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Cameron snubs Osborne
The papers have been full of speculation this month about rumours of a rift between Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson.…
Boris faces a backlash from Tory MPs over Afghanistan
After the Taliban took over Kabul and announced victory in Afghanistan, a scramble is underway by diplomats and many Afghans…
The real reason Biden was prepared to let Kabul fall
The speed of the Taliban’s advance, culminating in Sunday’s capture of Kabul, has been widely put forward as proof that…
The Taleban enters Kabul
Rather than the six to twelve months predicted by the US intelligence services, the Taleban ended up needing just a few…
Wrong then, wrong now – Joe Biden’s maddeningly inconsistent foreign policy
‘After al-Qaeda and the Taliban fall… when we “drain the swamp”, as the President says, the medium-term goal is to…
Autopsy of a failed war
The following essay is in Spectator World’s September edition, a special issue marking 20 years of the War on Terror.…
Iran's 'Ghost Armada' and its secret alliance with China
When a British security guard was killed in an Iranian drone attack last month, the response from the government was robust. Boris…
Why incels aren’t terrorists
Sometimes, a nutter is just a nutter, even when he’s a homicidal nutter. In the case of Jake Davison, the…
Tony Blair takes back control
Last month Steerpike reported news that Tony Blair was plotting a return to Parliament. One of the many unwanted consequences…
Scotland’s new transgender guidance is a safeguarding nightmare
On Thursday, teachers planning residential trips were told that it was just fine for teenagers of the opposite sex to…
Meet the CRT grifters
The American right nominally has the support of half the country, but it is its own persistent self-inflicted curse that…
Sales of The Spectator jump 27 per cent to a new all-time high
When the pandemic struck, we at The Spectator adopted the brace position. Like many publications, we furloughed staff and prepared…
My roots burnt with Greece
On 11 March this year my father passed away from prostate cancer after several weeks in a hospital in central…
The failure of the right
Sometimes things that don’t happen are as important as those that do. In the Sherlock Holmes story Silver Blaze, about…
The problem with Anglo-Gaullism
Enoch Powell was a great admirer of General de Gaulle. That didn’t stop him, at the end of his career,…
Merkelism is here to stay – and that's bad news for German politics
When Angela Merkel leaves office after Bundestag elections next month, she will have forever changed the course of German history.…
How China tried to suppress the lab leak investigation
The lead figure in the World Health Organisation’s work on the origins of Covid-19 has givena remarkable interview to Danish…
Where is our anger about Afghanistan?
This is an age of anger. Social media amplifies rage and exaggerates polarisation. Twitter isn’t Britain, but too many people…
Is there anything ‘new’ or ‘shocking’ about the latest Hunter Biden scandal?
The prodigal son returns without his pants. Hunter Biden, the male heir of the 46th president, was caught hanging brain…
Devolution doesn't work in a crisis
One of the worst features of devolution is the tendency of devocrats to insist on doing their own thing in…
Winning here: the Lib Dems' links with China
Earlier this week Mr S brought you news of the latest interminable row splitting the Lib Dems: what to do about Vince…
The SNP-Green alliance is a victory for the cranks
The SNP’s nationalist outriders, the Scottish Green party, are reported to be within touching distance of agreeing the terms of…
Why progressives have no sense of proportion
Isn’t it odd how progressives constantly emit platitudes like words matter, yet can never resist a chance to indulge in…
Why Biden will not change tack on Afghanistan
Afghanistan will be a stain on the Biden presidency. His decision to continue with a US withdrawal from the country…
Britain’s Covid economic bounce back is less impressive than it seems
The UK economy is rebounding at the fastest rate in Europe, and faster even than the United States: that is…
