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The legacy of Covid will stay with children for life
Five years ago in March 2020, schools fell silent as Covid-19 swept across the world. At first, there was a…
Gentler stop and search tactics won’t keep Britain safe
What sort of mojo do you want your police officer to bring with them the next time you’re stopped and…
What Kierkegaard tells us about Bridget Jones
The scene is a well-appointed drawing room in Copenhagen in September 1840. A fresh-faced girl in her late teens is…
Was Starmer’s love-in with Trump really such a triumph?
Opponents of Keir Starmer would be well advised to concentrate on his many real weaknesses rather than inventing non-existent disasters…
Zelensky knew who he was dealing with. And he misstepped
Seldom in modern times has the fate of a whole nation been so dependent on a single meeting and on…
Zelensky made a fatal mistake in going toe-to-toe with Trump
What possessed the Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, to go toe-to-toe with Donald Trump in a verbal wresting match in the…
All along Trump’s aim has been to dispose of Zelensky
So much for the flurry of visits by European leaders such as French president Emmanuel Macron and British prime minister…
Trump on Mexican cartels: ‘You know what the only solution is’
Donald Trump’s second term has been revolutionary in many ways, particularly in his administration’s approach to foreign affairs. From the…
Zelensky’s White House visit turns sour
Keir Starmer will have been pleased on Thursday after his meetings with Donald Trump managed to avoid any major gaffe…
Dodds’s departure is embarrassing for David Lammy
The resignation of Anneliese Dodds, the International Development Minister, over cuts to the aid budget is a shock on many…
Will Dodds’s departure trouble No.10?
Keir Starmer has lost another minister. Anneliese Dodds is stepping down as International Development Minister following No. 10’s decision to…
Trump: To help Ukraine, Europe must help itself first
Fresh off the back of a summit with Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington, the President of the United States…
Trump: UK encryption laws are like what you get in China
Keir Starmer may have survived his meeting with Donald Trump yesterday – with the President saying he was ‘inclined’ to support…
SNP face fresh exodus as thousands desert party
Dear oh dear. Just as positive polling had lifted the spirits of the Scottish Nats, news of their membership exodus…
Will Labour MPs scupper a US-UK trade deal?
A UK-US trade deal is on the table. On a surprisingly successful trip to Washington, US President Donald Trump made…
Trump: Joe or Hunter Biden left cocaine in the White House
Back in 2023, when Joe Biden was President of the United States, there was something of a drugs scandal in…
Spectator exclusive: Don’t ban the tush-push, says Trump
In a wide-ranging interview with The Spectator in the Oval Office on Thursday, President Donald J. Trump weighed in on…
The Spectator’s interview with President Trump: full transcript
The following is an edited transcript of Ben Domenech’s exclusive sit-down with Donald Trump — the president’s first magazine interview…
Is the Kurdish PKK about to lay down its arms?
On Thursday, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK) called on his organisation to lay down their arms…
Trump: I was surprised to get on well with Starmer
By most accounts, Keir Starmer seems to have done a good job keeping Donald Trump on side when the two…
Is Trump Putin’s useful idiot?
Those whose mouths have been left hanging open by Donald Trump’s pivot towards Russia in the past fortnight, and the…
Can Reform land a knockout blow in Hull?
It was to a packed-out auditorium that Nigel Farage announced his party’s mayoral candidate for Hull and East Yorkshire on…
The BBC can’t brush aside the Gaza documentary scandal
The BBC’s admission of serious editorial failures in its documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone is not just a scandal – it…
The big mistake Starmer made with Donald Trump
Keir Starmer did almost everything right. He headed for lunch with the President, leaving the British Embassy’s Jaguars and Land…
Merz is caught in a defence spending trap of his own making
It’s not just in Britain that defence spending is top of the agenda. In Germany, too, the debate has turned…
