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Some women have penises. If you won’t sleep with them you’re transphobic
I’m bored with writing about politicians and Brexit so this is an article about genitals instead. Feel free to make…
Why Boris Johnson’s team fear the tide is moving against him
William Hague is not noted for agonies of self-doubt. But the former Tory leader’s judgement, in his Telegraph column on…
The Sussexes’ complete lack of self-awareness
There’s no stopping the Sussexes, is there? Right after they get up everyone’s nose by saying their son’s christening is…
Vice President Tucker Carlson?
Will President Trump switch up his ticket in 2020? The Wall Street Journal editorial page, bastion of the establishment right, certainly hopes…
The Tory leadership contest is entering its most important week
Although there’s three weeks until the next Tory leader is announced, the contest is entering what is the most important…
Portland Antifa are the real fascists
If you were ever in any doubt that so-called anti-fascists are, in fact, fascists, take a look at this picture…
Why GATT won’t break the Brexit deadlock
There has been a lot of talk about how Article XXIV of GATT can provide an alternative to the Withdrawal…
Will parliament be able to stop the next PM leaving without a deal?
Since the referendum we have seen a steady escalation of the battle between the Commons and the government over Brexit.…
Hunt won’t let up in his attacks on Boris
It is a week on since the first hustings of the Tory leadership run off. Boris Johnson appears to have…
Marianne Williamson put a spell on me
Of all the low-profile candidates vying for national attention in the Democratic debates this week, Marianne Williamson stood out. In…
Harris’s premeditated potshot won’t come close to sinking Biden
Joe Biden ran two presidential campaigns alongside Barack Obama and served as vice president for eight years, yet his decades-old…
The Democrats are too fake for 2020
Joe Biden bled last night. Kamala Harris slashed him to ribbons over his opposition to busing and his kind words…
Brexit party MEP Claire Fox shows solidarity with Boris
Tom Penn and Eve Leigh, the next-door Remainer neighbours of Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds who recorded their late-night row,…
Joe Biden starts strong but fizzles out in the Democratic debate
Day 2 of the Democratic presidential debates was a touch feistier than day 1, likely because the heavy hitters shared…
Will Trump enter the hypersonic nuclear arms race?
The Pentagon is urgently reviewing just how and when the president might launch nuclear missiles as a dangerous new nuclear…
Boris’s campaign is a triumph
Forget what you’ve been told about the Conservative leadership campaign. The Boris campaign’s weekend meltdown has not lost him the election. And…
Can teachers be trusted to teach about sex and relationships?
According to the Education Secretary Damian Hinds, ‘every child must learn about gay relationships before leaving school’. Under plans drawn…
Prince Charles’ irresponsible support for homeopathy
You might have thought that many of the world’s scientists and doctors had come to an unequivocal decision on homeopathy:…
Will the next prime minister betray Hong Kong again?
For many years, a framed cover of The Spectator looked down, like a silent reproach, on the drinkers in the…
Beto O’Rourke is the big loser in the Democratic debate
Notepads out, pencils in-hand, and water at the ready, a pack of Democratic presidential candidates did battle last night in…
A pathetic exhibition of virtue-signaling in Miami
A genuine liberal education is as much an education of the emotions as it is an education of the intellect.…
Why neither Boris nor Hunt can stop a no-deal Brexit
There is a lot of confusion about Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit. And that is deliberate because the candidate has yet…
Spare a thought for the single-digit 2020 Democrats
Who was the last person you felt genuinely sorry for? A newly unemployed blue-collar worker who’s been ‘innovated’ out of…
Why Tories are hooked on Boris Johnson
Modern politicians are like drug dealers intent on keeping their clients’ hooked. They sell fixes to their core voters: upping…
The Democratic debates drinking game
Now that former Pennsylvania congressman Joe Sestak has entered the race, there are now 24 Democratic candidates for the presidency…
