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Elon’s coming for your marriage
When Elon Musk quietly enabled “waifu mode” for his Grok chatbot earlier this year, the outrage was swift and familiar.…
Can Trump end mail-in voting?
President Donald J. Trump, burned in 2020 at the height of Covid by some states’ shenanigans ranging from rule changes…
The Bell Hotel’s closure is not the end of the story
Protest works. That will be the take-home message to activists across the country, now that Epping Forest District Council has…
Does no one care about Britain’s soaring gilts?
The Chancellor Rachel Reeves is threatening a round of tax rises. RMT is on strike over the bank holiday. And…
Migrants to be removed from Epping hotel after council wins injunction
Asylum seekers will be removed from the Bell Hotel in Essex after Epping Forest district council was granted a temporary…
Will Pope Leo stand up to Islam?
As Muslim migration roils Europe, some Catholic bishops are starting to notice. “For decades, the Islamization of Europe has been…
Poll: children’s exposure to porn higher after Online Safety Act
Well, well, well. According to research by the children’s commissioner for England, children’s exposure to pornography has increased since the…
The joy of Giorgia Meloni
There are not, as far as I know, any Italian top-flight poker players. Italians are hardly renowned for their ability…
Kill the single state pension age
When William Beveridge designed the welfare state in the 1940s, the state pension age was 65 for men and 60…
Trump may regret investing in Intel microchips
When President Trump unveils a massive investment in the microchip manufacturer Intel on behalf of the American people it will…
Scottish Labour faces councillor crisis as Reform eyes up seats
It’s not a good time to be in Scottish Labour. With nine months to go until the 2026 Holyrood election,…
It feels good to see the return of the St George’s Cross
There you have it: in certain parts of England it’s easier to fly the Palestine flag than the English flag.…
John Boyne and the bitter truth about the Polari Prize
The news that the Polari Prize for LGBTQ+ writing is not to be awarded this year after outrage that the…
Labour’s grants won’t save the electric car market
Keir Starmer’s government continues to show off its remarkable ability to please absolutely no one. Reintroducing grants for electric cars…
Lisa Nandy, Nigel Farage and a tale of two silly political shirts
Two shirts were in the news at the weekend, both worn by politicians. In the light blue corner, we had…
Hamas’s new hostage deal is a catch-22 for Netanyahu
The fragile negotiations between Israel and Hamas have once again entered a decisive phase, marked by the unveiling of a…
The abolition of stamp duty can’t come soon enough
A rare kernel of hopefully good news has been circulating the Treasury. No, we haven’t yet paid off the £2.7…
The remarkable life of Peter Kemp, warrior and Spectator writer
Today is the 110th anniversary of the birth of a former Spectator correspondent who took part in and survived more…
Childfree zealots are anti-humanity
Few things in life are more French than a dispute animée about holidays. While the Spanish enjoy an easy relationship…
The Trump-Zelensky meetings offered a show of Western unity
Did President Trump make any progress toward ending the war in Ukraine after successive meetings with Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky…
The Ukraine summit ignored the difficult questions
What a lovely meeting Volodymyr Zelensky and his European allies had with Donald Trump. The US President complimented Zelensky on…
Donald Trump was on his best behaviour in his meeting with Zelensky
It was back to black for Volodymyr Zelensky. After the Trump White House asked whether he was going to wear…
Trump-Zelensky II went off without a hitch
Not since Barack Obama held a press conference dressed as the Man from Del Monte has a suit played such…
What the skibidi?
People whose minds stopped evolving 20 years ago are having a snit because the Cambridge Dictionary, the world’s largest online…
Socialism ends in Bolivia after two decades
Bolivia is to be treated to a nail-biting run-off this autumn between two conservatives in the race to be the…
