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Ukraine and Russia sign grain deal – what next?
This afternoon Kyiv and Moscow signed a UN-backed agreement to free up at least 20 million tons of grain from…
Don’t blame Brexit for the Dover chaos
Queues stretching back for several hours. Children going crazy in the back seat. Cars breaking down in the heat, and…
A rather funny story about Ivana Trump
The death of Ivana Trump last week reminded me of a story I had always meant to check. I rang…
How much have the 6 January hearings damaged Trump?
The congressional inquiry into 6 January’s storming of the Capitol is having a break. In its last prime-time hearing of…
There's one court where Prince Harry can't win
When Prince Harry and Meghan ‘stepped back’ as working royals, you’d be forgiven for thinking we would see and hear from…
Why inflation will soon be over
Here’s a quick test: do you feel, in your bones, that we’ve entered into a new inflationary era or is…
Thatcher's way with words (1982)
This piece is taken from The Spectator’s archive 40 years ago this week. At the time, Charles Moore was the magazine’s…
Are masks bad for you?
Could masks be making us sick? That’s the suggestion in a Japanese study, published this week in Nature’s Scientific Report’s…
What Nigel Farage can learn from Marine Le Pen
It’s been five weeks since Marine Le Pen’s National Rally won 89 seats in the French parliamentary elections and thus…
How Germany's energy crisis could hurt Britain
For now, Berlin can breathe a sigh of relief: after a ten-day shutdown for maintenance, the Nord Stream 1 pipeline…
The unique feminism of Ivana Trump
For a woman whose life was all about ascent, there is a cruel irony to the fact that Ivana Trump…
Does Biden have Covid, cancer, and dementia?
Joe Biden has had a lot to worry about lately. First, according to his own account, he has cancer thanks…
Rishi Sunak has a mountain to climb to beat Liz Truss
It’s day one of the national campaign of the Tory leadership campaign – and Rishi Sunak has a mountain to climb.…
Hunter Biden may be indicted, reports…CNN?
Trouble may be ahead for America’s least favorite fortunate son. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials are reportedly discussing whether to…
Is Putin really in good health?
Soon after Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in February a rash of stories appeared in the western media…
British Museum keeps the Chinese golden era alive
It’s been a bit of a bad week for the British Museum. High temperatures forced staff to close the site…
Do Truss and Sunak's spending pledges add up?
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have only a few weeks to make their case before postal voting begins on 1…
Dave Chappelle's latest cancellation should trouble us all
Comedian Dave Chappelle was due to perform a sell-out stand-up show last night. But just hours before he took to…
Why I’m coming round to the idea of Prime Minister Truss
The prospect of Liz Truss becoming the United Kingdom’s third female prime minister is antagonising all the right people. Almost…
The eurozone is having a terrible summer
A reforming prime minister has been ousted by a fractious, divided parliament. The central bank is raising interest rates to…
Mario Draghi’s fall and the death of Italian left-wing populism
So, another unelected Italian government is collapsing, and the putatively pro-democratic media are all calling it a ‘dark day.’ In…
The European Union can’t fix its gas problem
Over a 20 year period, former German chancellors Gerhard Schroder and Angela Merkel, handed Russian President Vladimir Putin a vice-like…
Biden in 'I have cancer' gaffe
You’re the American president on a visit to former coal plant in Massachusetts. You’re ostensibly there to deliver remarks about climate…
The Tories abandon fiscal conservatism at their peril
And then there were two. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss now go to the membership. There’s much talk today about how…
Liz Truss presents a serious challenge to Rishi Sunak
After all that, Sunak entered the final members’ round to be Tory leader and UK PM with a comfortable 24…
