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Cardinal Zen’s conviction shows that no one is safe in Hong Kong
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the 90-year-old retired bishop of Hong Kong, has been convicted of failing to register a humanitarian…
How Qatar uses its wealth to challenge western values
The French have adopted a ‘when in Rome’ approach to the World Cup in Qatar, refraining from virtue-signalling their disapproval…
The Tories’ migration policy problem
Today’s net migration figures naturally present a problem for ministers in that they are going in the opposite direction to…
Theresa May savages Piers Morgan
Perhaps the most cathartic moment of The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards was when the relatively quiet former PM…
Net migration has surged to 504,000. Why?
Net migration to Britain has passed 500,000 for the first time ever – twice as high as the recently upgraded…
New Zealand’s Supreme Court is playing a foolish game of politics
If you are still trying to come to grips with our Supreme Court’s delicate relation with the politics of Scottish…
What now for Scottish nationalists?
The Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on independence. The Supreme Court has made…
The World Cup armband row would never happen in Japan
Before the start of their World Cup game with Japan, the German team chose to make a ‘protest’. Each player…
Will Rishi Sunak get away with ignoring voters on the right?
Conventional wisdom has long held that the Conservatives win elections from the centre ground – including territory just to the…
Can Boris Johnson’s Charles de Gaulle act pay off?
It is only a month since Boris Johnson gave up his dramatic attempt to regain the Premiership he reluctantly surrendered…
Ron Klain ruins Thanksgiving
Top Twitter user Ron Klain is at it again. This time, the terminally online White House chief of staff tweeted…
The Tory planning row is becoming increasingly bitter
The Tories are really wheeling out all the greatest hits for party rows at the moment. Not content with a…
Stop ignoring the real environmentalists
What does throwing soup on a piece of art have to do with the environment? When we hear the word…
Mohammed bin Salman doesn’t care what the West thinks of him
Saudi Arabia is a bit like us. It’s decent at football. It holds conferences to talk about things like ‘investing in humanity’.…
It could soon be game over for Nicola Sturgeon
The idea that a referendum on Scottish independence could be held without it having any bearing on the constitution of…
Nicola Sturgeon is running out of road
Nicola Sturgeon gave a predictable response to the Supreme Court’s ruling that the Scottish government does not have the power…
Boris takes a pop at Macron
He’s back! Denied power at home, Boris Johnson grabs headlines abroad. The Etonian elephant is currently marauding around Europe, firing…
How Formula One took America by storm
Even for Texas the scale of the Austin Grand Prix is overwhelming. The Circuit of the Americas, as the track is…
Scottish independence was never a matter for the courts
It is testament to the SNP’s tactics that today’s Supreme Court judgment on a Scottish referendum happened at all. Of…
What the Tory planning row means for Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak is facing his first Tory Commons rebellion since entering 10 Downing Street. After 47 Tory MPs threatened to…
Baddielphobia and the ugly truth about anti-Semitism
David Baddiel could not have asked for better evidence for his thesis that ‘Jews don’t count’ than the online reaction…
Why Ukraine raided a Kyiv monastery
Perhaps it should not have been a surprise to see the camouflaged special forces of the SBU, the Ukrainian Security…
Why we should still be optimistic about America
“There is a lot of ruin in a nation.” So said Adam Smith over two centuries ago. He reminds us…
Why is Milo Yiannopoulos working for Kanye’s 2024 campaign?
Just eighteen days after Kanye West vowed that he was taking a thirty-day cleanse from talking, drinking alcohol, watching porn…
Is providing air defence equipment enough to help Ukraine?
During his first visit to Kyiv last Saturday, Rishi Sunak pledged a new tranche of British military aid to Ukraine.…
