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Rachel Reeves’s new gamble
Credit to Rachel Reeves: while some chancellors opt to take part in the Sunday shows ahead of a fiscal event,…
Will China tell North Korea to pull out of Ukraine?
Throughout the Russian invasion, China has, for the most part, refused to be drawn into the conflict. It has not…
What Gen Z need to know about the 1990s
‘Nothing,’ said Vladimir Nabokov, ‘revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it’. If smell…
It’s rich of the French to call Trump ‘vulgar’
There has always been a touch of snobbery in the way the French elite regard American politics. The word one…
Why Kemi was the right choice
A version of this article was originally published in last week’s issue of The Spectator. What set Margaret Thatcher apart…
How Kemi Badenoch’s Tories can rebuild Britain
The Conservatives finally have a new leader. But Kemi Badenoch must be under no illusions: after the disastrous July election,…
Labour’s embarrassing Badenoch blunder
So Kemi Badenoch is the new leader of the opposition. How best should Labour respond? One person who has shown…
My unsolicited advice to Kemi Badenoch
If there are two things new leaders of political parties dread, it’s unsolicited advice and Scotland. The advice because, even…
Badenoch must explain why the Tories deserve power
Kemi Badenoch’s victory was not overwhelming. Her margin of victory was smaller than of any of her Tory predecessors since…
Has the Trump campaign stalled?
The ‘Trumpmentum’ of the last few weeks couldn’t last forever. Now, with less than four days to go until election…
Revealed: Tory membership falls by almost a quarter in two years
Will the last person to leave the Tory party please turn out the lights? After an exodus of Conservative MPs…
What Kemi Badenoch’s victory means for the Conservatives
The results of the Conservative leadership contest are in. Almost four months after the Tory party suffered its worst general…
Kemi Badenoch will face an exposed Keir Starmer
Kemi Badenoch could probably already have served a truncated term as prime minister had she made different choices. Back at…
Truss blasts ‘dishonest’ Sunak on his last day
Happy Tory leadership results day! Much like teenagers collecting their A-levels, there will be plenty of tears, cheers and multiple…
Can Republicans be trusted with the US economy?
When it comes to the economy, Americans typically trust the Republicans. They’re the party traditionally aligned with big capital; and…
Does Qatar still hold the key to a Hamas hostage deal?
Qatar is the Middle East’s mediator-in-chief. The assassination of Hamas’s senior leadership and Gaza War’s regionalisation to Lebanon have not…
History has been cruel to Wallis Simpson
If there is one thing that Paul French’s forthcoming book Her Lotus Year should put right about Wallis Simpson, the…
Biden scores another ‘own goal’ over Trump’s ‘garbage’ supporters
The latest wisdom from our tottering, angry president was to call Donald Trump’s supporters “garbage.” He was responding to the…
Tories overtake Labour in Sunak’s final poll
It’s Rishi Sunak’s final week as Tory leader, but should he be asked to carry on? On Wednesday he charmed…
Germany’s gender madness is a worry for women everywhere
Germany has gone further than most countries in failing to stand up to the relentless march of transgender ideology. Its…
Can the OBR be trusted?
It was the absence of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s judgment that was blamed for the bond market crisis after…
Donald Trump, Liz Cheney and the great realignment in US politics
For Donald Trump fans, one of the many creepy curiosities of this year’s presidential election is that Liz and Dick…
Reform warns Starmer of ‘national crisis’ over immigration data
One of the key issues at play in this year’s July election was the matter of immigration. Sir Keir Starmer…
Is staff sickness crippling the NHS?
Some £22 billion of the £40 billion in tax rises the Chancellor announced this week will go straight to the…
Has Labour given up on the City?
It seems that the Budget isn’t going down terribly well in the City. Ministers have been out on the airwaves,…
