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From now on, I’ll greet Brexiteers with a grin

4 March 2017 9:00 am

I’m cheering up about Brexit. The moaning has to stop. Why be downhearted and edgy when you’re confident of your…

Trump’s show of strength to Moscow

4 March 2017 9:00 am

Donald Trump has not lost his capacity to surprise: few would have bet on him starting his address to Congress…

A field guide to our doomed liberal elite

4 March 2017 9:00 am

The latest and perhaps most damaging accusation to be levelled at Donald Trump is that he likes his steaks well-done…

The Spectator’s Notes

4 March 2017 9:00 am

Chief Constable Simon Bailey, who heads Operation Hydrant, the police investigation of ‘non-recent’ child abuse cases, now says that paedophiles…

London Stock Exchange picked a bad year to join a pan-European project

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

The marriage of the London Stock Exchange and Deutsche Börse may not be stone dead but that’s the way to…

The real reason Ukip are tearing each other apart

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

If the British establishment really wants to troll Ukip, then I suppose it ought to give Douglas Carswell a knighthood…

Trump’s show of strength to Moscow

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

Donald Trump has not lost his capacity to surprise: few would have bet on him starting his address to Congress…

The Spectator’s Notes

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

Chief Constable Simon Bailey, who heads Operation Hydrant, the police investigation of ‘non-recent’ child abuse cases, now says that paedophiles…

A field guide to our doomed liberal elite

2 March 2017 3:00 pm

The latest and perhaps most damaging accusation to be levelled at Donald Trump is that he likes his steaks well-done…

Why I’m glad that Unilever saw off predatory robot Kraft Heinz

25 February 2017 9:00 am

I was sorry Kraft Heinz’s £115 billion bid for Unilever collapsed so fast — unveiled on Friday, it was dead…

Killing spree of the fluffy green idiots

25 February 2017 9:00 am

Who do you think was responsible for Europe’s biggest environmental disaster of the past three decades; one that caused more…

Are satanic abuse cops 120 per cent gullible?

25 February 2017 9:00 am

I got lost in the forest near my house while walking the dog the other week. The path I was…

The Spectator’s Notes

25 February 2017 9:00 am

Last month, at Policy Exchange, I met a charming, quiet American general called H.R. McMaster. In conversation, I was struck…

Why I’m glad that Unilever saw off predatory robot Kraft Heinz

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

I was sorry Kraft Heinz’s £115 billion bid for Unilever collapsed so fast — unveiled on Friday, it was dead…

Killing spree of the fluffy green idiots

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Who do you think was responsible for Europe’s biggest environmental disaster of the past three decades; one that caused more…

The Spectator’s Notes

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

Last month, at Policy Exchange, I met a charming, quiet American general called H.R. McMaster. In conversation, I was struck…

Are satanic abuse cops 120 per cent gullible?

23 February 2017 3:00 pm

I got lost in the forest near my house while walking the dog the other week. The path I was…

For the sake of the constitution, please shut up

18 February 2017 9:00 am

One of the striking features of Britain’s unwritten constitution is how it relies on various people keeping their opinions to…

The Spectator’s Notes

18 February 2017 9:00 am

How does Vladimir Putin think about the world? It becomes dangerously important to know. I still have not seen a…

My survey of bank closures suggests a new purpose for the tarnished Co-op

18 February 2017 9:00 am

Many thanks to the stampede of readers who sent news of bank branch closures. There’s certainly a national pattern, and…

I went to Florida to see Disney World. What I found looked like a dying country

18 February 2017 9:00 am

I’ve always sensed a whiff of sadness in Florida, perhaps because so many people go there to die. Although not…

In (conditional) defence of John Bercow

18 February 2017 9:00 am

James Duddridge is not wrong. The Tory MP for Rochford and Southend East, who has put down a ‘no confidence’…

My survey of bank closures suggests a new purpose for the tarnished Co-op

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

Many thanks to the stampede of readers who sent news of bank branch closures. There’s certainly a national pattern, and…

I went to Florida to see Disney World. What I found looked like a dying country

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

I’ve always sensed a whiff of sadness in Florida, perhaps because so many people go there to die. Although not…

For the sake of the constitution, please shut up

16 February 2017 3:00 pm

One of the striking features of Britain’s unwritten constitution is how it relies on various people keeping their opinions to…