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How Putin will make Assad pay for his exile
‘Brave Assad fled to Putin. Where will Putin flee?’ asked Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky after the Syrian dictator escaped embattled…
In defence of Connie Shaw
Here is a philosophical question for our universities to ponder. Should the ‘D’ in ‘EDI’ extend to diversity of opinion?…
Jolani has learnt from history
The victorious Syrian rebel leader now in control of Damascus has already learned a key lesson in history. After his…
Gaza independents to register new party
There has been much focus in recent weeks on Reform’s potential impact on British politics. But a rival quintet of…
Stop idolising Luigi Mangione
So according to the modern left, killing the fascists of Hamas is ‘genocide’, but killing a CEO and father of…
Watch: Independent MP opposes first cousin marriage ban
To the Commons, where this afternoon a rather odd intervention took place. The Westminster rumour mill was in overdrive today…
Syria’s future is uncertain
A momentous fortnight in the Levant. Following a negotiated ceasefire agreed in between Israel and Hezbollah bringing a fragile possibility…
Liz Truss tells Starmer how to beat ‘the blob’
Poor old Keir Starmer. He has scarcely been in power for four months and yet is already wailing about ‘many…
Macron governs only for himself
Emmanuel Macron will this afternoon host the leaders of France’s political parties as he searches for his fourth prime minister…
The one way Labour can end the era of mass migration
Fresh from heralding the arrest of a Turkish suspected rubber dinghy salesman last month, Keir Starmer’s government is today touting…
No, Bovaer won’t give you cancer
Were I given to conspiracy theories I would conclude that there must be a shady animal rights group conducting the…
Putin isn’t done yet with the Middle East
Ten years ago, Putin saved Bashar al-Assad from certain defeat. Russia’s intervention raised Putin’s profile in the Middle East, and…
Ex-Tory donor becomes Reform’s chief fundraiser
As the government’s fortunes continue to worsen, Reform UK only seems to be on the up. It now transpires that…
Will Rachel Reeves’s war on waste work?
How will the £40 billion additional tax revenue raised in the October Budget be spent? Efficiently, says the Chancellor this…
Assad’s fall is also a blow to Beijing
Russia and Iran kept Bashar al-Assad in power and are the biggest strategic losers from the toppling of his brutal…
David Lammy’s geography gaffe
It’s a gaffe a day with Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour lot – and this time David Lammy is in the…
Why Americans fear for Britain
As an American Anglophile, I find it difficult not to look upon the news emanating from Great Britain and despair.…
Iran’s axis is dying
From the hilltop viewpoint at Misgav Am, Israel’s northernmost kibbutz in the Upper Galilee, the view into southern Lebanon is…
Syria’s nightmare isn’t over yet
Trying to predict what comes next in Syria after the toppling of dictator Bashar al-Assad is a fool’s errand. It…
In defence of Gareth Roberts
Readers need to be able to trust The Spectator. Every fact you read in the magazine must be true. And every…
The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is a truly sorry sight
It’s bad manners to complain about a gift of any kind, and very bad manners to complain about a Christmas…
Will Labour engage with HTS?
Is the fall of Bashar al-Assad really cause for celebration in Syria and across the world? UK government politicians have…
The new diplomacy of Nigel Farage
Nigel Farage is not generally seen as one of nature’s diplomats. Yet the Reform leader is proving to be a…
Is Britain really fated for economic decline?
Another day, another flurry of bad news on the fallout from October’s Budget. The BDO Monthly Business Trends indices –…
Beware Labour’s desire to get cosy with Europe
There was nothing seriously unexpected in Rachel Reeves’s speech today to EU finance ministers. Most of it was non-committal flim-flam:…
