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Cabinet ministers urge Starmer to recognise Palestine
Parliament may have risen for recess but that doesn’t mean that Sir Keir Starmer is getting much of a break.…
Ozzy Osbourne, the accidental rock star
To conjure an image of England on Thursday 16 October 1969 you could do worse than compressing all of Withnail and…
Who does Colbert think he’s kidding?
David Letterman, who by now has retreated into full comedy-hermit mode, posted a bunch of old Late Show clips on…
Russiagate was worse than we thought
Yesterday, I wrote about the revelations with which Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, electrified the world. We had all…
I work in the NHS: the government cannot accept doctors’ pay demands
Junior doctors are set to strike, despite winning little public sympathy with their demand for a 29 per cent pay…
Tim Davie isn’t fit to lead the BBC
Those within the BBC might be afraid to say so, but an ex-producer like me has no such qualms: Tim…
The trouble with Gillian Anderson
Imagine, for a moment, that a respected middle-aged British male character actor – Jason Isaacs, let’s say – had been…
The real shock of the Tory reshuffle
Kemi Badenoch has saved the biggest news of the Tory reshuffle for last. This morning, the headlines were dominated by…
Zelensky’s war on Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies is a disaster
Cries of ‘Shame!’ rang out in the Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, today as lawmakers from Volodymyr Zelensky’s Servant of the People…
Boredom is Rachel Reeves’s secret weapon
When French General Bosquet watched the 600 men of the Light Brigade charge helplessly into the Russian heavy artillery at…
Fateh vs. Frey
It’s not fair that all the Great American mayoral discussion revolves around the coasts. Sure, Los Angeles has the one…
The man to save the Democratic party: Hunter Biden
“The one thing that binds each and every one of us is not necessarily love… it’s pain,” Hunter Biden said…
Doctors’ strike on as Streeting fails to win over the BMA
Despite Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s efforts, the British Medical Association (BMA) has announced this afternoon that the doctors’ strikes are…
Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions are under attack
The war for Ukraine’s future is being fought not just on the battlefield, but also within its democratic institutions. Today,…
Don’t bet on the Trump economy
The Trump White House took a victory lap on Monday, declaring in its newsletter that the American economy is back…
Ex-Unite boss under fire over private jets and million-pound hotel project
Well, well, well. It would appear the former Unite the Union boss Len McCluskey is not immune to the temptation…
Why Trump’s ‘Washington Whatevers’ threat matters
In The Spectator’s lengthy sit-down interview with President Trump earlier this year, 45 teased the idea that the return of Washington’s…
Farage unveils first defection in Wales
This afternoon, Nigel Farage unveiled his party’s first defector in the Welsh parliament. Laura Anne Jones was first elected to…
Farage is right: our police must be tougher
A few years ago, I was encouraged to apply for a role within the College of Policing for an advisory…
DVSA bosses celebrate ‘progress’ as car test waits worsen
The ability of Britain’s quangos to sugarcoat their rather unflattering performance figures will never fail to amaze Mr S. The…
Will one final push by Israel destroy Hamas?
For more than 650 days of war in Gaza, one swathe of territory remained mostly untouched by Israeli ground manoeuvres:…
James Cleverly returns to Tory frontbench in shadow cabinet reshuffle
Former home secretary James Cleverly is expected to make a return to the Tory frontbench as Kemi Badenoch reshuffles her…
Why don’t we let Thames Water go bust?
Hurrah! We are going to get a new water regulator. Sir John Cunliffe’s independent water commission has recommended that Ofwat…
Stephen Colbert’s Late Show should have been axed long ago
Things are not going so well with left-wing comedian talk show hosts over the water. Last week came the news…
Why won’t Anas Sarwar champion Sandie Peggie?
When nurse Sandie Peggie complained about the presence of a trans-identifying man in the women’s changing room at Falkirk’s Victoria…
