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Hola, here’s the first Brexit Benefit
Whenever Brexit is discussed these days, you will nearly always find a splenetic or exultant Remainer asking, often in a…
Watch: Jacinda Ardern’s final cringeworthy speech as PM
It’s a bad time for soporific narcissists in office. Just weeks after the self-indulgent grandstanding of Nicola Sturgeon’s farewell press…
Nicola Sturgeon’s husband arrested in SNP finance investigation
Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP and the husband of Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was…
The Guardian has wrecked itself
It’s so strange now to think that I spent several happy years as a Guardian columnist, the only billet from…
My unexpected lunch with Nigel Lawson
When I joined the House of Lords in 2013 I soon realised that, despite its poor reputation, the place contained…
Trump’s indictment is a tempest over bookkeeping
The American rule of law, which seems so precious to holier-than-thou Democrats these days, depends above all on one thing:…
Men: it’s time to bring back sideburns
Our nation’s collective Man Card is on the verge of being rescinded. The number of “lonely, single men” is rising…
The insanity of the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ led America to this point
They have come from far and wide today to see the elephant in New York City. The #Resistance that promised…
Who could replace Gary Lineker on Match of the Day?
Just when you thought you couldn’t handle any more depressing news, Gary Lineker has started dropping hints that his days…
Why Alvin Bragg’s indictment is truly unprecedented
A president who never held elected office before occupying the White House faces plenty of enemies, even some skepticism among…
Paul O’Grady represented a bygone era of TV
The tragically early death of the magnificent Paul O’Grady struck a blow at the national heart that’s unusual for a celebrity…
Get ready for the Passion of The Donald
It won’t have escaped Donald Trump’s notice that his arrest has come during Holy Week, when our Lord and Saviour…
What’s going on with Carol Vorderman?
It seems that Labour have a secret weapon in their local election campaign. For months now, Carol Vorderman has been…
Nigel Lawson’s legacy is one of British transformation
The path from the editor’s chair at The Spectator to 11 Downing Street was not untrodden when Mrs Thatcher asked…
Russia’s long history of female assassins
The news that a young woman anti-war activist, Darya Trepova, is suspect number one in the bombing assassination of Russian…
France’s Boomers have a lot to answer for
Paris has banned e-scooters after the people were asked to vote in a referendum. Not many of the capital’s 1.38…
The National Audubon Society considers canceling itself
How thoroughly has diversity, equity and inclusion penetrated the sciences? “To the core!” at least if the recent travails of…
Watching baseball as Seattle crumbles
It’s a better thing to travel hopefully than to arrive, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote back in 1881. I find myself…
Nigel Lawson: 1932-2023
Nigel Lawson has died at the age of 91. He was the editor of The Spectator from 1966 to 1970…
By reducing oil production, Opec is only helping Russia
Just when we thought inflationary forces were softening, the price of crude oil has shot up sharply today in response…
How to take an iconic mugshot
So you’re going to be arrested imminently: how do you prepare? I’ve dwelled on this question often since my arrest…
What would be the real cost of defending Taiwan?
It’s 2026 and China begins its invasion of Taiwan with an intense missile bombardment that in a few hours destroys…
Watch: Jacinda Ardern’s successor struggles to define a woman
Is Labour’s state of confusion about sex and gender going global? Labour leader Keir Starmer was widely mocked this weekend…
Who is behind the murder of Putin’s propagandist?
Those who live by hate often die by hate, too. Maxim Fomin, better known as Vladlen Tatarsky, was one of…
Now Humza’s henchman takes aim at Rod
There’s no shortage of problems in Humza Yousaf’s in-tray as he gets his feet under the desk at Bute House.…
