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The establishment was more afraid of ‘the gammon’ than the groomers
‘When history is written as it ought to be written’, said the great Trinidadian Marxist CLR James, ‘it is the…
France’s toddler screen ban is pure state overreach
The French government is preparing to ban all screen time for children under the age of three. The measure, announced…
A grooming gang inquiry will expose Labour’s guilty men
Sir Keir Starmer claimed in January that those who were concerned about the systematic rape and abuse of little girls…
The good and bad news about the UK-US trade deal
Donald Trump and Keir Starmer’s transatlantic trade deal has finally been signed. Before making an early exit from the G7,…
Casey hits out at ‘politicisation’ of grooming gang report
As Westminster continues to dissect the truly troubling findings laid out by Baroness Casey’s report into Britain’s grooming gang scandal,…
How Iran is piercing Israel’s state-of-the-art missile defences
Since the beginning of ‘Operation True Promise III’ – launched after Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear infrastructure, leadership targets, and military…
Trump won’t be dragged into a regime-change war
The handsome pages of The Spectator World’s July issue readers will find an essay of mine arguing that the United States…
China targets US citizens with biowarfare weapons
On June 3 the Department of Justice announced charges against two nationals of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The…
The remarkable quest to identify Captain Cook’s Endeavour
The announcement that a shipwreck in Newport Harbor, 200 miles up the coast from New York City, has been proven…
Is this the worst Labour MP in parliament?
The publication of Louise Casey’s report into rape gangs was a sobering affair. But not, apparently, for Shaun Davies, Labour…
Israel will not be cowed by Iran
Yesterday morning, as families in central Israel emerged from bomb shelters after yet another sleepless night, the air was once…
Why is the US so reluctant to fight Iran?
MAGA (Make America Great Again) isolationists all agree: the United States must not be drawn into the Israel-Iran war. Donald…
Is France succumbing to the British disease?
Sometimes one can almost get away from today’s worries. I spent the other weekend at a big family get-together in…
JK Rowling’s takedown of Boy George was a joy to behold
Few things are more delicious to watch than an uneven battle of wits – and it is hard to imagine…
Ballymena got what it wanted
Thursday evening. All quiet in Ballymena so far, after three nights of wrath. On the kerb of Waring Street –…
Has Donald Trump sided with the hawks?
That was fast. In the space of a few weeks, President Donald J. Trump has gone from being the idol…
More DNC woes for Ken Martin
How could the Democrats be in any more disarray? Long-time, high-ranking Democratic National Committee members Randi Weingarten and Lee Saunders…
WATCH: Trump hints Russia should rejoin G7
As the annual G7 Summit kicks off in Canada, President Trump told reporters that removing President Vladimir Putin from the…
Eric and Don Jr. launch ‘Trump Mobile’
Well, well, well. After a week of breathless digital countdown timers and PR emails demanding that every journalist get on…
Baroness Casey has not held back
Baroness Casey’s ‘national audit’ of child sexual exploitation was published this afternoon, and it’s now clear why the government changed…
Kemi was at her best skewering Labour on grooming gangs
Yvette Cooper had come to the House of Commons to shut, as loudly and with as much gusto as she…
What’s next for LA’s Mexican-American community?
In 1976, the Ramirez Pharmacy opened in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles. Appropriately located on the corner…
Will Labour actually act on the Casey grooming gang report?
Has the government really U-turned on grooming gangs? Six months after resisting a national inquiry into the crimes committed against…
Trump: America First, c’est moi
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty told Alice scornfully, “it means just what I choose it to mean –…
Listen: Thought for the Day bishop’s bizarre grooming gang claim
Well, well, well. As Baroness Casey prepares to publish her review into Britain’s grooming gang scandal, a rather curious speaker…
