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Is Starmer’s Trump trade deal the win he thinks it is?
Keir Starmer says it is a ‘fantastic, historic’ day after signing a trade deal with the United States, but is…
Civil servants turn to AI ministers to test policy plans
Well, well, well. It transpires that civil servants working across Whitehall are turning to artificial intelligence to figure out how…
Comparing a colleague to Darth Vader isn’t offensive
Calling someone Darth Vader. If that’s as bad as your workplace banter gets, I’d suggest you find a more entertaining…
This conclave is all about Portugal
With an inconclusive first and second day at the Conclave – to date – speculation in Rome is mounting that…
No. 10 sends lobby journalists to Coventry
Another day, another Downing Street blunder. Now it transpires that No. 10 sent a group of lobby journalists halfway across…
Can India and Pakistan de-escalate?
Once again Pakistan’s strategy of asymmetric warfare against its larger South Asian neighbour has plunged the region to the brink…
Does India still have an airpower advantage over Pakistan?
In the early morning of May 7, India launched missile and air strikes – referred to as Operation Sindoor –…
The good energy philosophy of Casey Means, Trump’s Surgeon General pick
Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee to become the next Surgeon General of the United States, describes herself on her stylish…
Will Jacob Rees-Mogg return to frontline politics?
On Wednesday evening an esteemed group of Spectator subscribers gathered in London for the latest Coffee House Shots live event,…
Why Britain is cutting interest rates – and the US isn’t
Interest rates have been cut to 4.25 per cent. The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by five…
Carla Denyer quits as Green party co-leader
The eco-activists are back in the news this morning after Carla Denyer announced she will not stand again as co-leader…
No memorial to Elizabeth II is better than these monstrosities
After Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022, it became of paramount national importance that a suitable memorial was constructed…
Could Reform become the official opposition in Scotland?
To Scotland, where some rather curious polling has been published – suggesting that after next year’s Holyrood election, Reform UK…
Bring on the Indian invasion
More Indians? Bring them on. The more the better. The prospect of a forthcoming tidal wave of immigration following Labour…
Ukraine’s Victory Day drone swarm is dangerous for Putin
Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on 9 May should mark a triumphal double apotheosis for Vladimir Putin. Not only will it…
Could Trump’s UK deal start a golden age of free trade?
We had the shock of ‘Liberation day’ when punitive tariffs were levied on imports from virtually every country in the…
The unforgiving history of student loans
Republicans in the House are considering a bill to make major changes in federal student loans for college, and President…
What would a US trade deal mean for the UK?
Later today, Donald Trump is reportedly set to unveil a trade deal with the UK. He’ll make the announcement alongside…
Is the US-UK trade deal a coup for Starmer — or Trump?
It’s musical deals in world politics at the moment. Last week, Donald Trump and his senior officials intimated that a…
Mothers need more than a mental health hub
New mothers everywhere, rejoice, for the NHS has your back. And your sanity, apparently. Data released last week shows that…
VE Day and the taboo of victory
I was born in 1983, and when I was a child, the second world war still had a significant cultural…
How Churchill shaped our view of the second world war
When Winston Churchill told Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at Tehran that history would treat them kindly, he spoke…
Long live David Attenborough
Britain can sometimes feel like it’s no country for old men. Our elderly folk get a hard time; they’re blamed…
For most of the world, VE Day did not mean peace
While drinking, dancing and laughter were the order of the day in Britain on the VE Day, things were not…
There are too many podcasters and influencers in the White House Briefing Room
It was around 3 p.m. last Tuesday when I’d finally heard enough. Karoline Leavitt, for the love of your movement,…
