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Disinfectant Donnie
Do you know what the real ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ is? No, not the fauxtraged shrieks of liberals at everything the…
Biden is the American Boris
We all know which American politician Boris Johnson is supposed to most closely resemble. Comparisons between the prime minister and…
Ten lessons we've learned from the lockdown so far
Yep, the end is in sight, courtesy of other countries organising the practicalities for the return to some sort of…
Our impatience will end the lockdown
At the farm shop this morning there was a chap panic-buying a large metal and plaster flamingo. It was the…
Chinese diplomat's Covid-19 PR exercise backfires
As countries around the world try to work out a way to live with coronavirus, there’s a growing hostility towards…
Staying at home doesn't make us heroes
I don’t particularly like the constant war analogies used about fighting coronavirus. However, when someone like Matt Hancock conjures up…
Half of Americans want their state to sue China for coronavirus damages
Public opinion is rapidly turning against China as and intelligence agencies have exposed the full extent of the communist state’s…
Predictable politics returns as Brexit talks stall
Although the coronavirus pandemic means that we are living in uncertain times, some things remain predictable. As is the case…
‘Trust but don’t verify’: US-China relations in the 21st century
It seems this virus is fiercely contagious but far less lethal than first supposed. The argument now is whether we…
Britain's bid to become China’s best friend in the West is over
One consequence of this crisis is that nearly everyone in the Tory party has become a China hawk. Tomorrow sees…
Why are people taking Trump's disinfectant comments seriously?
Every time you think Donald Trump has lost his talent for making people’s heads explode, he somehow excels himself. His…
If austerity is off the table, how do we pay for Covid-19 costs?
What is the true cost of Covid-19? No one knows – yet. But it’s not going to be cheap. The…
The viral transmission rate will be key to relaxing the lockdown
The next big event in the saga (I choose my words carefully) of our Covid-19 lockdown is the preliminary results…
Why Joe Biden’s America loves a lockdown
COVID-19, the Wuhan virus, is an epidemiological scourge — but it’s also a clarifying catalyst for American politics. The virus’s…
Could this antibody test offer a route out of lockdown?
Finally, the government is to start antibody tests to see how prevalent infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus – which causes…
Was this the moment my father won his fight against coronavirus?
‘Well that’s obviously an azalea. Give me a harder one.’ I’m on one of my daily rehab walks around our…
Did Australia's China-scepticism prepare it for Covid-19?
As Britain struggles through the eye of the coronavirus storm, it is difficult not to cast our eyes across the…
Squabbling scientists have shocked ministers
The government’s response to criticism of its approach to this pandemic is that it has been ‘guided by the science’…
China is using coronavirus to crack down on Hong Kong
One thing’s for sure: when the history of Covid-19 is written, we’re going to need a few chapters on those…
The Spectator's archives are full of surprises
The Spectator now has now reached a milestone unmatched in the global press, by becoming the first magazine to publish…
Will American exceptionalism survive the pandemic?
This article is in The Spectator’s May 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. Walpole, Massachusetts What does a writer do…
Could the Covid crash spark another Arab Spring?
They said we were going to uncouple from the Middle East. Barack Obama, they said, was going to pivot to…
The ‘Protect the NHS’ message has become dangerously effective
There was an interesting moment at the government’s daily Covid-19 press briefing a couple of weeks ago. Angela McLean, the…
Israel's coalition deal means the Trump Peace Plan is back on track
After three stalemate elections in a year, Israel finally has a government. Incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader…
Paris’s banlieues are burning once again
One of the persistent misconceptions of the riots that swept through France in the autumn of 2005 is that they…
