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Could the Indian variant slow unlocking?
So is the ‘irreversible’ lifting of lockdown really irreversible after all? There is a grim echo of what happened last…
Don't compare Israel to Hamas
No, not this time, Boris. The Prime Minister’s ‘both sides’ response to the terrorist attacks on Israel underscores how Western…
The UK risks becoming a world leader in online censorship
The emergence of a free and open internet was one of the greatest achievements of liberal democracies. The creation of…
The shamelessness of David Cameron
I’m almost starting to admire David Cameron. Almost. There is something that borders on the impressive about the former prime…
The problem with 'Devo-max'
A common failing of pro-Union politicians down the years has been the stubborn belief that there exists somewhere a tidy…
Wait, the pandemic’s over?
Just like that? Nothing about this pandemic, or the science behind it, or the vaccines that have stopped it, tells…
Long live the Riot Squad
Spare a thought for the joyless malcontents over at the Intercept, a website that once proudly defended journalists and fought government…
Can Labour survive the next election?
Keir Starmer is having a torrid time. Today brings another poll showing his personal approval rating falling. The Labour leader…
What's the problem, ladies and gentlemen?
Picture the scene. You’re on a train when the following message comes over the tannoy: ‘Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen,…
The battle the Israeli Defense Force can't win
The hostilities between Israel and Gaza caught Netanyahu’s government by surprise. What started as a local demonstration by Palestinians against…
How are we enjoying the Biden presidency so far?
Well, that didn’t take long. Less than four months into the Biden-Harris deep-state maladministration and we have roaring inflation, the…
Boris faces a painful choice over social care
If social care reform were any deeper in the long grass of political priorities, it’d probably get mistaken for a…
Is there such a thing as ‘after Trump’?
What would happen to the Republicans after Donald Trump? That has been one of the pundits’ favorite themes in the…
Will our vaccines stop the Indian variant?
As we have often found with Covid-19, no sooner does a path seem to emerge out of the woods than…
Inflation fears grow
Two months ago The Spectator reported on what was keeping Rishi Sunak awake at night ahead of the Budget: an inflation…
Why the EU keeps losing against big tech
They shift revenues around. They create endless shadowy shell companies. And they undermine the social model by dodging taxes. To…
Americans baffled by monarch's role in Queen's Speech
Her Majesty the Queen might have thought any concerns about the State Opening of Parliament were behind her on Tuesday,…
Why universities are bad for the arts
Members of the arts establishment have spent the past week outraged, following news that for the upcoming academic year funding…
Why stamp duty should be lowered for good
Rishi Sunak’s stamp duty holiday has been credited with reviving the property market and blamed for stoking house price inflation,…
Canada creeps towards totalitarianism
Canadians pride themselves on their ultra-progressive reputation. In contrast to the gun-loving, war-mongering, big government-hating, get-off-my-lawn-you-commie reputation of Americans, Canadians…
Tories unveil anti-woke manifesto
TheQueen’s Speech yesterday may have seen the government’s fairly dry visionfor modern Britain but a group of Conservative backbench MPs…
Studying history isn't what it used to be
Is history in danger of becoming a thing of the past on campus? In recent weeks, Aston in Birmingham announced a consultation on…
The UK’s very American political realignment
The speed and scale with which voters, mainly but not exclusively in the north of England, have switched their allegiance…
Keir Starmer and the 'Pasokification' of Labour
As the Greek debt crisis took hold in the wake of the financial crash, there was one big political casualty.…
France needs Britain more than ever
‘What is grave about this situation, Messieurs, is that it is not serious’, was how General de Gaulle addressed his…
