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Why university isn't for me
‘So, what uni are you going to?’ It’s a question sixth form students are often asked. But for me, the…
In defence of Boris's 'Rule of Six'
It wasn’t supposed to be like this, was it? Six months after the imposition of lockdown, we were meant to…
People trust the media less than Trump on COVID. Here’s why
The national media is now less trusted than President Trump to provide accurate information and analysis about COVID-19, according to…
It's hard to see a way through the Brexit deadlock
The drama has ramped up again in the Brexit talks. At today’s meeting of the Joint Committee on the Northern…
No, Boris isn't breaching the rule of law. Here's why
Does the government threaten the ‘rule of law’ by asking parliament to vote its way out of a Brexit treaty?…
The EU’s bizarre new climate change targets
In recent years, governments have increasingly opted to legislate to ensure they do the things they say they are going…
Introducing Spectator TV, with Andrew Neil
Last week, we launched Spectator TV with The Week in 60 Minutes. Hosted by Andrew Neil and featuring James Forsyth,…
Boris's latest coronavirus crackdown is a sign of things to come
Boris Johnson confirmed in his coronavirus press conference yesterday that gatherings will be restricted to a maximum of six people from Monday onwards.…
The competing theories that will decide Brexit
One thing is keeping the temperature among Tory MPs in check: the government’s poll lead. It’s hard to claim that…
India and China are on a path to war
The foreign ministers of China and India, Wang Yi and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, will meet today on the sidelines of a…
Could the Lords reject Boris’s Brexit bill?
A senior Tory tells me the House of Lords will turn the Salisbury-Addison convention – which says the upper house…
Hollywood’s transrace hypocrisy
It is an article of fashionable faith that genetic differences in sex are meaningless and malleable, but genetic differences in…
The Oscars' woke McCarthyism is a step too far
Normally the best response to political correctness at the Oscars is to laugh at it. Whether it’s Lady Gaga singing…
Starmer needs more than just competence
Keir Starmer went back to what he most enjoys at Prime Minister’s Questions: calling the government incompetent and demanding that…
Pakistan's lockdown gamble appears to have paid off
Pakistan’s stock exchange isn’t typically seen as one of the world’s best, but in recent weeks it has outperformed almost…
Oxford's vaccine delay has thrown the global race wide open
Even a politician as tenaciously optimistic as Matt Hancock was struggling to put any positive spin on it: the world…
The EU’s state aid hypocrisy
Another crucial period has begun in the Brexit saga. Boris Johnson has ruled out extending the transition stage beyond 1…
Israel is a true ally – it's time Boris remembered that
Boris Johnson has described himself as ‘a passionate defender of Israel’ and, what’s more, ‘a life-long friend, admirer and supporter…
A Brexit question Boris Johnson must answer
The question for Boris Johnson is why he signed a Withdrawal Agreement that gives the EU the power to decide whether…
Here's how the Covid nightmare could be over by Christmas
Matt Hancock has announced his ‘Moonshot’ project of achieving population-wide mass testing for Covid-19. He should be congratulated for this…
Macron's Brexit swansong is about to unfold
At a solemn ceremony at the Panthéon to mark the 150th anniversary of the (re-)birth of the Republic, president Macron…
Woke capital is winning the left
Cockburn attempted to celebrate Labor Day by doing no work whatsoever, and he would have succeeded if his friends hadn’t…
Kim Klacik and the urban GOP effort
Baltimore Republicans are an oddity in Baltimore. Perhaps some older Americans remember Spiro Agnew, but that’s more or less it…
Starmer sketches out a Brexit position
As Boris Johnson comes under fire from his own MPs over his potentially unlawful Brexit plans, Keir Starmer has made his…
Boris Johnson's Brexit dilemma
The penny seems to have belatedly dropped for Boris Johnson. He can have a no-trade-deal relationship with the European Union…
