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Where is the law and order President?
Donald Trump announced on Twitter this morning that the National Guard is standing by in Minneapolis. The Guard is ready…
Amy Klobuchar’s VP prospects are over
Move over, Kamala — there’s a new bad sheriff in town. After the death of George Floyd at the hands…
What the fury about Cummings's road trip is really about
Is Durhamgate over now? It must be. Surely. With a simmering revolt in Hong Kong, riots in Minneapolis, heightened border…
Can Germany spend its way out of the corona crisis?
Coronavirus is grim news for all major economies and Germany is no exception. The country’s economic output decreased by 2.2…
Trump vs Twitter: the battle begins
When Tony Wang, general manager of Twitter in the UK, described the company as the ‘free speech wing of the…
Did any Americans actually inject disinfectant after Trump suggested it?
There’s been no shortage of outrage from the press during the coronavirus pandemic. One of the more notable meltdowns came…
Facebook is right. Twitter is wrong
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey opened up a Pandora’s box two days ago by dropping a fact-check on a tweet by…
The good and bad news about coronavirus
Finally we are getting a clue to the most vital statistic of the Covid-19 epidemic: how many people in Britain…
The UK is preparing for a major Huawei U-turn
The UK has made a strategic choice to get ‘off the trajectory of ever-increasing dependence’ on China, I revealin the…
Will Boris Johnson stand with Hong Kong?
Hong Kong, ‘Asia’s World City’, is becoming a place where legislators fear that they could face years in prison for…
Pompeo: Hong Kong autonomy statement made with ‘great sadness’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press call Wednesday afternoon that his decision to declare Hong Kong no…
In praise of Kayleigh McEnany
Is Kayleigh McEnany the best Press Secretary in history? I think she may be. True, it’s early days. She was…
Is this the week the magic died for Boris Johnson?
What is really going on here? The via dolorosa Boris Johnson is trudging along is about more than Dominic Cummings’s…
Norway health chief: lockdown was not needed to tame Covid
Norway is assembling a picture of what happened before lockdown and its latest discovery is pretty significant. It is using…
Japan's Covid success is a mystery
Japan’s Covid ‘State of Emergency’ is now officially over. Tokyo, the last of Japan’s 47 prefectures to be officially released…
We need a Pompeo Plan to tame the dragon
This article is in The Spectator’s June 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. It is traditional that the serious statesperson…
The Real White House Housewives
Donald Trump views The View as if it were a spouse over the age of 60: with disdain. ‘Explain how…
Joe Biden’s campaign has set feminism back decades
As we inch closer to the Democratic National Convention in August, the question looms ever larger: who will Joe Biden…
Britain should demand a level playing field from the EU
It will receive €9 billion (£8 billion) in free money from the government. It will be protected from any threat…
Dominic Cummings has become a symbol of a very British inequality
Dominic Cummings knows all about how perception damages public confidence in political parties. Here he is in June 2017: ‘People…
The big debate: is lockdown wrong?
Is lockdown a gargantuan mistake? That’s the view of a growing number of thinkers and critics, including The Spectator’s very…
Dominic Cummings's lockdown critics will never be happy
Happy now? Thought not. Dominic Cummings has delivered his statement and answered questions but still the critics aren’t appeased. Not…
Joe Biden’s ‘you ain’t black’ hole just gets deeper
Democratic strategist Joel Payne was left ‘embarrassed’ after insinuating on TV that black Trump supporters were merely stock models paid…
Boris Johnson will regret standing by Dominic Cummings
Boris Johnson is a populist who no longer understands the populace. Dominic Cummings pretends to be an anti-elitist but cannot…
A short guide to justifying re-lockdown
Fear is gripping the American public health and media establishments: they are losing control. States are belatedly (and far too…
