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The Supreme Court case that could end Roe v Wade
Nearly 50 years after Roe v Wade unleashed a constitutional right to abortion and redefined modern American politics, Dobbs v…
The Washingtonian’s dreary, woke ‘best of’ list
Cockburn was waiting to get his beard trimmed at the barber recently and found himself flicking through the latest issue…
Do these 20 Republicans regret confirming AG Merrick Garland?
Attorney General Merrick Garland was confirmed to the top post in the Department of Justice in March 2021 by a…
Reports of the demise of Italian populism are greatly exaggerated
Britain’s newspapers have called the results of the local elections in Italy the death of populism. The Times, for example,…
Poland's top court has finally called the EU's bluff
For many years, the EU has posed as a kind of overbearing imperial leviathan, which insists its law has to prevail over…
France's political elite created Eric Zemmour
Love him or loathe him, Eric Zemmour is a breath of fresh air in French politics. Before he appeared as…
The Tories will pay a price for Boris's housing strategy
One of the themes of Conservative conference was that the government has dropped plans for a radical reform of the…
Greta Thunberg didn’t win the German elections
Greta Thunberg is back in business. Previously slowed down by European pandemic restrictions, the Fridays For Future movement has now…
It's no wonder young people have 'eco-anxiety'
Is it any wonder that children and young adults are going down with ‘eco-anxiety’ , as claimed in an opinion…
Trudeau's troubles with LGBT+ acronyms
Justin Trudeau likes to present him as the wokest leader in all the west. The Canadian PM has suffered numerous…
Build Back Boris!
As a clarion call, a sounding of hosannas, a piece of fiery rhetoric to hold puissance over the soul of…
Taiwan could spark a war between America and China
Some time between now and the next 10 years war between the United States and Communist China is certain. The…
Exclusive: Trump blasts Biden on Critical Race Theory - and much, much more
President Donald Trump spoke exclusively with Amber Athey, The Spectator’s Washington editor, via phone on Wednesday. The interview covered a range of…
Audits restore faith in elections
Election audits of the 2020 election are under attack in the media. It’s easy to see why some calls for…
Levelling up is Johnsonian cakeism
Until this morning, few people in Britain will have heard of the works of Wilfredo Pareto (1848-1923). Now, thanks to…
Boris is sprawling across the centre ground
That was the most Boris Johnson speech imaginable. His supporters at party conference will have lapped it up, they certainly…
Help! I don’t know what a cervix is
With all this talk of private parts, the political has now gotten very personal. Recently, I was having an argument…
The Facebook empire is beginning to crumble
When empires crumble they slide slowly at first, then the temple walls come crashing down. Facebook is not quite at…
A short history of political violence
The ugly attack on Iain Duncan Smith by five protestors at the Tory conference in Manchester has been widely seen…
Biden stole Donald Trump’s foreign policy
When President Donald Trump in 2020 signed a trade deal with China after years of escalatory tariffs, then-presidential candidate Joe…
Liz Cheney is running scared in Wyoming
Last Wednesday, Rep. Liz Cheney seized the opportunity during a House Armed Services Committee hearing to apologize to Gen. Mark…
One of Washington’s best bars returns
Cockburn has rarely met a pub he didn’t like, though plenty of pubs haven’t taken a liking to Cockburn. Fortunately,…
Power fail: French tantrum diplomacy is wearing thin
It’s hard for tabloid journalists to engage in mad hyperbole when politicians seem all too willing to do it for…
Sunak faces the free-marketeers
Rishi Sunak didn’t give too much away tonight when he spoke at the ThinkTent Conservative Party Conference. The Chancellor is…
Priti Patel strikes a bullish tone
The theme of Priti Patel’s party conference speech this afternoon was very much ‘large and in charge’. She devoted much…
