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The price we'll pay for halting coronavirus
As I have repeatedly mentioned, the view of the chief medical officer Chris Whitty, which has shaped the Government’s response…
The antidote to virus panic is in the hands of entrepreneurs
It’s a ghost town,’ said the officer manning the body scanner at Manchester airport — Manchester, New Hampshire, that is,…
COVID-19 is terrifying — as a weapon of political propaganda
The president delivered an address last night about the Wuhan flu, aka novel coronavirus, aka (if you want to sound…
Washington is furious at Boris's Huawei bid
Boris Johnson faced his first major rebellion of the new parliament on Tuesday. Parliamentarians are waking up to the fact…
A coronavirus Olympics cancellation would be a disaster for Japan
It is fair to say that preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics have not being going to plan. In fact,…
Trump cannot defeat a virus
There are no atheists in foxholes, and no libertarians in a pandemic. As the spread of the COVID-19 virus in…
Why has coronavirus not closed parliament?
Why hasn’t parliament been closed after Health minister Nadine Dorries contracted coronavirus? Why isn’t the government demanding the cancellation of…
Coronavirus’s first victim? Money
The first victim of war, they say, is truth. The first victim of coronavirus, by contrast, is fiscal discipline. Yesterday,…
Biden vs Trump: may the craziest man win!
‘We are the United States of Amnesia,’ said Gore Vidal in 2004. These days, it’s more the United States of…
The circular failing Squad
The history of socialism being one of high hopes and rude repudiations, everyone could see that Bernie Sanders was about…
What the Budget tells us about Boris Johnson's Tories
The most remarkable element of that Budget was a Tory Chancellor standing at the despatch box saying that people had…
The great Tory Budget giveaway
It’s always tempting for governments to respond to economic trouble with a debt-fuelled spending splurge, but it’s a notoriously blunt…
The corona stimulus shows we've learned the lessons of the crash
The Bank of England hasn’t wasted time getting in front of the coronavirus, and its actions this morning show how…
It's Biden versus Trump
The great state of Michigan was oh-so-kind to Bernie Sanders four years ago, bringing him back from the dead against…
Bedtime for Bernie
Dosvedanya, Bernie. The honeymoon with the Democratic primary has come to as decisive an end as his old romance with…
Biden is the comeback kid — but is he ready for Trump?
Former vice president Joe Biden had an impressive showing on ‘Mini Tuesday’, crushing the delegate count and potentially sticking the…
It’s time to take Joe Biden seriously
Everybody knows that Joe Biden’s mental health is a concern. We all understand that he is not the Democratic Party’s…
Who is brave enough to tell the truth about the 2050 'net zero' target?
Back in 2009, proposals were published to switch off FM and AM radio completely by 2015. The assumption was that most…
China's coronavirus victory might be short-lived
I’ve just been talking to a Government official about ‘how the market is being sounded out’ about the cost and…
Time to scrap the Goldwater Rule
This article is in The Spectator’s April 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. There are few ironclad rules in…
Trump could bury the Democrats for decades by embracing universal health coverage
‘We’re going to have insurance for everybody.’ That was the promise Donald Trump made on healthcare in January 2017. ‘There was a…
Michigan's primary could be Bernie Sanders' last stand
Ever since Super Tuesday, when Joe Biden pulled off upset wins in Texas, Massachusetts, and Minnesota on his way to…
Twitter is manipulating the election
Twitter announced last month it would start flagging content the company and moderators decided was manipulated to deceive their users.…
Market hysteria is not all down to coronavirus
Is this really about a virus? Oil has plunged 30 percent, the S&P Index seven percent. What is happening on…
Harry and Meghan’s farewell tour
Farewell tours tend to be the preserve of ageing rock stars. Royals, cut from the cloth of Elizabeth Windsor, are…
