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Boris Johnson fires a warning shot to Sunak
Rishi Sunak is once again facing an unhelpful intervention from one of his predecessors. As the Prime Minister attempts to…
The rewriting of Roald Dahl is an act of cultural vandalism
The vandals have come for Roald Dahl. His books for children are to be cleansed of their ‘offensive’ content. Sensitivity…
Scottish schools have become places of indoctrination
Nicola Sturgeon may be on her way out – but after 16 years of SNP rule, Scottish schools are still…
The man who saved North Carolina from nuclear disaster
On a cold wet day in January 1961, Lt Jack ReVelle climbed out of a muddy hole in the ground, holding…
China is trying to strangle the world’s solar panel industry
China is moving to consolidate and exploit its position as world leader in solar power technologies, by restricting the export…
Was Jean Raspail racist?
Fifty years ago, one of the most controversial books of the late 20th century was published. Camp of the Saints…
The West shouldn’t underestimate Russia in Ukraine
Russia’s winter offensive appears to have begun with a decidedly underwhelming series of operations in the Donbas. So far results…
Ron DeSantis is scarier than Trump, says Vanity Fair
Cockburn has noticed a trend over at Vanity Fair, that once-esteemed publication. They write about Ron DeSantis, a lot. Obsessively,…
Oxford students should resist these medieval trigger warnings
In 1408, the Archbishop of Canterbury convened a synod in Oxford to prohibit the reading of John Wycliffe’s English translation of the…
Nicola Sturgeon’s disastrous economic legacy
When Nicola Sturgeon looks back on her economic legacy, what will she feel most proud of: the big industrial plants…
JK Rowling is no transphobe – and I should know
Most authors would undoubtedly be satisfied with the legacy of Harry Potter: hundreds of millions of books sold, a film…
Why I’m glad to see the back of Nicola Sturgeon
I see Scotland as the brain of the UK, with Wales as the soul and Northern Ireland as the heart.…
Joe Biden might be the White House’s best communicator
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre didn’t mince words this week when defending her boss. When asked by a reporter…
Kamala Harris should run for Senate again in California
Here’s an idea that won’t happen but should: if Kamala Harris really wants to reset her political future — and…
Macron is unwise to snub Meloni over Europe’s migrant crisis
Emmanuel Macron and Giorgia Meloni are no strangers to having a spat. The first was last autumn, about migrants; this…
Would Liz Truss’s ‘economic Nato’ work against China?
It was only a few weeks ago that Liz Truss started commenting on domestic policy again, speaking to The Spectator…
Blasphemy has become a risky business at British universities
You might have thought that of all the things that could get you in trouble on a university campus today,…
Why China could be Truss’s best hope for rehabilitation
This week two former Foreign Secretaries offered competing visions for how Britain should engage with China. On Wednesday, Philip Hammond…
Scotland will have a new leader on 27 March
So now we know: Scotland will get its new leader on 27 March. The rules that will determine how Sturgeon’s…
Sturgeon’s failure to create a better Scotland
Nicola Sturgeon always knew how to play the London media like a fiddle. Progressive views, plain speaking, ‘detesting’ the Tories…
South Park incinerates Harry and Meghan
If we hadn’t heard enough about ‘the Dumb Prince and His Stupid Wife’ – not Steerpike’s words – now South Park has…
Trump denounces ‘failed woke extremist’ Sturgeon
Reading some of the tributes from English luvvies yesterday, you would have had no idea that Nicola Sturgeon was anything…
Putin’s inhumane war strategy is backfiring
The war in Ukraine changed fundamentally after Vladimir Putin failed to capture Kyiv and decapitate the regime there a year…
The EU is mired in sleaze
The last year has not been good for the European Union’s image. The Qatargate scandal rumbles on. So far, apart…
Nicola Sturgeon was made – and destroyed – by independence
The greatest trick an ideologue can ever pull off is convincing people they are not, in fact, an ideologue. But…
