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A landmark victory against hormone blockers for children
Briton Keira Bell has won her legal case against the NHS’s only gender identity development service (GIDS) for under-18s, after…
The coming cable news crisis
TV pundits and reporters may personally be cheering that President Trump appears likely to be booted from office come January,…
Leaving the Union would harm Scotland more than Brexit
The Spectator recently ran a piece by Andrew Wilson, author of the SNP’s Sustainable Growth Commission, under the headline ‘Scotland…
The baffling Georgia boycott effort
Right-wingers on social media are calling for Trump supporters to refuse to vote for Republican candidates Kelly Loeffler and David…
The Trump presidency’s funniest moments
Is it too early to wax nostalgic about the hilarity of the Trump years? Could Trump somehow — somehow —…
Covid is a nightmare for libertarian Tories
These are confusing times for all of us. But for small-government libertarian Tories, Covid-19 is all their worst nightmares compressed…
Why Egypt's brutal regime is cracking down on critics
History is accelerating in the Middle East once more. Nuclear scientists are dying in Iran; and again, in Egypt, the…
Melania’s au revoir to Christmas
Washington DC It’s still dark outside and dumping rain as the media waits for the annual White House Holiday Decor…
Is a no-deal Brexit underpriced?
As Brexit talks enter what is expected to be the last full week of substantive negotiations, opposition leaders are blasting the government…
Libertarians suck
Everyone knew some husky chap in college who smelled like onions and called himself a libertarian. He may or may not have worn…
Why the Treasury always wins
One of the abiding flaws of British political discourse is that it overlooks the importance of organisation and institutions. The…
Why Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed now
Yesterday afternoon someone assassinated yet another scientist working on Iran’s nuclear programme. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh headed up the ministry of defence’s…
French republicanism confounds American progressives
Can an entire country sue for libel? If so, France would have a strong suit against swathes of the American…
Are the Tories still the party of Sound Money?
When Philip Hammond delivered a notably parsimonious Spring Budget statement in 2017, his predecessor George Osborne put out a congratulatory…
The Visegrád bloc are threatening to tear apart the EU
The bad boys of Europe are at it again. The EU has been attempting to tie budget funds to members…
Why I can no longer police the coronavirus restrictions
Earlier this month I resigned as a Special Constable, after serving for ten years as a volunteer officer in three…
Reasons why the 2020 presidential election is deeply puzzling
To say out-loud that you find the results of the 2020 presidential election odd is to invite derision. You must…
Why this Iranian assassination is all about Trump
The news that Iran’s top nuclear scientist, Mohsen ‘father of the bomb’ Fakhrizadeh-Mahabadi, met his end in a hail of…
The gamble Boris feels he must take
Both Boris Johnson and Robert Jenrick have used their media appearances today to try and calm Tory MPs after yesterday’s…
Italy is about to hijack the eurozone
There is still some debate about who came up with the adage that ‘if you owe the bank $100 that…
Ideological purity is a grave threat to the Tory party
One of the main reasons why the centre-right has been in the political ascendancy across the western world over the…
Carole Cadwalladr should now return her Orwell Prize
A small but significant event has just occurred. This morning the legal case between Arron Banks and the journalist Carole…
What we know so far about the Oxford vaccine
It’s three for three as far as positive outcomes from Covid vaccine trials are concerned. But the announcement from AstraZeneca…
Meet Boris Johnson’s new chief of staff
Boris Johnson’s search for a chief of staff to bring order to 10 Downing Street has proved so difficult that…
What do excess deaths tell us about Covid?
Assessing the number of Covid deaths has been notoriously difficult throughout the pandemic. Over the summer, English figures were revised down…
