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The left's illiberal turn
In the House of Lords this week, Baroness Jenny Jones of the Green party said she thought that a way…
Meghan ’n’ Joe’s empire of the sentiments
If your facts don’t care about my feelings, then my feelings aren’t obliged to care about your facts. The facts…
When will Eddie Izzard get the message?
Eddie Izzard is a serial election loser, but try telling him that. The comedian has tried – and failed –…
The UK economy is suffering worse than most
Last week The Spectator highlighted new data from the OECD that offers a weekly update comparing a country’s current GDP…
The Sarah Everard case has shown how frightened women really are
Muggers don’t carry umbrellas. Murderers don’t carry briefcases. Kidnappers don’t carry Tesco bags. These are the sorts of utterly illogical…
The curious censorship of Chloé Zhao's Nomadland
Fortunes shift quickly in Chinese cyberspace. On March 1, Chloé Zhao, the Beijing-born film director, was the ‘pride of China’,…
Stop the white lies about anti-Asian hate crime
Eighteen months ago, liberals attempted to link the spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes to white supremacist actions. New York City…
Is Megxit the UK’s ‘George Floyd moment’?
Harry and Meghan are famously hostile to the media but of all the British broadcasters, ITV are regarded as having…
Mum’s the word: British university scraps the word ‘mother’
Universities have traditionally played an important role in preparing young people for a life outside academia. These days, though, it…
Taylor Lorenz and the media’s sacred cows
How sacred is a New York Times reporter? Is one required to kowtow in their presence, or merely bow? If…
The mask scandal threatening to destroy Merkel’s legacy
In Germany, masks have been one of the least controversial elements of this pandemic. Most people have accepted that they…
Israel’s changing global fortunes
Israel has been working closely with other countries and international companies, developing and producing vaccines against Covid-19. At the same…
Are Switzerland and France really ‘Islamophobic’?
Is Switzerland ‘Islamophobic’? Critics of the country’s decision to outlaw face coverings think so. The ‘Burqa ban’, which passed into law this week…
Why are London police telling women to stay at home?
The disappearance of Sarah Everard in south London has once again led to women being advised by police to stay…
Did Meghan Markle cost Piers Morgan his job?
Piers Morgan quit his job as co-host of Good Morning Britain yesterday, following a formal complaint from Meghan Markle to…
Sigh Ngo more: Mumford disowns a son
Pity the poor rockstar who finds himself embroiled in the culture wars because he liked the wrong book. Winston Marshall,…
No, jail staff shouldn't call prisoners 'residents'
What do you call someone in prison? An inmate? Prisoner? How about a ‘resident’? That’s how those locked up in…
Vaccines are testing Central Europe’s loyalties to the EU
In a fresh embarrassment for the EU in its vaccine rollout, breakaway member Hungary is now at the top of…
UK slams EU over 'completely false' vaccine claims
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has blasted claims by a senior Eurocrat that the UK is hampering the bloc’s vaccine rollout,…
The Royal response to Harry and Meghan is too little, too late
They are 61 words that have taken more than 36 hours to hone. An ancient institution delaying action while a global…
Breaking: Piers Morgan leaves Good Morning Britain
Oh dear. It’s been a difficult day for Piers Morgan who stormed off set after fellow presenter Alex Beresford accused him of ‘absolutely diabolical’…
Rishi Sunak's real opponent
Things are starting to get more awkward for Rishi Sunak — something the Chancellor has long been prepared for. He…
How worried should we be about a third wave?
At the beginning of the year, Boris Johnson and his advisers were at pains to tell us that by spring…
Justice for Derek Chauvin
As I write, jury selection for the murder trial of Derek Chauvin is about to begin in Minneapolis. You remember…
Covid kids’ book pulped after China complains
World Book Day was last Thursday and now a leading German publisher has belatedly marked the occasion by pulping copies…
