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Boris Johnson is preparing to fight the wrong election
The next election won’t be like the 2019 campaign. It will be far tougher for the Tories. Ministers were struck…
The sinister attempt to silence a Yazidi survivor
Are we cancelling former Isis sex slaves now? It would seem so, at least going by this barmy story out…
Andrew Cuomo is as bad as you thought he was
Imagine if former governor Andrew Cuomo had been as concerned with the safety of nursing home patients during the pandemic…
Kyle Rittenhouse and the collapse of media neutrality
Anyone who thought the jury’s verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case might prompt some reflection among the political and media…
When did traditional masculinity become toxic?
It’s hard for privileged white men to stay relevant in this age of identity politics but a number of fail-safe…
Boris must act to prevent a repeat of the Channel migrant tragedy
The tragic drowning of more than two dozen people in the English Channel yesterday should remind us that closing down…
Theresa May's risqué joke
Boris couldn’t make it but fortunately there was one Tory premier at last night’s Spectator parliamentarian awards. Former Prime Minister…
Turkey's president Erdogan faces his greatest crisis yet
President Erdogan’s aggressive foreign policy is what usually captures the attention of the international media, but it is at home…
Nicola Sturgeon’s desperate new misinformation drive
Less than a quarter of Scots believe Scotland is likely to leave the UK within the next five years, according…
The Channel deaths were a tragedy waiting to happen
Yesterday’s tragedy in the Channel has been ten years in the making. The British tabloids this morning are inevitably pointing…
The confusion at the heart of social care
Boris Johnson’s majority plunged to just 26 last night, following a rebellion over controversial changes to social care plans. Means-tested,…
Bill Maher is not on conservatives’ side
On the season finale of his weekly HBO chat show Real Time, Bill Maher encouraged Democrats to recruit a “messaging czar.” They…
Kyle Rittenhouse takes on his QAnon lawyers
Much of Tucker Carlson’s exclusive interview with Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager found not guilty in a high-profile homicide trial last…
The Democratic distraction
Ten months into Joe Biden’s presidency, he finds himself sitting at the lowest approval rating of his time in office,…
Why I (sort of) stopped using the word ‘woke’
The college campus-born elite ideology that has swept through American institutions in recent years has gone by many names, from…
How cable news ruined Thanksgiving
Jim Acosta is an edgy, edgy man. You can tell because he uses the word “bullshit” on live TV, which…
It’s Harry, not Meghan, who’s the real problem
Who or what drove Harry and Meghan to leave the royal bosom for the land of slebs on the other…
Is Joe Biden ready for the looming war with the Fed?
He isn’t especially bothered by global warming. He doesn’t think monetary policy has very much, if anything, to contribute to…
What explains Germany's vaccine scepticism?
By the end of winter, Germans will be ‘vaccinated, recovered or dead,’ according to the country’s health minister Jens Spahn.…
The key difference between Johnson and Starmer
Here is the symbolic difference between Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer. Johnson at the CBI rocked up with a bunch…
Fears over Mandarin shortage in Whitehall
‘China Spy Blitz’ blared the Sun this morning: ‘UK spooks hiring Mandarin speakers in cyber war.’ Spy bosses, the paper…
Covid could paralyse the new German coalition
An iron curtain has descended on Europe, and once again, it goes right through the middle of Germany. The average…
Kid Rock conservatism
Kid Rock feels like he emerged from a time capsule left for us in the ’90s, perhaps along with Dunkaroos…
Why we won't hear much more about the Waukesha attack
At least five people were killed and more than forty were injured on Sunday night when a driver plowed his…
Europe gripped by a fifth wave
How quickly things change. Just a month ago many EU countries were being praised for keeping some Covid restrictions in…
