Portrait of the week: Tory defections, local elections and a China defence hack
Home The local elections proved dreadful for the Conservatives but not quite perfect for Labour. The Conservatives lost 474 of…
Tories for Starmer
Nick Boles was once at the heart of a mission to renew Conservatism. He was one of a small number…
Letters: the Tory party has gone mad
Right is wrong Sir: Katy Balls’s article ‘Survival Plan’ (4 May) starts from a false premise. The problem is not…
Letters: the joy of a male book club
The state of our defence Sir: Your article on the etiolated state of European, including Britain’s, defence, is spot on (‘The…
Portrait of the Week: Yousaf resigns, Charles resumes duties and Poulter joins Labour
Home Humza Yousaf resigned as the First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National party, posts he had…
How many people are attacked by sharks?
Horse trials Five Household Cavalry horses bolted in central London, with two reaching Limehouse before being calmed down. It may…
Letters: the admirable strength of Ukrainians
The bravery of Ukraine Sir: Few articles could resonate as strongly as that of Svitlana Morenets (‘Scrambled logic’, 20 April).…
Portrait of the Week: Huw Edwards resigns, Mark Menzies resigns and Frank Field dies
Home Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said that within 12 weeks asylum-seekers could be flown to Rwanda. This followed the…
The cost of European peace
After six months of delay, the US Senate has finally passed a $60 billion foreign-aid package which will send urgently…
Portrait of the Week: the war on smoking, Trump’s trial and O.J.’s death
Home Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said that British fighter jets had shot down ‘a number of drones’ fired at…
A smoking ban is pointless and illiberal
Why is Britain poised to ban cigarette smoking, when the habit is already dying out anyway? Smoking is seen by…
The Spectator’s letters page is hazardous
Question time Sir: Your leading article ‘Sense prevails’ (13 April) is a valuable précis of the Cass Review into NHS…
Letters: the real problem with a Labour super-majority
Good trade-off Sir: I applaud your excellent editorial (‘Trading in Falsehoods’, 6 April) – a succinct and insightful essay on…
Who uses Grindr?
Meet market Who uses the gay dating app Grindr? – The site claims 27m users worldwide, 80.5% of whom identify…
Common sense prevails in the gender debate
The publication this week of the Cass Review into gender-identity services for young people marks a welcome return to reason…
Portrait of the Week: Tory phishing, tension over Rafah and Cameron in America
Home The review by Dr Hilary Cass of gender-identity services for people under 18 called for an end to prescribing…
Letters: screens in schools are not a problem
Screen tests Sir: As somebody whose teaching career coincided with the digital revolution, I must take issue with Sophie Winkleman’s…
