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WATCH: Mike Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ (kind of) for groupchat leak
It has been a furious week in Trumpland after White House officials accidentally added journalist Jeffrey Goldberg to a highly…
The sad demise of Prince Harry’s Sentebale charity
Prince Harry has had an eventful couple of years. There was the controversy-studded publication of his memoir Spare and a…
The University of Sussex has learned nothing from the Kathleen Stock debacle
The University of Sussex, one of the leading temples of progressivism in academia, has been fined £585,000 for failing to…
Labour minister confuses interest rates with inflation
Happy spring statement day, one and all. Today’s fiscal event – which is definitely NOT an ’emergency Budget’ – looks set…
We don’t live in an age of reason
When Tucker Carlson claimed to have been “physically mauled” by a demon in his sleep late last year, it was…
Ukraine is looking like the loser in Russia-US peace talks
Ukraine’s worst nightmare is coming true: Vladimir Putin has presented the bill to end his war – and Donald Trump…
Putin’s duo are spinning ceasefire talks to Russia’s advantage
The delegation Moscow sent to ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia was clearly well-chosen. Grigory Karasin, for example, the former diplomat…
Falling inflation may have rescued Rachel Reeves
Clothing retailers have saved Rachel Reeves from having to go naked into the debating chamber. As the Chancellor rises to…
Watch: Trump aide admits group chat leak
As Denis Healey said: ‘when you’re in a hole, stop digging.’ It has been a furious day in Trumpland after…
The promise Putin made to Russia – and broke
When Vladimir Putin launched his bid to be elected as Russia’s president in 2000, he had already been in the…
Is Reeves brave enough to give the economy the medicine it needs?
Rachel Reeves has wanted to downplay the significance of the Spring Statement this afternoon. But with every leaked proposal and…
Jim Callaghan’s greatest achievement was to be himself
The government’s recent, palpable turn to the right seems to be gaining pace. In the past few weeks, Keir Starmer…
Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement looks like a missed opportunity
The Spring Statement was supposed to be a fiscal non-event, but instead, it is shaping up to be a mini-Budget.…
Mike Waltz claims he has ‘never met’ Atlantic editor
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz spoke to the press this afternoon for the first time since the Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey…
You can buy Melania Trump’s wedding dress on eBay for $45,000
Melania Trump’s one-of-a-kind wedding dress is on sale for an asking price of $45,000 on eBay. The ivory duchesse satin dress…
Signal and the narcissism of connectivity
Signal is the fashionable place to discuss shady business – and that is probably what tempted National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, a military man…
How Paddington took over the justice system
Two RAF engineers were spared jail today, after pleading guilty to vandalising a statue of Paddington Bear in the Berkshire…
No one is immune from a groupchat blunder
On Monday, Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of the Atlantic, told the entertaining story of being added, alongside Pete Hegseth and J.…
The Signal leak isn’t just about Europe – it shows how powerful J.D. Vance is
This is an extract from today’s episode of Spectator TV, with Freddy Gray and Ben Domenech, which you can find…
The Goldberg groupchat ‘glitch’ is a crisis of competence
To be fair, Donald Trump’s team did promise to have the most transparent administration ever – a line I was…
The Lower Thames Crossing and the failure of the British state
The idea of a ‘Lower Thames Crossing’ was first mentioned in Parliament 36 years ago. Fourteen years ago, the government…
Lowe failed to tackle ‘toxic’ office culture, report finds
Ding ding ding! To the latest round of political infighting, involving Reform UK and its former MP Rupert Lowe. The…
The ‘Islamophobia’ working group is unbalanced and opaque
Membership of Angela Rayner’s new ‘Islamophobia’ working group has been announced. The group has been set up ‘to provide government…
Saudi Arabia could be the only winner in Russia-US peace talks
As the US and Russia meet in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to discuss a ceasefire in Ukraine, the talks potentially…
The real problem with the Trump portrait
When Winston Churchill saw the portrait commissioned by parliament for his 80th birthday, he called it “filthy and malignant” and…
