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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…
Should Chris Coghlan be denied Holy Communion?
It is not, it’s fair to say, a universal view among Catholic priests that MPs who vote the wrong way…
Britain is facing a doomy economic future
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confirmed the economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the first three months…
The bluster and waffle of George Freeman
Retromania is well and truly upon us. Neil Young just headlined Glastonbury. Noel Edmonds is back on the telly. And…
Why I hate Wimbledon
Here we go: two weeks of wall-to-wall coverage of the sport for people who hate sport. The most boring game…
Meet France’s new anti-green movement
A new anti-green social movement is gathering momentum in France seven years after the Yellow Vests rocked the establishment. The…
Labour contenders jockey for position
They say you should never waste a good crisis. And that certainly seems to be the mantra of certain senior…
Why is the BBC so obsessed with Munroe Bergdorf?
Can the BBC do anything right? Just days before it messed up spectacularly by failing to cut away from Bob…
Bob Vylan was grotesque, but arrest would be wrong
It is with some measure of irritation, I must confess, that I am drawn away from this balmy weekend to discuss the idiotic…
The Guardian: let babies vote
I think I have just located Peak Guardian. It can be found on page 57 of the newspaper’s latest Saturday…
Glastonbury has become a sinister festival of anti-Semitism
They’re chanting for the death of Jews at Glastonbury. Yesterday a swaying mob of faux-virtuous poseurs blithely howled for ‘Death,…
Exclusive: Met won’t prosecute Kneecap over ‘Kill your MP’
How low is too low? Kneecap seem determined to find out, judging by their never-ending mission to troll the UK.…
Zohran Mamdani’s selective scrutiny
Within weeks of launching his campaign to be mayor of New York City, Zohran Mamdani declared that he was also…
Mikhail Khodorkovsky: ‘The West isn’t ready for Putin’s hybrid war’
Mikhail Khodorkovsky is sounding the alarm. The end of the war in Ukraine, whenever it comes, won’t mean the end…
Junior doctors won’t stop striking? Sack them
The medics we knew and loved as ‘junior doctors’ were redesignated ‘resident doctors’ as part of their last pay settlement…
