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The Democrats’ civil war begins
There is, as our presumptive and somewhat presumptuous President Malaprop told us on Sunday, a time to plant and a…
Will the Pfizer vaccine live up to the hype?
So is this the big turning point? Markets certainly seem to think so. No sooner had news broken that the…
The cowardice of an ‘anti-fascist’ video game company
Anti-fascism isn’t a game. You can’t preen yourself and say you oppose dictatorship and the power of the mob, then…
Why do American journalists take Trump so seriously?
You don’t need to know any more about Stephen Colbert than that he is an American political broadcaster and satirist…
The collapse of American progressivism
In the early hours of Wednesday, with Joe Biden appearing to trail Donald Trump in the key states of Michigan…
How will the Trump presidency end?
Donald Trump will not go quietly into the good night. In fact, he seems determined to leave the office with…
Deplorables don’t riot
For months, the media has warned us that a narrow Joe Biden victory in the presidential election could lead to…
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: 1948-2020
The former chief rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, died yesterday at the age of 72. In an article for The Spectator, republished here, he wrote…
Joe Biden wins the election
Four days after a (much closer than predicted) election, American networks have called the race for Joe Biden, who has secured more…
Trump should concede — with a caveat
The networks have made official what seemed to have occurred when Georgia flipped from red to blue: Joe Biden won…
The Republicans’ nightmare in Georgia
Joe Biden is the President-elect. President Trump, however, at the time of writing, continues to dig in. With lawsuits filed in…
Liberté! An open letter by 200 French lawyers protesting against lockdown
After saying there was ‘no question of lockdown’, Emmanuel Macron has announced what many feared: the implementation of a new…
Britain closes borders to visitors from Denmark after mink farm outbreak
How worried should we be about a mutant strain of Coronavirus found in Denmark’s mink farms? The virus was found…
Europe’s cowardly response to terror
It says much about the endemic moral cowardice of Europe that Emmanuel Macron is being hailed as the saviour of…
Why Trump lost
With the last dominoes of Georgia and Pennsylvania falling, there is now clarity on the 2020 election cycle. Based on…
The last days of Donald Trump
What pleasure the networks must have taken when they cut off President Trump in mid-rant. For nearly five years, he…
Richard Nixon took the high road in 1960. Donald Trump should now
‘You gotta swallow this one, they stole it fair and square.’ That’s a Republican hack speaking to Richard Nixon, as…
Emmanuel Macron’s Trumpian transformation
This new world disorder is distorting our vision, so please excuse an apparently fatuous question. Is Emmanuel Macron turning into…
Joe Biden wins the presidency
Joe Biden will become the 46th president of the United States. Decision Desk HQ, a non-partisan election results site, declared…
The subtle sexism of ‘feminist’ Democrats
Over the past five years, we’ve seen an endless stream of hand-wringing and hysteria around the misogyny of Donald Trump.…
Who’s excited about a Biden presidency?
‘You all…declare me dead. Guess what? I ain’t dead. I’m not going to die.’ That was Joe Biden back in…
Joe Biden should prepare for gridlock
The Democratic Party was anticipating a blue wave this fall, a victory of such magnitude that Republicans would be spending…
Europe’s cities are becoming a refuge for Islamist extremists
Britain’s terror threat level has been upgraded to ‘severe’ this week, following jihadist attacks in both France and Austria. Raising…
Trump doubles down on unfounded election claims
Tensions over the election outcome are escalating in the United States, as President Donald Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. Nearly…
A Trump loss will overshadow a catastrophic election for the Democrats
Joe Biden looks to be on his way to the White House. There will be recounts, and legal challenges and…
