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Why we have to stand by the foul, brutal Saudis
The Saudis have got the new year off to a busy start, haven’t they? The authorities executed 47 people, including…
The political wisdom of people who don’t even know what a circle is
Why are liberals morons? I’m sure that this question has rattled around your mind before, perhaps when watching one of…
The best things in the world have always sprung up by accident. Take the internet, for instance
Since no one has bothered to ask what my must-read book of last year was I’m going to tell you…
Any Other Business
Last year was a bumper year for mergers and acquisitions. Recovering prospects and relatively low price-earnings ratios made the takeover…
The human element: highs, lows and loose ends of 2015
Last year was a bumper year for mergers and acquisitions. Recovering prospects and relatively low price-earnings ratios made the takeover…
The best things in the world spring up by accident
Since no one has bothered to ask what my must-read book of last year was I’m going to tell you…
The political wisdom of people who don’t even know what a circle is
Why are liberals morons? I’m sure that this question has rattled around your mind before, perhaps when watching one of…
Twenty things I will ban when I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016
Things I am going to ban when, by popular acclaim, I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016.…
Can Cameron really offer the best of both worlds in the EU referendum?
By this time next year Britain will, if the government has its way, have voted on whether or not this…
Two socialist triumphs (one of them for Marine Le Pen)
What a pleasure it was to see two socialist parties triumph in the most recent elections. First, Labour increased its…
The question Christianity fails to answer: ‘Who is my neighbour?’
‘Fine old Christmas,’ wrote George Eliot, ‘with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in…
If you believe the internet, I was Israel’s answer to Jason Bourne
One of the strangest and, in a weird way, best things to have happened to me in the past year…
Am I a brave cult survivor, too?
When I was 21, I lived with a cult for a year. It was a commune really, a tight-knit group…
A Christmas parable from the Spectator’s business editor
I thought you might enjoy a little parable for Christmas, so here goes… The boardroom clock said twelve minutes…
Ye who now will bless the poor Shall yourselves find blessing
I thought you might enjoy a little parable for Christmas, so here goes… The boardroom clock said twelve minutes…
If you believe the internet, I was the Israeli army’s answer to Jason Bourne
One of the strangest and, in a weird way, best things to have happened to me in the past year…
Will you survive the Delingpole Era? See below…
Things I am going to ban when, by popular acclaim, I am elected your Dictator For Life in 2016.…
Am I a brave cult survivor, too?
When I was 21, I lived with a cult for a year. It was a commune really, a tight-knit group…
The question Christianity fails to answer: ‘Who is my neighbour?’
‘Fine old Christmas,’ wrote George Eliot, ‘with the snowy hair and ruddy face, had done his duty that year in…
Exit strategy vs stay-in power
By this time next year Britain will, if the government has its way, have voted on whether or not this…
Hug, hold hands . . . then stampede to the right
What a pleasure it was to see two socialist parties triumph in the most recent elections. First, Labour increased its…
After Jeremy Corbyn’s Syria shambles, step forward Major Dan Jarvis . . . the new Labour-saving device
It makes no sense for Britain to bomb Islamic State in Iraq but not Syria. Attacking a group that does…
Charles Moore’s Notes: Trying to reach a global agreement on anything is a waste of time
Speaking on the Today programme on Monday, Sir David Attenborough, who wants a global agreement to control carbon emissions, pointed…
Fat-shaming works. Why else would I heave myself up and down hills for hours every day?
We have been contemplating moving to the North, for a variety of unassailable reasons. One is the chance to gloat…
Lefties, liberals and warmists behave like a different species
Because I used to go to venues like Bataclan an awful lot myself, I’ve been dwelling a great deal on…
