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Will eco-activists disrupt the London Marathon?
Ever since Monty Python created their internecine, bickering and ridiculous groups of freedom fighters – the People’s Front of Judea and the…
RIP Barry Humphries
It was not just Barry Humphries who died on Saturday. It was that towering skewerer of pomposity and humbug, and gate-crasher of Royal boxes,…
Could the Blinken revelations lead to Biden’s impeachment?
What’s that flapping sound? Could it be the sound of chickens coming home to roost? Or maybe it’s just the grating…
Why does no one dress for dinner at Claridge’s any more?
Barry Humphries has died at the age of 89. This was his last diary for The Spectator in our 2022…
Covid’s origins and a disturbing Nature study
Ever since the world was forced into lockdown in March 2020, the question of where and how Covid-19 appeared has…
Fentanyl is wreaking havoc in America
I stepped through a hole in the chainlink fence surrounding Portland’s O’Bryant Square and saw four people nodded out and…
The trouble with The Rest is Politics podcast
You have probably already heard of The Rest is Politics, which consistently tops the podcast charts. You have certainly already…
Macron has left Marseille at the mercy of violent drug gangs
Five months and counting until France hosts the Rugby World Cup. For England supporters, the tournament kicks off at the…
Newsnight stoops to a new low in its climate protest coverage
Has the BBC been invaded by a cabal of Extinction Rebellion protesters who have tied up the Director General in…
Sunak opts for loyalty first in reshuffle
What does Rishi Sunak’s mini-reshuffle reveal? When Nadhim Zahawi was sacked as party chairman, the Prime Minister took his time…
Rishi Sunak distances himself from Raab’s resignation
Rishi Sunak seems keen to stand back from the row about Dominic Raab, offering more of a commentary on it…
Is Dominic Raab really a ‘bully’?
Who is the real victim in the Dominic Raab bullying saga? I know the story is that he was a…
Don’t blame the rain for the drop in high street shopping
Did retail sales really fall in March because of the wet weather? This is the excuse being trotted out by…
Dominic Raab resigns over bullying report
In the last few minutes Dominic Raab has announced that he has resigned from government following the findings of an…
Full text: Dominic Raab’s resignation letter
Dear Prime Minister, I am writing to resign from your government, following receipt of the report arising from the inquiry…
Rishi Sunak knows the Tory rebels are right about small boats
When the Rwanda migrant removals programme was torpedoed by a European judge at a hastily-convened hearing one evening last summer,…
Meghan Markle and Princess Di among top requested celebrity sex dolls: report
A British sex doll manufacturer is claiming that the top celebrities his customers request likenesses of include Princess Diana, Kate…
Thunderdome 2024: only Trump supporters want DeSantis to get in now
In the two months since the launch of the 2024 Thunderdome for the Republican nomination, the field has turned out…
Keir Starmer’s gender muddle is a disaster for the Labour party
How committed is Keir Starmer to protecting women’s rights? Earlier this month, the Labour leader dismissed the sex and gender…
Sunak has Raab’s fate in his hands
After a five-month investigation Adam Tooley KC has today given Downing Street his report into the bullying claims against Dominic…
Russia’s spy ships are playing mind games in British waters
The news that Russian spy ships appear to be mapping British and other underwater cables and pipelines in the North…
The birthday party that paved the way for Hitler to win power
Ten days before Adolf Hitler died, the Führer turned 56. Just after midnight on 20 April 1945 his personal assistants…
Michael O’Leary’s Brexit jibe is a step too far
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary never has exactly been the master of tact, but will his latest outburst make his customers…
The truth about Britain’s entitled strikers
Striking was part of my childhood. One of my first memories is of walking through Middlesbrough town centre and seeing…
Tory rebels win concessions on judges blocking flights
Ministers have agreed to back two amendments to its flagship Illegal Migration Bill as part of No. 10’s attempt to…
