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The progressive elect comes to Brearley
Brearley is an all-girls day school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side with a $150 million endowment and an unparalleled history…
A two-year recession has begun, says the Bank of England
Alongside a rather defensive interest rate hike today, the Bank of England unveiled some alarming forecasts for economic growth. The…
‘Wrong visit, wrong time’: What Germany makes of Scholz’s Beijing trip
This afternoon, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz goes to China. His one-day visit to Beijing is the first by a democratic…
So is it OK when liberals use the R-word?
A liberal elite is slurring her words (and Cockburn doesn’t mean in the fun, tipsy way). Kasey Funderburg was a…
Bank of England takes interest rates to a 14-year high
After yesterday’s fourth consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate rise from the Federal Reserve, the Bank of England has finally…
Sunak drops ‘legal but harmful’ censorship clause
For some time now, The Spectator has been highlighting the danger posed by the so-called Online Safety Bill which would…
Politicians haven’t been honest about immigration to Britain
What’s the most important story in Britain over the last 25 years? The financial crisis? Brexit? These events both changed our country dramatically. But neither has had…
Eight Democrats we all hope lose this November
It is midterm election season, an important period on our political calendar as it marks that there’s only two years…
Biden’s wasted jaunt down in Florida
“Charlie is running against Donald Trump incarnate,” President Joe Biden strangely remarked of Democrat Charlie Crist, who is running against…
JK Rowling, not Daniel Radcliffe, is the heroine of the gender debate
Some people accuse millennials of being ungrateful and entitled. Sadly, many of our celebrities do little to disabuse the public…
PMQs: Starmer’s astonishing Nigel Farage imitation
The small boats have landed. PMQs was dominated by the migration issue and the flotillas of dinghies struggling across the…
Why windfall taxes come at a great cost
There is no such thing as free money. This was learned the hard way last month, when investors made clear…
Sunak and Starmer clash over ‘broken’ asylum system
Short questions are always best at PMQs – and Keir Starmer’s first one was very short indeed. He asked Rishi…
Why is Rishi Sunak going to COP?
Whoever Rishi Sunak is taking his advice from, evidently it isn’t me. Last Friday I wrote here supporting his decision…
The police service is rotten to the core
A report published today by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services for England and Wales should come as…
Rishi Sunak’s first U-turn as PM
Just over a week into Rishi Sunak’s premiership and the new prime minister has performed his first government U-turn. After…
It looks like Bibi is back from the dead
Could it really be over? As Israeli political reporters stand before their cameras or hunch over their keyboards, their brains…
The Zulu’s new king brings peace, for a moment
A new king of the Zulu was crowned at the weekend. Thousands in South Africa went to Durban to watch…
Saving San Francisco
San Francisco mayor London Breed held a press conference on October 5 concerning her city’s most deadly problem: the open…
The barbarism of Canada’s euthanasia regime
“After a recent experience caring for a patient receiving medical assistance in dying, I felt distressed and uncomfortable. How should…
Why are Democrats more focused on rape and incest than inflation?
Amid 40-year-high inflation, dwindling investment portfolios, and 20-year high mortgage rates, the Democratic Party appears most concerned with protecting the…
Have we finally reached Peak Pride?
Have we reached Peak Pride? As a gay man, I suppose I should feel gratified by the fervor with which…
We should be better than Paul Pelosi conspiracy theories
Always give it three days. This is a golden rule of journalism that requires reporters and commentators to wait when…
America’s military isn’t ready for a war with China
China’s 20th Party Congress concluded on October 23, and President Xi Jinping secured a norm-breaking third term as leader of…
Putin goes to war on LGBT rights
When I moved to Rostov-on-Don, in the south of Russia, in 2018 for what was to be four happy years,…
