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John Kerry gets an easy ride from the climate establishment
For climate campaigners, Donald Trump was the anti-Christ, pooh-poohing climate change and withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement.…
China’s dangerous zero-Covid retreat
China’s scrapping of strict Covid controls represents not so much a shift in gear, as a screeching hand-break turn. It…
Inside the Iranian regime’s protest panic
During a press conference in Tehran on 3 December, Iran’s Attorney General, Mohammad Javad Montazeri was asked by a journalist…
Peru’s staggeringly incompetent far-left coup
Lima, Peru For the last 17 months, Peruvians have been wondering what it would take to see the back of…
Harry and Meghan want to destroy the House of Windsor
When I coined the phrase ‘The Grabdication’ in The Spectator two years ago, I had no concept of exactly how grasping the Duke and Duchess…
England vs France is far more than a football match
When England play France tonight, more will be involved than just a game of football. We all know why. Even those…
How Australian rock art warns us about 2023
If you had to choose an obvious place to look for clues about what will happen in the coming year,…
Harry and Meghan’s expert: ‘never sell out’
Afua Hirsch sells out Cockburn is reeling today after a heavy night, but it was the only thing he could…
Why Japan and Britain are teaming up to build a fighter jet
The UK will partner with Italy and Japan to develop a new generation of fighter aircraft with the aim of…
Ilya Yashin is in jail, but his words will sting Vladimir Putin
Fewer than one in 100 defendants in the Russian court system get acquitted. Even in the best of circumstances then,…
The Viktor Bout hostage swap is a victory for the Kremlin
After a quiet swap in the United Arab Emirates, the American basketball star Brittney Griner is out of a Russian…
What Rowan Williams gets wrong about democracy
Rowan Williams used his Reith lecture on religious liberty to make a plea to religious believers: don’t be afraid of…
Why not all the French love Mbappé like Macron
Emmanuel Macron is confident France will beat England in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final. In an interview with a radio station,…
All I want for Christmas is a TikTok ban
What do Santa Claus and the Chinese Communist Party have in common? They both see you when you’re sleeping, and…
We need to talk about Kevin
Even doomed political campaigns throw victory parties — or pretend to. No-hope candidates have to keep up the pretense that…
Iran steps up the war against its people
Iran has announced the first execution of the current crop of protestors. Mohsen Shekari, who was just 23, was hanged earlier…
Five lowlights from Harry and Meghan’s Netflix flop
Is that it? For months now much ink has been spilled about the ‘explosive’ revelations promised in Harry and Meghan’s…
Harry and Meghan’s Netflix show is a tedious, narcissistic wallow
The opening scenes of the eagerly anticipated – or keenly dreaded – Netflix series Harry & Meghan set out the…
The UK isn’t learning the right lessons from lockdown
This month, the UK’s Department of Health and Social Care published a Technical Report on the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK.…
Why can’t we call Moroccan football thugs hooligans?
One of my most delightful sporting experiences was watching the 2018 World Cup match between England and Tunisia in a…
The left declares war on sperm
There’s a perplexing debate buzzing online about where babies come from, and liberals are highlighting the fundamentally warped way they…
Germany’s failed coup shows the danger of conspiracy theories
It was one of the biggest police raids modern Germany has ever seen. Early Wednesday morning, 3,000 officers, among them…
Is it time to forgive Matt Hancock?
Over the past few months, Matt Hancock has been seeking forgiveness for his rule-breaking affair during the pandemic. And the…
Abortion clinic buffer zones are a step towards the end of free speech
There is nothing like abortion to make feelings run high. Termination of pregnancy has been lawful in Northern Ireland since…
Whitehall left counting the cost of Covid
Speaking at last year’s Tory conference, Liz Truss mocked those ‘portents of doom’, the ‘people who say that it is…
