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The Trump campaign’s best line of attack against Joe Biden
President Trump and Joe Biden will face off in the first of a series of presidential debates on Tuesday night.…
MPs can no longer stomach government by decree
This evening’s Commons debate has shown the extent of Tory backbench frustration over ministers refusal to consult them on increasing…
Trump's tax leak won't turn the election
Donald Trump has a lot to worry about these days. The man who is deathly afraid of being ‘a loser’…
Why is Jamie Oliver so against freedom of choice?
It will involve hundreds of hours of haggling over thousands of different products. It will have to pass torturous debates…
Meghan Markle for president
Meghan Markle and the Dim Prince of Bel-Air have told us to vote. They have told us who to vote…
Quantifying the cost of lockdown
We have had plenty of anecdotes about people failing to be diagnosed with serious diseases during lockdown. This is thanks to…
What have we actually learnt from Trump's tax revelations?
Is anyone really surprised that Donald Trump’s tax affairs are opaque? Or that he is not as rich as he…
Is this the end of the House of Sussex?
The ire of the House of Windsor is on display again. So too (more worryingly for them) is their impotence.…
Impartiality and the battle for broadcast
Two big kites were launched by the Sunday Times that could, should they fly, redraw the broadcasting landscape. ‘BBC critics…
Their rantings betray them
The compulsive and self-righteous bellicosity of the Democratic leaders in Congress over the Supreme Court vacancy has opened an opportunity…
Inside the anti-lockdown rally
The anti-lockdown rally at Trafalgar Square was organised by Save Our Rights UK. This embryonic organisation is so new that…
Charles Moore on BBC reform
Former editor of The Spectator and Daily Telegraph Charles Moore is tipped to become chairman of the BBC. Despite being…
I'm bored of Martin Amis
To say that Martin Amis exemplifies the elevation of style over substance is like saying that Donald Trump is a…
Why Benjamin Netanyahu keeps on winning
It’s been 20 years since the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada, a period of carnage that saw the deaths of…
Amy Coney Barrett is the ultimate Walmart soccer mom
The biggest takeaway from the 2016 presidential election was that Main Street America was so sick of elites in Washington…
Paul Dacre and Boris Johnson: 'the Boston strangler' and the 'alley cat'
Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail, has reportedly been asked by the Prime Minister to chair the…
Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for redemption
Stung by recent criticism, and fearing major regulation, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, has announced the establishment of…
Will Amy Coney Barrett save America — or wreck it?
Americans hate the Supreme Court. You wouldn’t think so from a look at the polls, which usually show that the…
Andrew Neil to chair a new British television news network
For some time now, there has been talk about a challenger television to rival Sky and the BBC. Now it’s official:…
Are the polls worth your attention?
The polls are predicting Donald Trump will lose in November — again. Is it worth paying them attention? Pollsters have…
Borrowing Blackness
I’m old enough to remember when it was considered a noble goal for the United States to become a colorblind…
A Brexit breakthrough could be on the cards
Earlier this month, the prospects for a Brexit deal did not look good. The talks weren’t making progress. But there…
The rule of four: how to make sense of Covid case numbers
Are Covid cases doubling or not? And if so, in what time frame? If you listened to Boris Johnson and chief scientific…
Chair of 1922 Committee says he has the numbers to defeat government
During the first Covid wave, the government secured emergency powers that allowed it to put in place new restrictions without…
Rishi Sunak has bridged the economic gap. But what comes next?
Yesterday’s measures from the Chancellor were necessary. His timely assistance focused on a new targeted and temporary job support scheme…
