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Britain should break the taboo on 'challenge vaccines'
So far, so good: the Oxford university trials on a potential vaccine for Covid-19 is reported to be going well.…
Is the R number a flawed measure?
Boris Johnson’s address on Sunday was always going to be challenging. The effects of Covid-19 – in terms of its…
Will coronavirus change the way we talk about death?
Every generation has an event that defines it. For my father, it was the Second World War. For his father,…
Oil on troubled waters: the US-Saudi alliance is crumbling
Donald Trump said in October 2018 that the Saudi royal family ‘wouldn’t last two weeks’ without American military support. Last…
Biden busted? Dems and the media circle the wagons over Flynn unmasking
Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell dropped a massive bombshell in the counter-investigation on Russiagate, which President Trump has…
When money dies
This article is in The Spectator’s May 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. ‘Money for Nothing’ is more than just…
Cuomo’s COVID carnage
Have we reached peak Cuomo? I think that the climacteric came when the media was aflutter with rumors that the…
Boris's sloppy PMQs performance is becoming a problem
A former prime minister once told me that PMQs in the Commons is an event that can only be enjoyed…
How to save our nightlife after coronavirus
The one certainty about crisis is that it makes bad situations worse. Anyone working in restaurants, pubs, cafes and clubs…
Why Japan doesn't clap for its key workers
There has certainly been no shortage of praise for the NHS over recent weeks, and the speed at which the…
Let's use this crisis to tackle Britain's woeful skills shortage
Training. What a turn-off. The very word casts a shadow over the page. That is partly because it has become…
Has coronavirus killed the Democrats’ healthcare referendum?
Late last December, Democrats were heading into the homestretch of their presidential primary optimistic that although they faced an internal…
Newsflash: Trump insults everyone
Want to know the worst kept secret in America? Every time President Trump and the White House Press Corps do…
Cut! Weekend news shows give Barr and Pompeo the chop
The communications teams at the State Department and Department of Justice spent the past couple of days trying to correct…
Can we trust Covid modelling? More evidence from Sweden
At last we’re getting a debate about Covid-19 modelling. When people finally got to look under the hood of the…
Why Benjamin Netanyahu has outlasted all his political rivals
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has signed a coalition agreement, after a year of uncertainty and three elections, to create…
Who will be Joe Biden’s co-president?
Joe Biden needs a co-president. Not just a running mate, not just a potential vice president, but someone who will…
Scotland’s chilling new blasphemy law
The new Hate Crime Bill proposed by the Scottish Government is a sweeping threat to freedom of speech and conscience.…
The Lib Dem leadership race is descending into farce
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the finer details of the contest to choose who will be the next leader…
Joe Biden’s broken record
‘Get your words straight, Jack!’ As Joe Biden campaigns for the Oval Office, the 77-year-old frequently recounts his five decades…
Taiwan, the WHO and the tactical struggle in US-China relations
Over the coming weeks, a battle between Washington and Beijing over the inclusion of Taiwan as an observer at the…
Coronavirus shows why it's vital to distinguish sex and gender
The Covid-19 pandemic shows all too clearly the importance of data. Knowing that men and older people are more likely to…
How Number 10 should illustrate its Covid alert formula
Following the Prime Minister’s address last night, Twitter was ablaze with mockery of the equation the government will use to…
How government can learn from disasters
Soon enough, Congress will hold hearings to investigate the federal response to the Wuhan virus pandemic. It is almost a…
Britain could learn from France's coronavirus approach
If there is a God, He’s not French. Last night I was on the balcony of my apartment in Paris…
