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The war the government must win
We will rue the day we all decided bullying was a bad thing. The consequence is that the inept, the…
How Sinn Fein got away with murder
The online world should be credited when it gets something right. And on Twitter an account titled ‘On This Day…
Why did no one believe Johnny Depp?
When it was first reported that Johnny Depp had been hit and pelted with crockery by his slight, blonde then…
Bet like Buffett: the virus scareis a chance to buy cheaper
If anything, stock markets have been slow to respond to the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Stories of Chinese supply interruptions, from…
The Spectator’s Notes
My parents told me that their wartime childhoods were punctuated by the expression: ‘Don’t you know there’s a war on?’…
The Brexit reshuffle
One of the Tories’ tactical successes has been to push Brexit down the news agenda. But even if it no…
The blindness of cultural Marxism
Words we are not allowed to use any more now include ‘cultural Marxism’. Suella Braverman, now the Attorney General, used…
How low can the BBC go?
Last weekend’s papers claimed that the government desires a ‘massively pruned back’ BBC. Former Conservative cabinet minister Damian Green and…
How I became an easy police target
Most Britons assume at the outset that any misfortune involving a cyclist is the cyclist’s fault. After all, many a…
Time for new leadership at Barclays and HSBC – and a new name at RBS
After a dull interlude, the big banks in their annual results season look a bit more interesting again. First to…
The Spectator’s Notes
How depressed should one be about the HS2 go-ahead? The cost is stupefying. The offering to the north — considered…
Boris and the ticking clocks
‘The clock is ticking.’ It is surely only a matter of time before Michel Barnier returns to his notorious catchphrase…
Citizenship is a privilege, not a right
A couple of people in the Hornsey and Wood Green Labour party have come up with a fascinating suggestion —…
Can Bernie go the distance?
Manchester, New Hampshire Democrats almost all agree that Donald Trump is ruining America and must be removed from the White…
Why I’ll never become an MP
Every now and then someone asks me if I have ever thought of becoming an MP. My response tends to…
Never mind the numbers – the gender battle has barely begun
It’s the way the world’s going, but still it looks quite impressive that the number of women directors of FTSE100…
The Spectator’s Notes
Regardless of one’s views on climate change, one should welcome the fact that Boris Johnson removed Claire Perry O’Neill from…
Terror is the toughest issue facing the Tories
A prisoner is released early and just days later attacks people. It then emerges that he was known to still…
The insanity of terrorism
Sudesh Amman was singularly unsuccessful in his wish to kill kafirs, as he put it, and thereby find himself surrounded…
Does Evil really exist?
A week of remembrance marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz last month had me thinking hard about…
You can’t own stories
Readers of The Spectator who keep up with the latest literary hissy fits could have predicted (perhaps with a groan)…
From Enron to Airbus, can justice ever keep pace with corporate sin?
So farewell Bernie Ebbers, former chief executive of WorldCom, the long–distance phone operator that became America’s biggest-ever bankruptcy case in…
The Spectator’s Notes
It was with regret that I read that Albert, retired King of the Belgians, has finally had to admit, following…
What will the Tories fight about now?
Now that Britain is out of the European Union, it will be very hard to go back in. In the…
Why I’m standing by an old enemy
Most people won’t have heard of Selina Todd. The only reason I had was because some years ago the BBC…
