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Ex-Tory minister suspended over ‘cash for questions’ row
Dear oh dear. Mr S reported on Saturday that former Conservative science minister George Freeman was under scrutiny over Sunday…
BBC chief left IDF death chants on livestream
Well, well, well. The chants of Bob Vylan frontman at Glastonbury – ‘death, death to the IDF’ – sparked outrage…
The Royal Train’s retirement is a loss to Britain
King Charles is a man acutely aware that the monarchy has to be seen to provide value for money in…
Can these Farage rivals’ start-ups hurt Reform?
You wait ages for a right-wing movement to come along – and then two do so at once. Former MEPs…
Why we need to talk about black anti-Semitism
At the Glastonbury musical festival in England this weekend Bobby Vylan – a British-born rapper of African heritage – led…
Labour MPs need a reality check on Britain’s ballooning benefits bill
‘No one votes Labour to cut the welfare state. People vote Labour to grow the welfare state. That’s the role…
Will the welfare bill really push 150,000 into poverty?
Labour MPs are obviously going to panic when told their votes might plunge just one person into poverty – let…
Trump could bomb Iran again
President Trump has already warned Tehran that he’ll be back if Iran tries to revive and advance its nuclear programme,…
Northern Ireland is still paying a heavy price for Brexit
This week heralds the arrival in Northern Ireland of yet more overregulation, bureaucratic overreach, and political incompetence. No, Keir Starmer…
Adam Curtis: ‘modern power makes me cry’
Adam Curtis used to make TikToks but he doesn’t want to talk about them. ‘I did quite a lot of…
Liz Kendall’s humiliating welfare climb-down
‘This government believes in equality and social justice,’ began Liz Kendall. Which government she was describing is anyone’s guess. I…
Watch: Pro-Palestine mob in Leicester chant ‘death to the IDF’
Pro-Palestine demonstrators on the streets of Britain have been led in a chant of ‘Death, death to the IDF’ –…
Labour MPs are still sceptical of the Welfare Bill
Liz Kendall tried to use her Commons statement on the government’s U-turn on some of the disability benefit cuts to…
How did the BBC end up broadcasting Bob Vylan?
Until last weekend, Bob Vylan were not a household name. I admit that I had never heard of the rap…
Being a Christian isn’t easy
Spare a thought for Chris Coghlan, who has learned to his horror that not only is the Pope a Catholic,…
How big will the Labour welfare rebellion be?
This afternoon Liz Kendall will update the House of Commons on her revised plans for welfare, following the concessions wrung…
Poll: half of voters unaware of ‘Boriswave’
What likelihood of a Boris Johnson comeback? Well, according to the man himself, there is, apparently, ‘more chance of a…
Politicians, not ChatGPT, caused the recruitment slump
The machines are already smarter and better organised than humans. They never ask for a pay rise, and they don’t…
Will Putin really rein in Russia’s defence spending?
At the very time when those warmongering Nato nations are pledging to raise their defence spending substantially, that doveish peacenik…
The education of Zohran Mamdani
Zohran Kwame Mamdani, having secured the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor, is in the national spotlight. At the…
The state needs to chill out about the hot weather
Since the year dot, it’s got rather warm in southern England at some stage most summers. Not scorching. In recent…
Woolworths cancels The Spectator
The Spectator has thousands of readers in South Africa, many of whom get their weekly magazine from Woolworths, the country’s…
Take me back to Glastonbury
Judging by the coverage of this year’s Glastonbury festival, and the reaction in certain quarters, you would be forgiven for…
On the Israel-Syria border, death is always close
Syria’s new president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, is desperate to stay on the sidelines of the Iran-Israel war. Most middle eastern states…
Democrats want federally mandated infanticide
Women in Britain will soon be able to kill their baby at any point during their pregnancy, even if the…
