World
Has France been naive in its handling of Huawei?
The controversy over the UK’s use of Huawei equipment in its 5G network has not abated, despite the government’s announcement…
Obama’s disappearing legacy
This article is in The Spectator’s August 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. The presidency of Barack Obama was heralded…
Predictions of Trump’s demise may yet again be premature
Throughout the summer, various polls from the key battleground states indicate Joe Biden is in a very strong position. He…
Games organiser's Olympic oversight
Given this year’s Tokyo games had to be called off because of the Covid pandemic, you would think those sitting…
Immune system regulation could be the key to fighting Covid
Over the last few months, the management of severe Covid-19 cases has effectively been turned on its head. At first,…
Boris Johnson's absurd nanny state crusade
If reports in today’s papers are to be believed, the government will propose a new raft of nanny state policies on…
The Wall Street Journal hits back at staff's 'cancel culture'
Last month, the New York Times published an opinion piece by the US senator, Tom Cotton, calling for the army…
How much do face masks actually help?
The increasingly polarised and politicised views on whether to wear masks in public during the current Covid-19 crisis hides a…
Kanye West is the sanest presidential candidate
Kanye West has again proven his ability to draw the attention, fascination and ire of the public — this time…
The Economist should be more like Walt Whitman
America is complicated. It’s hard to predict what it’ll do next, despite all the time and money spent observing it.…
Can Johnson save the Union?
‘UK Prime Minister visits Scotland’ shouldn’t really be a news story. But so infrequent have prime ministerial visits been in…
If a video is viral, who cares if it’s fake?
After two months, the ‘mostly peaceful’ label for the riots gripping American cities is wearing a touch thin. That’s not…
How Britain can tame China
Chinese leaders love to use the phrase ‘win-win’, but they actually hope to win twice and leave other nations in…
The problem with mandatory face masks
Last week the Prime Minister was photographed oafishly browsing in an Uxbridge shop, wearing a lurid blue mask. In the…
Corbynites turn on Starmer
As MPs head home for the holidays, Keir Starmer goes into the recess having put clear water between himself and his…
Is Trump toning himself down for re-election?
The last time a U.S. President lost re-election, the year was 1992 and the victim was George H.W. Bush. President…
Is the demise of polar bears being exaggerated?
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could debate climate change for five minutes without hearing about polar bears or being…
Open letters have become ransom notes
The ‘open letter’ is enjoying quite the formal renaissance. Curiously, recent examples of this newly popular epistolary genre exhibit striking…
Putin plans to make the West destroy itself
There’s only one person who’ll be genuinely pleased with the UK Intelligence and Security Committee’s Russia report, finally revealed on…
Planned Parenthood finally grapples with Margaret Sanger’s racist past
In a startling departure from its typically dogged defenses, Planned Parenthood admitted through clenched teeth this week what many have…
Boris Johnson's post-Covid agenda
Boris Johnson’s end of term address to Tory MPs offered a preview of what the government wants its agenda to…
Who’s right — Tucker Carlson or Sean Hannity?
Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity have, by some distance, the most successful cable news shows in the country. In June,…
Silence isn’t violence
In the evenings, when I want to relax, I watch a Russian named Max build a log cabin. Max is,…
How liberal globalism went bankrupt
When future historians chronicle the period after the Cold War, the rise of China will dominate their accounts. Beginning in…
Trans activists risk falling for misogyny
Watching the BBC drama Mrs America about the 1970s fight for the Equal Rights Amendment is a reminder that progress is rarely permanent…
