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The complicated question of Boris's paternity leave
Earlier this month Boris Johnson was in hospital fighting for his life, this morning he was there for the arrival…
The world puts an * next to China
When Donald Trump publicly called into question China’s Covid-19 death rate claims at a recent White House press conference, the…
Will Hillary be Biden’s VP?
Far be it from Cockburn to compare a former secretary of state to a venereal disease, but perhaps Fox News…
Coronavirus Kentucky-style with Andy Beshear
Everyone in Kentucky knows what five o’clock means. It means it’s time for Andy. Andy, of course, is Kentucky Gov.…
A warning from Germany on lockdown easing
Those ministers hoping Boris Johnson’s return to work will herald an imminent easing of lockdown measures face an uphill struggle.…
Why are Republicans afraid of vote-by-mail?
Republicans are afraid of voting by mail in November. So is President Trump — which could cost him the 2020 election. The days are ticking by…
Non-Covid deaths are also rising. It's time to ask why
Today’s excess death figures are shocking, but they are perhaps even worse when you consider how many are not linked…
The changes to come in the post-COVID world order
The Democrats are taking their stand on the coronavirus crisis in an untenable position. It is like building a defensive…
Why the Home Office should publish its grooming gang research
When Sajid Javid, as Home Secretary, launched a review into the characteristics of ‘Asian’ grooming gangs in 2018 and boldly…
In defence of political journalists
It is open season on the Lobby. Social media is full of condemnation for political correspondents over the questions they…
Can 'Teflon Trump' survive his biggest challenge yet?
At the beginning of the year, the odds on president Donald Trump winning re-election this November were 60-40 in his…
Is Britain's coronavirus response bogged down in bureaucracy?
The NHS has rightly been praised for its response to coronavirus. But it still isn’t quite the model of efficiency it…
What Biden’s recent endorsers said about Kavanaugh and #MeToo
Tara Reade, a former Senate staffer for Joe Biden, claimed in an interview last month that the former vice president…
Is Harbin China's new Wuhan?
Only three New Yorkers had died when Han, a 22-year-old masters student at NYU, caught a plane back to China.…
Are we now in a Fourth Turning Crisis?
Back in 1997, William Strauss and Neil Howe released The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy that articulated a roughly 80-year…
Boris is right to talk about the coronavirus as a mugger
Is the SARS-CoV-2 virus comparable to a man who accosts you in the street and tries to steal your phone…
Biden offers no change and no hope
For too long, Republicans and the media refused to take Joe Biden seriously as a presidential candidate. It’s hard to…
How New Zealand won its fight with coronavirus
A milestone was reached today when New Zealand became the first country to declare that all community transmission of coronavirus…
COVID-19 vs the American spirit of resistance
If the coronavirus were as deadly as the bubonic plague, which killed about a third of the population of Europe…
Why Germany is reluctant to bail out Italy
The European Union has done it again. Last Thursday, member states agreed on an aid package of more than half…
Chris Cuomo’s coronavirus circus
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has perfected COVID-19 performance art. While other attention seekers declare proudly that they’re ‘pretty sure’ they…
Kim Jong-un: dead or alive?
Yet again the news from Pyongyang is both disconcerting and vague. Yet again North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is rumoured…
The radical history of The Spectator
A newspaper – it would be more than 100 years before it became a magazine – calling itself a spectator…
I’m sick of being told what to read in lockdown
Feeling some pressure to write is one thing; being told what to read is quite another. On social media there…
Germany's coronavirus crisis may have just revealed Merkel's successor
Like her or not, Angela Merkel has managed Germany’s response to the coronavirus pandemic commendably. The long-time chancellor usually appears…
