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Why GPs are reluctant about online booking
‘Moaning Minnies’ is how the Health Secretary Wes Streeting has described GPs opposing his rollout of online appointment booking. Originally,…
Fifa’s great World Cup rip-off has gone too far
Today’s World Cup draw in Washington, presided over by Fifa president Gianni Infantino with best buddie president Donald Trump at…
Ukraine’s war on the Russian language is a mistake
Kyiv has stripped the Russian language of its protection under Europe’s Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Culture warriors at home and abroad have hailed…
Why can’t Bridget Phillipson admit she’s wrong about free schools?
Back when the free school policy was in its infancy, the general secretary of Britain’s largest headteacher union described them…
Trump’s peace process pageantry
The US Institute of Peace was taken over by DoGE in January and now appears to have undergone a makeover…
Halle Berry vs. Erika Kirk
Journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin’s DealBook summit, sponsored by the New York Times, made a lot of news yesterday, though it…
There is one impressive thing about Keir Starmer’s government
I am going to shock Spectator readers and say something in praise of the government. There is one area where…
Trump is running out of tricks to prop up the American economy
President Donald Trump dozed off during his cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Who could blame him? Listening to Secretary of State…
Liz Truss launches ‘The Liz Truss show’
Ping! An email lands in Mr Steerpike’s inbox. An exciting new project launches tomorrow. Liz Truss is starting her own…
Who knew that King Charles could be funny?
Describing the royal family as ‘funny’ is not, perhaps, the first thing that comes to mind when talking about the…
The sinister rise of facial-recognition Britain
Britain has long been one of the most surveilled democracies in the world. But under Starmer’s government, things are about…
Putin ‘morally responsible’ for Salisbury novichok poisoning
Vladimir Putin is ‘morally responsible’ for the death of Dawn Sturgess, a public inquiry today has concluded. The mother of…
No tap water has left all of Tunbridge Wells disgusted
I’ve lived in Tunbridge Wells for 20 years, and have never met anyone disgusted. Until this week. Yup, we’re all…
Reform blasts Labour for delaying mayoral elections
Well, well, well. Labour’s decision to cancel four mayoral elections by two years is not going down well, to put…
Does Paloma Faith know what ‘far right’ means?
The fash must be bricking it. Paloma Faith, Fontaines D.C. and Lenny Henry are among the musicians, comedians and celebs…
Marwan Barghouti isn’t the ‘Palestinian Mandela’
Some scoffed when Donald Trump thought to tap Tony Blair’s decades of involvement in the Middle East for his future…
The desperation of the ‘Seditious Six’
Two weeks ago, six US lawmakers, all military or intelligence veterans, released a cryptic YouTube video where they spoke directly…
Reform double Tory donations in new release
‘Anything you can do, I can do better.’ Throughout 2025, both Reform and the Conservatives have slugged it out, trading…
Putin is warning Britain – but we’re not listening
When Vladimir Putin declared this week that Russia was ‘ready’ to fight a war in Europe, the remark barely seems…
Donald Trump’s affordability blues
So President Donald Trump may have dozed off during his cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Who could blame him? Listening to Secretary of State Marco Rubio…
Climate doom is not science
The costs of not dealing with climate change are, of course, much higher than the costs of dealing with it.…
Will Robert Jenrick join Reform?
For more than a decade, Westminster has been obsessing about whether Nigel Farage will do a deal with the Tories.…
It’s a bit rich for Starmer to say the Tories should be ashamed
You always know it’s going to be a good PMQs when things start with Ian Lavery. After a winding and…
Scotland bows to pressure to launch grooming gang review
The Scottish government is set to announce a national review of the grooming gang evidence in Scotland, after coming under…
Kemi Badenoch is enjoying herself
Kemi Badenoch had plenty to work with at Prime Minister’s Questions today. She opened with the departure of the head…
