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Why Sunak backtracked over fines for missed GP appointments
Not surprisingly, Rishi Sunak has dropped plans to fine NHS patients £10 for missed appointments. It was one of the…
Are Sunak and Hunt planning a windfall tax grab?
When Rishi Sunak entered No. 10 on Tuesday, he paid lip service to the aims of his predecessor. Liz Truss…
Why shouldn't Macron meet Meloni?
One in four Italians who voted at last month’s election backed Giorgia Meloni’s conservative Brothers of Italy party – that is 7,302,517…
Will Putin use Belarus to attack Ukraine?
For the past month, Russian soldiers have been gathering in Belarus. Thousands of conscripts are assembling. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, Russia’s…
Now is the time for a strong social conservatism
President Biden’s recent interview with transexual TikToker Dylan Mulvaney is a clarifying event for anyone who pays attention to America’s…
Democrats are losing because liberalism has become cruel
Welp, so much for the blue wave. That towering electoral tsunami, which was to deluge the midterm races in a…
The radical alternative to a hospital birth
Giving birth hurts. A lot. Like any other major physical feat, it’s risky, but it’s not the inherently dangerous medical event…
The Tory wars haven’t gone away
Rishi Sunak told the Tories to ‘unite or die’ as he took office this week. Some of his party colleagues…
Prince Harry's 'Spare' is making the Royals nervous
The title of Prince Harry’s long-awaited memoir will be enough to make the royal family nervous. Spare, which was originally…
Might Sunak regret his Budget delay?
Given the swift defenestration of his predecessor after her mini-Budget panicked the markets, it is not surprising that Rishi Sunak…
Trevor Noah's bizarre Sunak skit backfires
Fire up the engine, the clickbait machine has gone into overdrive. Mr S doesn’t spend much of his time watching…
Welcome to the age of nuclear blackmail
Vladimir Putin’s recent announcement that he was not bluffing about using nuclear weapons against the West in his war on…
A healthy Fetterman would have lost the debate too
Last night’s debate between Pennsylvania US Senate candidates Republican Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman, was, as The Spectator’s own…
Is Britain heading into an inflation spiral?
Inflation, asserted Rishi Sunak in his first PMQs, makes us all poorer. That is not entirely true – people relying…
How long before Rishi fatigue sets in?
The Prime Minister has an Asian background. You wouldn’t know that if you listened to the Tories at PMQs because…
The comfort of hating Britain
I occasionally get sent articles from the ‘London Correspondent of the Papua New Guinea Courier’ – less often, now that…
She was the Queen of the West
For much of my life, I confess I didn’t pay much attention to Queen Elizabeth II. My Muslim upbringing in Somalia,…
Backing Badenoch and Braverman is key to Sunak's success
What do you do when you are a prime minister presiding over a desperately difficult economic outlook riddled with features…
Sunak will be pleased with his PMQs debut
Rishi Sunak vs Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions today was spicier than many had expected. Both men enjoyed themselves,…
Watch: Sunak savages Starmer
What a first day. Just 24 hours after walking up Downing Street to enter that famous black door, Rishi Sunak…
Six of the worst reactions to Sunak as PM
The chorus of execration that met the appointment of Rishi Sunak as PM has been music to Steerpike’s ears. There are…
Delaying the fiscal statement is a wise move
The date of the fiscal statement has changed again. The Treasury has announced that the update – now being billed…
A ‘workaholic and nerd’: What Russia makes of Rishi
‘Handsome, rich, lucky, traitor.’ That’s how the Russian broadsheet newspaper Kommersant chose to describe the new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak…
Sunak's reshuffle kerfuffle
After Rishi Sunak completed his new look cabinet on Tuesday night, a Downing Street source declared that the shake-up of…
Letting John Fetterman debate was political malpractice
Like the proprietors of a gimp show at a carnival, Pennsylvania Democrats apparently get off on making the average viewer…
