World

Do we now have proof Ukraine blew up the Nord Stream pipelines?

17 August 2024 5:02 am

When three of the four Nord Stream gas pipelines connecting Russia to Germany were destroyed by unknown saboteurs in September…

The desecration of Canterbury cathedral

17 August 2024 2:28 am

According to canon 1220 of the Catholic church’s code of canon law, ‘all those responsible are to take care that…

Prison officer probes soar amid bonking craze

17 August 2024 2:05 am

Prison is supposedly a place for wrongdoers to repent and reform – but it seems that even the staff inside…

Tim Walz’s military crime is all in the cover-up

17 August 2024 2:00 am

There’s an unmistakable aura if you’ve ever been to any of the 172 VA medical centers run by the Veterans…

Dispelling the myths about electric vehicles

17 August 2024 1:22 am

Every time I write about electric cars, there is an explosion of hostile comments online in which readers angrily denounce…

Is Columbia’s loss the UK Foreign Office’s gain?

17 August 2024 12:32 am

Few will shed a tear at the news that Columbia University president Minouche Shafik is stepping down after months of…

Kamala Harris’s economic policy is completely idiotic

17 August 2024 12:04 am

She didn’t have to slog around New Hampshire, there were no debates, and there were few opportunities for voters or…

Scottish Tory leadership candidates call for race to halt

17 August 2024 12:02 am

All is not well in the Scottish Tory party. Now four of the six candidates have released a statement calling…

SNP in civil war over Israel deputy ambassador meet

16 August 2024 11:21 pm

It’s a day that ends in ‘y’ so the nationalists are fighting amongst themselves again. This time it’s over a…

Are monthly retail stats that useful?

16 August 2024 11:07 pm

So, we were all so impressed with the swashbuckling performance of Gareth Southgate’s team that we all rushed out and…

More rail strikes are an embarrassment for Labour

16 August 2024 11:06 pm

It is less than 48 hours since the government hailed a new deal with train drivers as proof that two…

Kamala’s economic plans are bonkers

16 August 2024 10:48 pm

She didn’t have to slog around New Hampshire, there were no debates, and there were few opportunities for voters or…

What should Starmer do about monkeypox?

16 August 2024 10:07 pm

The government has a bit of a conundrum. Given how Keir Starmer and his Labour colleagues damned the previous Conservative…

Can Keir cope with Kamala?

16 August 2024 10:05 pm

After a year of speculation about how Keir Starmer would work with Donald Trump, the situation stateside has changed dramatically.…

Tom Tugendhat’s war on TikTok

16 August 2024 8:55 pm

As the Tory leadership race heats up, all six candidates are trying to draw dividing lines to stand out to…

Why is David Lammy hiring Columbia’s disastrous president?

16 August 2024 7:41 pm

Few will shed a tear at the news that Columbia University president Minouche Shafik is stepping down after months of…

Why there is no two-tier policing in France

16 August 2024 5:19 pm

The phrase ‘without fear or favour’ has been much in the news of late. Whether the maxim is still applicable…

Ireland’s embarrassing social media crusade

16 August 2024 4:45 pm

Some Spectator readers may recall the rather charming story of the small local newspaper in West Cork which took on the might…

Trump campaign brings back Corey Lewandowski, the ‘MAGA Pete Davidson’

16 August 2024 5:35 am

The Trump campaign just expanded its circle of senior campaign advisors to welcome five new operatives, including former Trump 2016…

Why J.D. Vance being ‘weird’ is not a bad thing

16 August 2024 4:49 am

For almost two weeks, the Democrats have had only one term in their word cloud when it comes to J.D.…

Are Scottish nationalists having delusions of grandeur?

16 August 2024 3:27 am

The Scottish nationalists are aggrieved. What’s new, I hear you ask. Well, a diplomatic row, one which has prompted some…

RFK Jr. thirsts after Kamala meet

16 August 2024 3:19 am

Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently tried to arrange a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss the…

Hotel hopping in Rome

16 August 2024 12:03 am

Summer in Rome. Expectation: breathe the soul of the classics, soak up the history, feel the romance. Reality: breathe in…

How — and why — the Democrats ignored the will of the people… again

15 August 2024 11:49 pm

See the wheels come off the Democratic machine as the party leader (who is also the current US president) displays…

No, the British army should not recruit Afghan soldiers

15 August 2024 11:37 pm

John Simpson, the BBC’s world affairs editor, is a distinguished broadcaster whose career spans seven decades, from interviewing the exiled…