World
Can India and Pakistan de-escalate?
Once again Pakistan’s strategy of asymmetric warfare against its larger South Asian neighbour has plunged the region to the brink…
Does India still have an airpower advantage over Pakistan?
In the early morning of May 7, India launched missile and air strikes – referred to as Operation Sindoor –…
The good energy philosophy of Casey Means, Trump’s Surgeon General pick
Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee to become the next Surgeon General of the United States, describes herself on her stylish…
Will Jacob Rees-Mogg return to frontline politics?
On Wednesday evening an esteemed group of Spectator subscribers gathered in London for the latest Coffee House Shots live event,…
Why Britain is cutting interest rates – and the US isn’t
Interest rates have been cut to 4.25 per cent. The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) voted by five…
Carla Denyer quits as Green party co-leader
The eco-activists are back in the news this morning after Carla Denyer announced she will not stand again as co-leader…
No memorial to Elizabeth II is better than these monstrosities
After Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022, it became of paramount national importance that a suitable memorial was constructed…
Could Reform become the official opposition in Scotland?
To Scotland, where some rather curious polling has been published – suggesting that after next year’s Holyrood election, Reform UK…
Bring on the Indian invasion
More Indians? Bring them on. The more the better. The prospect of a forthcoming tidal wave of immigration following Labour…
Ukraine’s Victory Day drone swarm is dangerous for Putin
Russia’s Victory Day celebrations on 9 May should mark a triumphal double apotheosis for Vladimir Putin. Not only will it…
Could Trump’s UK deal start a golden age of free trade?
We had the shock of ‘Liberation day’ when punitive tariffs were levied on imports from virtually every country in the…
The unforgiving history of student loans
Republicans in the House are considering a bill to make major changes in federal student loans for college, and President…
What would a US trade deal mean for the UK?
Later today, Donald Trump is reportedly set to unveil a trade deal with the UK. He’ll make the announcement alongside…
Is the US-UK trade deal a coup for Starmer — or Trump?
It’s musical deals in world politics at the moment. Last week, Donald Trump and his senior officials intimated that a…
Mothers need more than a mental health hub
New mothers everywhere, rejoice, for the NHS has your back. And your sanity, apparently. Data released last week shows that…
VE Day and the taboo of victory
I was born in 1983, and when I was a child, the second world war still had a significant cultural…
How Churchill shaped our view of the second world war
When Winston Churchill told Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin at Tehran that history would treat them kindly, he spoke…
Long live David Attenborough
Britain can sometimes feel like it’s no country for old men. Our elderly folk get a hard time; they’re blamed…
For most of the world, VE Day did not mean peace
While drinking, dancing and laughter were the order of the day in Britain on the VE Day, things were not…
There are too many podcasters and influencers in the White House Briefing Room
It was around 3 p.m. last Tuesday when I’d finally heard enough. Karoline Leavitt, for the love of your movement,…
J.D. Vance makes nice with Munich
It was an emollient J.D. Vance who showed up at the Munich Leaders Meeting in Washington, DC. Gone was the Vance…
Biden has learned nothing from his foreign-policy experience
Historically, ex-presidents spend their golden years on the speaking circuit, writing their memoirs or planning for the inauguration of their…
Dave Portnoy, Mohammed Khan and the anti-Jewish horseshoe
Some dumb people made a dumb decision at a bar in Philadelphia this weekend. In a booth at the Barstool…
Starmer used Kemi’s words against her at PMQs. It worked
Kemi Badenoch tried two ambushes at PMQs. She lambasted Sir Keir Starmer for cutting the winter fuel allowance and leaving…
Reform looms large for Scotland’s Unionists
The last twelve months in Britain have seen a general election, leadership contests, council polls, mayoral races and even a…
