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Can Britain end its dependence on foreign workers?

13 May 2025 3:48 am

Migration, migration, migration. Sir Keir Starmer didn’t express it like that in his Downing Street press conference, but he might…

Hamas is using Edan Alexander to win favour with Trump

13 May 2025 3:30 am

The last surviving American hostage held by Hamas in Gaza is set to be released as early as today, coinciding…

How America betrayed Edan Alexander

13 May 2025 3:09 am

When a US citizen, just 19, was taken captive by a fascist militia, what did America’s progressives do? They cosplayed…

My encounter with the PKK’s Abdullah Ocalan

13 May 2025 2:43 am

The Kurdish militia group, the PKK, had decided to disband and lay down its arms, after decades of launching attacks…

Police probe fire at Prime Minister’s home

13 May 2025 2:43 am

To north London, where the Metropolitan Police are investigating a fire that broke out at Sir Keir Starmer’s personal home…

Three key flaws in Starmer’s immigration crackdown

13 May 2025 2:41 am

Sir Keir Starmer wants you to believe he’s serious about bringing immigration down. Faced with the political threat of Reform…

What’s the truth about immigration and economic growth?

13 May 2025 2:11 am

If the consequences of Labour’s heavy losses in the local elections were not already clear, they became so in this…

The state’s Southport narrative is crumbling

13 May 2025 1:32 am

What really caused the countrywide unrest after the Southport massacre last summer? Last week, a report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate…

My advice to Diddy – by Anna Delvey’s attorney

13 May 2025 1:18 am

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal team is facing a daunting task. More than 50 witnesses – including A-list stars – are…

Starmer will struggle to deport foreign criminals

13 May 2025 12:12 am

The government is rattled on immigration. Forget its liberal metropolitan supporters: just-about-managing voters from Whitehaven to Waltham Cross are deadly…

Congratulations to Graham King, the asylum billionaire

12 May 2025 11:43 pm

It’s always heartwarming to hear of a person who starts from humble origins and, through sheer entrepreneurial vim, makes something…

Scottish Labour leader turns on assisted dying bill

12 May 2025 10:41 pm

To Holyrood, where parliamentarians will tomorrow vote on Scotland’s assisted dying bill. Scottish Liberal Democrat Liam McArthur has put forward…

Donald Trump can be sensible

12 May 2025 10:21 pm

We’ve learnt three things about the future of world trade from the temporary reprieve over tariffs that the US has…

The graphs that expose Keir Starmer’s failure to ‘stop the boats’

12 May 2025 10:02 pm

After ten months in office, Keir Starmer has promised to ‘finally take back control’ of migration – but what’s his…

The Spectator: the magazine police don’t want you to read

12 May 2025 9:43 pm

Retired special constable Julian Foulkes is one of the latest targets of police officers who seem more eager to crack…

Starmer mustn’t let Trump kill the Digital Services Tax

12 May 2025 9:31 pm

Donald Trump has his eyes on Britain’s Digital Services Tax (DST). The tariff-touting US President insists that the tech firm…

Keir Starmer is wrong to think immigration is just a numbers game

12 May 2025 8:36 pm

Should the government set a cap on immigration? Do we need to pull out of the ECHR (European Convention on…

China has won the trade war with Trump

12 May 2025 8:25 pm

This weekend, the United States struck a deal with China that will see American tariffs on Beijing’s exports come back…

Starmer: migration control is a ‘core Labour value’

12 May 2025 7:38 pm

This morning, the Home Office is publishing its long-awaited white paper on legal migration. The Home Secretary has already been…

Will Trump’s war on Big Pharma work?

12 May 2025 6:41 pm

Cynics will scoff at Donald Trump’s latest initiative: issuing an executive order forcing pharmaceutical companies to lower the prices of…

Is Barbara Woodward right for MI6?

12 May 2025 6:38 pm

This time last year Britain’s top cyber spy warned that China represents an ‘epoch-defining challenge’. Anne Keast-Butler, the director of…

Putin and Zelensky just want to appease Trump

12 May 2025 5:54 pm

Ceasefire then talks, or talks then ceasefire? This has emerged as one of the pivotal issues in the diplomacy around…

Trump’s film tariffs will hurt, not help, Hollywood

12 May 2025 5:12 pm

Observers of the American film industry have been fretting about its prospects for almost as long as it has existed.…

Reintroducing elk can help restore England’s natural balance

12 May 2025 4:14 pm

After a 3,000 year hiatus, the mighty elk could soon return to England. Plans to reintroduce this towering creature were announced last…

US and China slash tariffs

12 May 2025 6:09 am

The White House has announced a breakthrough in trade negotiations with China following two days of talks in Switzerland. Yesterday,…