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Russian spies and the return of the Cold War
Last week’s arrest of a security guard employed at the British embassy in Berlin, on suspicion of spying for Russia,…
Who wins the Afghanistan Dumbest Take Award?
It’s a national disgrace, a catastrophe nearly two decades in the making. In a just society, everyone involved would be…
Will Knowland, Eton and the problem with the teaching misconduct panel
When Eton master Will Knowland was sacked last year over anti-feminist views contained in a YouTube video which he refused…
Labour lefties show their solidarity
Once the British left fought for civil rights, social justice and the brotherhood of man. But now such high principles…
Western deterrence now looks hollow
The efforts of a 20 year war took only a few weeks to overturn: the Taliban has completed its takeover…
A new world order will emerge from America’s humiliation
When America decided to save Afghanistan from the tyranny of the Taliban, it acted on two major beliefs. The first…
Biden gave the right speech at the wrong time
This evening, President Joe Biden finally addressed the American people from the White House on Monday after Afghanistan fell into…
Biden risks undermining America’s moral authority
Joe Biden is facing what will likely be the defining event of his presidency. The gains made in Afghanistan are…
Biden embraces his inner realist
It’s starting to look as though President Joe Biden really does want to leave Afghanistan. In his speech today, Biden…
Biden snoozed while Kabul fell
The United States is in the midst of a foreign policy disaster, and the President has not been seen publicly…
Why are Labour politicians siding with Ken Loach?
Richard Leonard, former leader of the Scottish Labour party, has posted a photograph of himself standing beside Ken Loach on…
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…
