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Halloween is being spoilt
It may be a pagan festival but thank God for Halloween and all its joys: the child’s delight at being…
Pray for the persecuted Christian church
Sunday November 2, 2025 marks the annual Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Global violence against Christians has doubled…
Police Scotland has lost its way
One of the most fascinating cases of institutional self-harm in modern Britain is policing. Not just the oft-criticised Met (though…
Activist silence over Sudan speaks volumes
The city of El Fasher, long a symbolic and strategic stronghold in Darfur, has in recent days become the site…
Brigitte Macron has lost France’s sympathy
Ten people have been on trial this week in Paris, accused of transphobic cyberbullying against Brigitte Macron. France’s first lady,…
A rare earths deal is China’s gift to Trump
Donald Trump went nuclear. Before his meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at an air base in South Korea, he ordered the…
The Dutch elections are still a victory for the right
Early coverage of the Dutch elections has inevitably focused on Geert Wilders – still the bogeyman of the country’s political establishment.…
Trump and Xi’s South Korean meeting changed little
Donald Trump says his meeting with Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea today was…
Is Reeves plotting to short-change the self-employed?
It seems pretty certain now that having flirted with just about every tax rise under the sun, Rachel Reeves is…
Have the Netherlands rejected Geert Wilders?
With the most dramatic result in the history of Dutch elections, the liberal democratic D66 appears to have inched ahead…
Why is Putin obsessed with nuclear ‘wonder weapons’?
I don’t think it’s accurate or helpful to think of Vladimir Putin as some Bond villain figure – but he…
Why Jess Phillips can’t confront the reality of grooming gangs
In May 2015, the newly elected MP for Birmingham Yardley gave her maiden speech in the House of Commons. Jess…
Powell takes a pop at McSweeney
To central London, where the Spectator’s Parliamentarian Awards are taking place. There were plenty of jibes at Labour from host…
Trump’s Asian vacation
President Trump is meeting with Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jinping tonight, or tomorrow, or whenever it is in Asia. Regardless…
Lammy loses Chevening residence
Sir Keir Starmer’s September reshuffle proved a blessing for some people and a curse for others. Take Shabana Mahmood, for…
De Blasio imposter hoodwinks British paper
Of all the people to go as for Halloween, why would you choose Bill de Blasio, an undistinguished Mayor of…
Why doesn’t Kate Forbes want the SNP to talk about currency?
What’s the Gaelic for ‘Streisand effect’? I would guess buaidh Streisand but someone should ask Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch MSP…
Has the AI jobs bloodbath finally arrived?
There has been much wallowing over news that Amazon and UPS have each just cut 14,000 jobs. Some Amazon employees…
What is the point of kicking Andrew out of Royal Lodge?
When the Chancellor declares that it is important Prince Andrew ‘pays his way’, in reference to his living arrangements at…
Ex-SNP MP Mhairi Black makes comeback in detective drama
Those who claim to despise the limelight always seem to end up being drawn back into it one way or…
Labour’s attack on Brexit won’t work
In life, as in film, you need a baddie. Whether it’s Dr No, Nurse Ratched or Voldemort, without someone to…
Migrant sex offender paid £500 to leave UK quietly
The case of Hadush Kebatu has plagued the Labour government for months. In summer, it emerged the Ethiopian asylum seeker…
Have you heard Keir Starmer’s grating new catchphrase?
‘That’s the difference a Labour government makes!’ The Prime Minister has taken to ending the self-congratulatory rants he deploys in…
Why Starmer is back to attacking the Tories at PMQs
Once again, the key takeaway from today’s Prime Minister’s Questions is what Keir Starmer didn’t say, rather than what he…
Watch: Starmer blasts Reform as ‘Putin-friendly’
It was a punchy Prime Minister’s Questions session today, with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch landing some punches on the PM…
