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Britain needs reform

14 June 2025 9:00 am

This week’s spending review confirms that where there should be conviction, there is only confusion; where there should be vision,…

This is a dangerous moment for free speech

7 June 2025 9:00 am

Britain without blasphemy laws is a surprisingly recent development. Blasphemy was abolished as a common law offence in England and…

Will any party stand up for ‘Nick’?

31 May 2025 9:00 am

Meet Nick. He is 30 years old, has a good job and lives in London. He keeps himself to himself.…

The BBC’s problems go far beyond Gary Lineker

24 May 2025 9:00 am

As one might expect from a 103-year-old organisation, the BBC has a very high opinion of itself. Outside Broadcasting House…

The left is finally accepting immigration control

17 May 2025 9:00 am

When it comes to immigration, Keir Starmer has been ‘on a journey’. As a young barrister, he authored a review…

Britain’s decline is a threat to democracy

10 May 2025 9:00 am

Democracy was born in the public square. The Athenian agora was the central meeting place of an engaged citizenry where…

The EU is luring Starmer away from Brexit

3 May 2025 9:00 am

Throughout Keir Starmer’s life, a recent fawning profile ran, he has ‘worked to safeguard the value of justice and democracy’,…

The law that is choking civil society

26 April 2025 9:00 am

If one were to ask for a quintessential display of the British character it would be hard to better the…

The Easter story reminds us of the importance of truth

19 April 2025 9:00 am

Live not by lies, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn warned the West half a century ago, but we have hardly heeded him since.…

Labour has once again betrayed grooming gang victims

12 April 2025 9:00 am

Parliament’s last day before recess is usually a dull affair. A one-line whip allows MPs to return to their constituencies…

Keir Starmer must look beyond adolescent politics

5 April 2025 9:00 am

An industry poll by the British Film Institute in 2000 to find Britain’s best television programme put Fawlty Towers first…

The underlying message of Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement

29 March 2025 9:00 am

Rachel Reeves may not be the most mellifluous writer ever to inhabit 11 Downing Street. At the weekend, she informed…

Kemi’s stance on net zero is courageous – and correct

22 March 2025 9:00 am

Kemi Badenoch secured the Conservative leadership on the basis that she would confront her party and the country with uncomfortable…

The West must not look away from what’s happening in Syria

15 March 2025 9:00 am

Tony Blair’s former spin doctor Alastair Campbell has many talents. But his understanding of Middle Eastern politics leaves much to…

Trump has shifted the world in Putin’s favour

8 March 2025 9:00 am

The verbal pummelling of Volodymyr Zelensky in the White House last week was an ugly moment of bitter truth. We…

Keir Starmer’s welcome embrace of realism

1 March 2025 9:00 am

Sixty-five years ago, a British Prime Minister acknowledged that a new world order was coming to pass and that it…

Who lost Ukraine?

22 February 2025 9:00 am

In the America of the 1950s, one question dominated foreign policy: ‘Who lost China?’ The Communist victory in the Chinese…

The Spectator fights back against government excess

15 February 2025 9:00 am

Britons used to be able to rely on their parliament to safeguard liberty and their wallets. Those who were sent…

Britain could learn from Trump’s approach to foreign policy

8 February 2025 9:00 am

The Foreign Secretary describes his approach to diplomacy as ‘progressive realism’. One can legitimately ask what is progressive about a…

DeepSeek’s cheap information comes at a high price for the West

1 February 2025 9:00 am

This week, Chinese technology has shown the West the challenge it faces – ruthless, implacable and impossible to ignore. The…

Why won’t Keir Starmer use the word ‘terrorist’?

25 January 2025 9:00 am

Why does Keir Starmer find it so hard to use the word ‘terrorist’ when talking about a man who buys…

The folly of Keir Starmer’s Chagos Islands deal

18 January 2025 9:00 am

It would be natural to assume that sinking bond markets would be the government’s priority this week, as low UK…

It’s time to fast-track our adoption process

11 January 2025 9:00 am

The debate surrounding the sexual exploitation of thousands of children over decades, which has re-ignited this week, should act as…

The growing wealth gap between Britain and the US

4 January 2025 9:00 am

New year predictions are always rash, but it feels as though one aspect of the story of 2025 can already…

In defence of faith

14 December 2024 9:00 am

For what should we give thanks this Christmas? The faith that sustains millions through life’s challenges and inspires countless acts…