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French women are afraid. But the country’s politicians don’t seem to care
In a country that has become accustomed to atrocities in the last decade, the brutal murder of a 19-year-old student…
You reap what you sow, Sir Keir
The public response to Sir Keir Starmer and his ministers accepting gifts from Labour donors and others has been what…
How worried should we be about Putin’s nuclear threat?
Vladimir Putin has announced that Moscow’s nuclear doctrine will be adjusted, telling a group of senior officials that Russia could use nuclear weapons if…
What if the Electoral College vote is tied?
America has a peculiar — indeed, unique — way of deciding national elections. Instead of a cumulative national vote, the…
Abbott slams Starmer’s cabinet, one by one
,All is not well in the Labour party at present. If Sir Keir Starmer didn’t have enough on his plate,…
Israel wants a war with Lebanon
The war that neither side wanted began this week in earnest. After last week’s exploding pagers and walkie-talkies reportedly injured…
Britain could learn from Texan prisons
Before I was sentenced to prison I imagined it as a place of discipline, where we who had broken society’s…
Is Labour’s non-dom crackdown backfiring already?
It takes something when even the Guardian is warning you that your tax rises might end up costing more than they raise…
Texas-style reforms won’t save our prisons
Texas. Big country, big ideas. The new Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has become enamoured with an intriguing…
Ireland’s embarrassing hate speech fiasco
To the surprise of nobody and the disappointment of only a few, the Irish government has finally accepted reality and…
Labour MP’s million-pound loan from Lord Alli
Another day, another drama. Now it transpires that a Labour MP took a million-pound loan from Lord Alli – to…
DC bar Political Pattie’s gets hazed for being bipartisan
A new DC bar dedicated to crossing partisan lines, “Political Pattie’s,” has taken the “political” out of its name… though…
Labour’s two-tier prison plans
There are not many women in prison, but those who are inside show worryingly high rates of mental illness, suicide…
Putting Marine Le Pen in prison will make her more popular
There was a vigorous interview on Tuesday morning on a prominent French radio station. The guest was Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a…
Starmer tells Israel ‘no more excuses’ on Gaza aid
Keir Starmer has moved on rather quickly from Labour conference, pitching up in New York to tell Israel that it…
Tim Walz faces a Yale Law reckoning
The Harris-Walz team has a plan to coax Trump into another debate. According to NBC News, the Democratic National Committee…
Why is Sadiq Khan trying to restart his fight with Donald Trump?
London mayor Sadiq Khan, whose official day job is running the capital, is in New York this week, where he has…
Why are we deceiving ourselves about Britain’s obesity problem?
Is it really true that obesity rates in England have stabilised or fallen, as has been reported today – and…
Fewer women should be in jail
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is right about one thing: when it comes to addressing crimes committed by women, prison doesn’t…
Michael Gove is the new editor of The Spectator
It’s a time of new beginnings here at The Spectator after Sir Paul Marshall’s historic £100 million bid for the…
Donald Trump’s tariff talk is just bluster
Donald Trump is campaigning hard on protectionism, promising to bring skilled manual jobs back onshore. What will that look like?…
Labour conference votes to reverse Starmer’s winter fuel cuts
Keir Starmer’s first Labour conference as Prime Minister has ended in humiliation after delegates backed a motion condemning cuts to…
Liz Kendall’s difficult task of defending the winter fuel cut
Arguably the most difficult speech of the whole of Labour conference came from Liz Kendall. The Work and Pensions secretary…
Britain is growing. Can Rachel Reeves start spending?
The OECD’s interim Economic Outlook report has landed this morning and its forecast for the UK has been revised significantly…
Starmer uses son’s exams as excuse for freebies
Labour’s freebie fiasco isn’t going away. Sir Keir Starmer has prompted more headlines by suggesting he took thousands of pounds…
