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Will Turkey’s protests trouble Erdogan?
Hundreds of thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of Istanbul following the arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, Istanbul’s mayor…
Why won’t Labour oppose solar panel slavery?
The evils of slavery weigh so heavily on Britain’s conscience that we must decolonise our museums and our university courses,…
Forced labour ban to be ditched in race to net zero
Should the race to net zero come at any cost? Ed Miliband’s crowd appears to think so. The Energy Security…
If Bailey won’t call for radical growth reforms, no one will
It was hardly the message Chancellor Rachel Reeves would have been looking for a day before a Spring Statement which…
Housing minister takes a pop at Reeves over freebies
This week was never going to be an easy one for Rachel Reeves, what with her Spring Statement – likely…
Why Harry and Meghan should leave America
Imagine Prince Harry and Meghan Markle perched in their Montecito mansion, glowering at Donald Trump’s brazen, rebooted America. They’re not…
Meghan’s online shop is a new low for team Sussex
Earlier this week, I tried and failed to purchase a couple of items from the As Ever range that the…
Why is Australia reburying ancient human remains?
As I write, hundreds of ancient human remains are secretly being buried in a remote desert 1,000km from Sydney (New…
Democrats should be concerned by the Le Pen affair
Marine Le Pen, the frontrunner for the 2027 French presidency, could be sent to prison and banned from office as…
The landmine ban is handicapping Britain
There are few better symbols of Europe’s military fecklessness during the brief era of relative peace that followed the end…
Prison bureaucracy is making inmates’ lives needlessly hard
Everyone knows that Britain’s jails are filthy, failing and dangerous. But there’s another less obvious problem with our prisons: those…
Stormzy isn’t cool
Stormzy has finally completed the journey from super-cool to super-cringe. The rapper, once the symbol of youthful rebellion, is to…
Ex-Media Matters influencer runs for Congress
Ex-Media Matters influencer Kat Abughazaleh announced a run for the US Congress today, telling Democrats, “It’s time to drop the…
What Team Trump’s group chat error really revealed
Jeffrey Goldberg’s story in the Atlantic is so mind-blowing it’s hard to know what to say in response. It defies…
Adolescence demonises white working-class boys
This is an extract from today’s episode of Spectator TV, with Toby Young and James Walton, which you can find…
The ‘government by groupchat’ scandal should cost Mike Waltz his job
Blimey! Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg has written a fresh exposé that should result in the immediate resignation or firing of…
Is Trump’s tariff zeal beginning to wane?
The President can’t stop talking about his favorite word – tariffs – although this week his comments are having a…
Is the Trump Slump over?
Tariffs would destroy supply chains and drive up inflation. Elon Musk’s savage cuts would bring the government machine grinding to…
Who will stand up for Jews today?
Awoken by sirens wailing over large parts of central Israel last weekend, I pulled on whatever clothes I could find beside…
The polished edges of Colorado’s ski resorts
“Arnold Schwarzenegger was sitting exactly where you are,” the boot fitter said, as he handed me K2 Anthems at Aspen…
Who do Brits blame for UK financial decisions?
Tick tock. There are less than 48 hours to go until Rachel Reeves’s big Spring Statement on Wednesday and as…
Does Tim Walz think we still want to hear from him?
If you thought an embarrassing loss in November would result in Tim Walz taking a hint, you thought wrong. The Democratic…
South Korea is more polarised than ever
This past week, eagle-eyed observers of South Korean politics – not to mention the South Korean public – were supposed…
When will Britain crack down on the Al Quds hate march?
There are moments in the life of a democracy when ambiguity becomes complicity. On Sunday, in the heart of London,…
Scots feel safer as part of UK in blow to SNP
It’s a day ending in ‘y’ which means there’s more bad news for the Scottish Nats. Now new polling for…
