a judge fall for Abdul Ezedi’s lie that he was a Christian?
Abdul Ezedi is dead and gone. The Clapham acid attacker was laid to rest in a Muslim burial at a…
Tories split on CCHQ attack ads
It’s five weeks to go until the local elections and Tory high command are stepping up their attacks. On Monday,…
The painful truth about Gareth Southgate’s England
Football, so they say, is a results business – except when it comes to Gareth Southgate, the England manager. In…
Why North Korea hates Alan Titchmarsh’s jeans
Alan Titchmarsh presumably did not expect to see his programme Garden Secrets, filmed in 2010, air on North Korean state television this…
The UAE bid for The Spectator is over
In the end, it was watertight. A new law has been just voted through the Lords banning foreign governments from…
I’ve done very well, says Rishi Sunak at select committee grilling
Normally when a select committee hearing or interview is described as ‘wide-ranging’, it’s because a lot was said, but none…
How can we avoid another Batley Grammar blasphemy row?
Dame Sara Khan, the government’s adviser on social cohesion, has produced a powerful and brave report with some stark findings…
The Youth Parliament makes children of us all
When the British Youth Council (BYC) announced last week its imminent closure, people went near-hysterical, declaring it ‘devastating’ news and…
The British farmers’ tractor protest may just be the start
As you tuck into a leg of roast lamb this Bank Holiday weekend, consider how religious festivals are a boon…
Valdo Calocane didn’t get away with murder
On Monday, the HM Crown Prosecution Inspectorate (HMCPSI) released a report on the CPS’s actions in the case of Valdo…
Watch: Stephen Colbert grovels for Kate joke
Oh dear. In his never-ending quest to prove that he’s almost as funny as Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert has tripped…
Why the WHO’s pandemic planning poses a threat to Britain
The fall-out from Covid continues. Its latest manifestations on the international stage are a draft pandemic preparedness treaty, soon to…
You’re not being paranoid: smart meters are out to get you
If anyone was still in doubt as to why the government is keen to press ‘smart’ meters onto us, those…
Scotland’s pound shop Stasi
The Scottish government’s illiberal Hate Crime and Public Order Act isn’t even being enforced yet and already Police Scotland are…
The Waspi women won’t be compensated any time soon
If the ‘Waspi women’ (women against state pension inequality) were hoping that last week’s ombudsman report into the maladministration of…
Europe must tighten its borders to combat the Islamist threat
Europe is on a state of high alert after Friday’s Islamist attack in Moscow that left 137 concertgoers dead. France…
