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It is a pity both Trump and Twitter can’t lose
It may be the ultimate Kissinger Dilemma: Donald Trump versus the platform that helped make Donald Trump president. Contemplating war…
A no-deal Brexit is now all but inevitable
Coronavirus is obscuring much about the future of the EU – and Britain’s relationship with it. Not everyone is joining…
Dominic Cummings is more powerful than ever
Power does not corrupt. It reveals. It was once said of Abraham Lincoln: ‘Nothing discloses real character like the use…
Trump severs ties with World Health Organization
President Trump is cutting all US funding to the World Health Organization as of Friday afternoon. ‘China has total control…
Where is the law and order President?
Donald Trump announced on Twitter this morning that the National Guard is standing by in Minneapolis. The Guard is ready…
Amy Klobuchar’s VP prospects are over
Move over, Kamala — there’s a new bad sheriff in town. After the death of George Floyd at the hands…
What the fury about Cummings’s road trip is really about
Is Durhamgate over now? It must be. Surely. With a simmering revolt in Hong Kong, riots in Minneapolis, heightened border…
Can Germany spend its way out of the corona crisis?
Coronavirus is grim news for all major economies and Germany is no exception. The country’s economic output decreased by 2.2…
Trump vs Twitter: the battle begins
When Tony Wang, general manager of Twitter in the UK, described the company as the ‘free speech wing of the…
Did any Americans actually inject disinfectant after Trump suggested it?
There’s been no shortage of outrage from the press during the coronavirus pandemic. One of the more notable meltdowns came…
Facebook is right. Twitter is wrong
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey opened up a Pandora’s box two days ago by dropping a fact-check on a tweet by…
The good and bad news about coronavirus
Finally we are getting a clue to the most vital statistic of the Covid-19 epidemic: how many people in Britain…
The UK is preparing for a major Huawei U-turn
The UK has made a strategic choice to get ‘off the trajectory of ever-increasing dependence’ on China, I revealin the…
Will Boris Johnson stand with Hong Kong?
Hong Kong, ‘Asia’s World City’, is becoming a place where legislators fear that they could face years in prison for…
Pompeo: Hong Kong autonomy statement made with ‘great sadness’
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said during a press call Wednesday afternoon that his decision to declare Hong Kong no…
In praise of Kayleigh McEnany
Is Kayleigh McEnany the best Press Secretary in history? I think she may be. True, it’s early days. She was…
Is this the week the magic died for Boris Johnson?
What is really going on here? The via dolorosa Boris Johnson is trudging along is about more than Dominic Cummings’s…
Norway health chief: lockdown was not needed to tame Covid
Norway is assembling a picture of what happened before lockdown and its latest discovery is pretty significant. It is using…
Japan’s Covid success is a mystery
Japan’s Covid ‘State of Emergency’ is now officially over. Tokyo, the last of Japan’s 47 prefectures to be officially released…
We need a Pompeo Plan to tame the dragon
This article is in The Spectator’s June 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. It is traditional that the serious statesperson…
The Real White House Housewives
Donald Trump views The View as if it were a spouse over the age of 60: with disdain. ‘Explain how…
Joe Biden’s campaign has set feminism back decades
As we inch closer to the Democratic National Convention in August, the question looms ever larger: who will Joe Biden…
Britain should demand a level playing field from the EU
It will receive €9 billion (£8 billion) in free money from the government. It will be protected from any threat…
Dominic Cummings has become a symbol of a very British inequality
Dominic Cummings knows all about how perception damages public confidence in political parties. Here he is in June 2017: ‘People…
The big debate: is lockdown wrong?
Is lockdown a gargantuan mistake? That’s the view of a growing number of thinkers and critics, including The Spectator’s very…
