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British politics has a democracy problem
Vaughan Gething, the victor in the Welsh Labour leadership contest, will now become Wales’s first black First Minister. It is…
Vaughan Gething’s very British victory
Something happened today which, if it were any other country, would be seen to be remarkable: Vaughan Gething, the new…
Will Penny Mordaunt be the next prime minister?
Could Penny Mordaunt lead the Tories into the election? This is the talk this weekend after several papers splashed on…
How Putin will rig the Russian election
Pity the poor political technologists, as Russia’s professionals in the dark arts of spin, propaganda, gerrymandering and outright ballot box…
Will France’s Olympians embarrass Macron?
France host England tonight in the final match of the 2024 Six Nations. ‘Le Crunch’, as this fixture has come…
Hamas blew Gaza’s golden opportunity
Whatever else the arguments concerning the Gaza War, none is more wrong-headed than the suggestion that Gazans were living in…
The price we’ll pay for citizens’ assemblies
Citizens’ assemblies will transform Britain. That’s the promise made by activists from groups like Extinction Rebellion. Labour has also mooted…
How did this London townhouse become the world’s greatest research centre?
If you were asked to name the world’s greatest research centre in terms of discoveries per square yard, the answer…
Don’t bother avoiding microplastics
They’re everywhere, it seems: in the oceans, the fish, the soil, our drinking water, our vegetables, our grains and cereals,…
Tokyo’s toilets aren’t that great
What is the world’s best city in which to be caught short? You can imagine a lively discussion on this…
How to sell The Spectator
No foreign power will ever be allowed to buy a UK newspaper or magazine: that’s the upshot of this week’s debate…
How Ozempic fattened up Denmark’s economy
It’s official: weight-loss wonder drug Wegovy (also marketed as Ozempic) makes US celebrities shrink but makes the Danish economy grow. This…
Porn project received thousands of pounds of Scottish taxpayers’ cash
Good heavens. Just when you think events north of the border can’t get any more ridiculous, they do. Now it…
It’s time to declare Putin an illegitimate president
For the next three days, Russians are heading to the polls supposedly to choose the country’s next president. Except we…
What America should heed from Julius Caesar’s assassination
It being the Ides of March, I thought it might be worth reflecting briefly on the most famous event that…
Rishi Sunak rules out general election in May
Rishi Sunak has finally confirmed what most MPs already knew: there won’t be a May general election. Speaking to ITV…
Can Meghan reinvent herself as a ‘lifestyle queen’?
It is a known, and lamented, fact that the rivalry between the Princess of Wales and the Duchess of Sussex…
Ukraine has brought the war back to Russian soil
Ukraine can’t stop Vladimir Putin’s re-election as Russian President on Sunday, but that doesn’t mean it can’t shatter the perfect…
Is this the beginning of the end for Humza Yousaf?
Humza Yousaf might have hoped for a better week. On Wednesday, the First Minister gave a speech at the European…
Meghan launches new lifestyle brand
Never able to keep herself from the spotlight for long, Meghan is back on Instagram. After her Archetypes podcast series…
Emmanuel Macron and the reason being a parent in politics matters
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky spoke to the French press this week and passed on a message to the people. ‘Your…
The enduring lesson of Julius Caesar’s assassination
In Rome today a group of ancient history enthusiasts will drape themselves in togas and re-enact that most infamous act of…
Could Starmer really become the UK’s ‘most unpopular leader’?
The Tory party hasn’t had the best week, what with one of their MPs defecting and their biggest donor embroiled in…
London to Amsterdam via Brussels: taking the long way
Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving: from June 14, 2024 to January 2025, a reduced Eurostar service will run…
Meet the vibrant rehabilitated crack dealer threatening to shut down the Washington Wizards
One of the leading opponents of the Washington Wizards leaving the District of Columbia is a colorful former crack cocaine…
