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Bonnie Blue deserves to be cancelled
Dr Gail Dines, a professor of sociology and women’s studies, defines the ‘pornification of society’ as a culture where explicit…
Pope Leo probably isn’t that liberal
Frankly, most people knew little about Robert Prevost before his election as pope, so there’s been a scramble to unpick…
Tory MPs are forgetting Britain
After the next election, Bob Blackman’s role as chair of the 1922 Committee should be much easier. With the Conservative…
Why it makes sense to have an American pope
Around 40,000 people gathered in St Peter’s Square last night, the mood markedly more expectant than the evening before. While…
Greens to reject gender ruling in next leadership contest
To the Green party, whose membership will be called on to vote for their next leader this summer. Currently the…
Can Pope Leo fix the mess left by Francis?
The numbers, as the saying goes, don’t lie. And heading into the conclave two days ago, anyone who could count…
Xi has no right to be ‘guest of honour’ at Putin’s Victory Day
The presence of Chinese president Xi Jinping as ‘guest of honour’ at Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day military parade in Moscow…
Why do some Irish people hate Israel so much?
It was a quiet lunch shift at the pub in Oxford where I work, the kind of day when the…
Does Leo see himself as an American Pope?
In theory, we’ve got the first American Pope, Robert Prevost. Born and raised in Chicago, university educated in Philadelphia. Parents French/Italian…
Is Pope Leo XIV part of the ‘Trumplash’?
It feels a bit facile and tasteless to say that the first American Pope, Leo XIV, has been elected to…
Is America really ‘OPEN FOR BUSINESS’?
‘America is OPEN FOR BUSINESS’, President Donald Trump shared on Truth Social, just as the details of the US-UK trade…
Is Starmer’s Trump trade deal the win he thinks it is?
Keir Starmer says it is a ‘fantastic, historic’ day after signing a trade deal with the United States, but is…
Civil servants turn to AI ministers to test policy plans
Well, well, well. It transpires that civil servants working across Whitehall are turning to artificial intelligence to figure out how…
Comparing a colleague to Darth Vader isn’t offensive
Calling someone Darth Vader. If that’s as bad as your workplace banter gets, I’d suggest you find a more entertaining…
No. 10 sends lobby journalists to Coventry
Another day, another Downing Street blunder. Now it transpires that No. 10 sent a group of lobby journalists halfway across…
Can India and Pakistan de-escalate?
Once again Pakistan’s strategy of asymmetric warfare against its larger South Asian neighbour has plunged the region to the brink…
Does India still have an airpower advantage over Pakistan?
In the early morning of May 7, India launched missile and air strikes – referred to as Operation Sindoor –…
Will Jacob Rees-Mogg return to frontline politics?
On Wednesday evening an esteemed group of Spectator subscribers gathered in London for the latest Coffee House Shots live event,…
Why Britain is cutting interest rates – and the US isn’t
Interest rates have been cut to 4.25 per cent. The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by five…
Carla Denyer quits as Green party co-leader
The eco-activists are back in the news this morning after Carla Denyer announced she will not stand again as co-leader…
No memorial to Elizabeth II is better than these monstrosities
After Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022, it became of paramount national importance that a suitable memorial was constructed…
Could Reform become the official opposition in Scotland?
To Scotland, where some rather curious polling has been published – suggesting that after next year’s Holyrood election, Reform UK…
Bring on the Indian invasion
More Indians? Bring them on. The more the better. The prospect of a forthcoming tidal wave of immigration following Labour…
Ukraine’s Victory Day drone swarm is dangerous for Putin
Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on 9 May should mark a triumphal double apotheosis for Vladimir Putin. Not only will it…
Could Trump’s UK deal start a golden age of free trade?
We had the shock of ‘Liberation day’ when punitive tariffs were levied on imports from virtually every country in the…
