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Rayner set to miss I’m a Celebrity
They say that showbiz is politics for ugly people. But that has not stopped some of parliament’s finest swapping the…
Middle East experts got Trump all wrong
Whenever Donald Trump proposes a policy that runs counter to the progressive consensus, there are three stages of response: it’ll…
You want a peace of me?
President Trump prevented World War Three yesterday, or so he claimed multiple times. “No one wants World War Three,” he…
Is conversion therapy free speech?
Kaley Chiles is a Christian therapist who places the Bible at the center of her practice. To many of her…
Joan Collins hailed at conservative shindig
As any good Spectator subscriber knows, Joan Collins is a national institution. The Hollywood star took centre stage at last…
Will voters buy the SNP’s ‘fresh start’ mantra?
There was a feeling of relief in the air at the SNP’s conference in Aberdeen when, for the first time…
What’s wrong with being sentimental?
When Samuel Richardson’s Pamela was published in 1740, it unleashed something unprecedented in literary history. This epistolary novel about a virtuous servant…
Can the peace in Gaza last?
He came, he saw, he conquered. That just about describes President Trump’s 12,000-mile round trip from Washington, D.C. to Israel…
Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes
On Question Time last week, Zack Polanski, the Green Party leader and erstwhile boob-whisperer, declared that there is no evidence…
I visited Canterbury Cathedral’s graffiti. Here’s the worst thing about it
The first, and the lasting, impression one gets from Canterbury Cathedral’s new graffiti-style art instillation is just how reasonable and…
Workers are paying the price for Labour’s National Insurance hike
Wasn’t Labour supposed to be tackling the scourge of insecure employment, doing away with exploitative zero hours contracts and giving…
Boris blasts Farage at Thatcher dinner
To the Guildhall where hundreds of Thatcherites last night met to pay tribute to the Iron Lady. On the centenary…
The truth about the Green party’s booming membership
The Greens are having quite a moment. Since the anointing of Zack Polanski as leader of the party, there’s been…
Britain’s unofficial blasphemy laws have been decades in the making
Defenders of free expression can breathe a collective sigh of relief. Hamit Coskun – the man who burnt a Quran…
Did Blair really rebuild Kosovo?
Donald Trump seems to be questioning Tony Blair’s inclusion in the so-called ‘Board of Peace’ to rebuild Gaza. On Monday,…
The Tory party will never die
A political party widely referred to as ‘the Tories’ has now existed – albeit with some rather serious discontinuities along…
Thank God for Donald Trump
Imagine, for a moment, the world we narrowly escaped. A world in which Joe Biden, frail and fading, remained in…
Why do boring economists always win the Nobel?
When Friedrich Hayek won the Nobel Prize, his entire lecture – titled ‘The Pretence of Knowledge’ – was an attack on economics…
Streeting: I’m glad we can accept Brexit is a problem
To the Cliveden Literary Festival, where Health Secretary Wes Streeting has offered up his support for Sir Keir Starmer’s Brexit…
In memory of Saul Zabar
On what is controversially called Columbus Day weekend, which this year fell uncontroversially at the end of Sukkot, my wife,…
Donald Trump’s finest hour
This is Donald Trump’s finest hour. Speaking in the Knesset on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called him Israel’s “greatest…
Reform is right to give up on ‘fag packet economics’
As Nigel Farage prepares to abandon pledges of up to £90 billion in tax cuts, there will be plenty of…
Macron has to choose: humiliation or defeat?
Emmanuel Macron’s presidency is imploding, squeezed between enemies he can no longer outmanoeuvre. Marine Le Pen’s National Rally and Jean-Luc…
Will the Epstein files ever stop haunting Prince Andrew?
It has not been a good year to be the Duke of York. Firstly, Andrew Lownie’s devastating joint biography of…
Farage blames Starmer after Reform councillor attacked
Reform UK’s Nigel Farage has hit out at Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the party’s youngest council leader was attacked…
