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Ireland’s embarrassing hate speech fiasco
To the surprise of nobody and the disappointment of only a few, the Irish government has finally accepted reality and…
Labour MP’s million-pound loan from Lord Alli
Another day, another drama. Now it transpires that a Labour MP took a million-pound loan from Lord Alli – to…
DC bar Political Pattie’s gets hazed for being bipartisan
A new DC bar dedicated to crossing partisan lines, “Political Pattie’s,” has taken the “political” out of its name… though…
Labour’s two-tier prison plans
There are not many women in prison, but those who are inside show worryingly high rates of mental illness, suicide…
Putting Marine Le Pen in prison will make her more popular
There was a vigorous interview on Tuesday morning on a prominent French radio station. The guest was Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a…
Starmer tells Israel ‘no more excuses’ on Gaza aid
Keir Starmer has moved on rather quickly from Labour conference, pitching up in New York to tell Israel that it…
Tim Walz faces a Yale Law reckoning
The Harris-Walz team has a plan to coax Trump into another debate. According to NBC News, the Democratic National Committee…
Why is Sadiq Khan trying to restart his fight with Donald Trump?
London mayor Sadiq Khan, whose official day job is running the capital, is in New York this week, where he has…
Why are we deceiving ourselves about Britain’s obesity problem?
Is it really true that obesity rates in England have stabilised or fallen, as has been reported today – and…
Fewer women should be in jail
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood is right about one thing: when it comes to addressing crimes committed by women, prison doesn’t…
Michael Gove is the new editor of The Spectator
It’s a time of new beginnings here at The Spectator after Sir Paul Marshall’s historic £100 million bid for the…
Donald Trump’s tariff talk is just bluster
Donald Trump is campaigning hard on protectionism, promising to bring skilled manual jobs back onshore. What will that look like?…
Labour conference votes to reverse Starmer’s winter fuel cuts
Keir Starmer’s first Labour conference as Prime Minister has ended in humiliation after delegates backed a motion condemning cuts to…
Liz Kendall’s difficult task of defending the winter fuel cut
Arguably the most difficult speech of the whole of Labour conference came from Liz Kendall. The Work and Pensions secretary…
Britain is growing. Can Rachel Reeves start spending?
The OECD’s interim Economic Outlook report has landed this morning and its forecast for the UK has been revised significantly…
Starmer uses son’s exams as excuse for freebies
Labour’s freebie fiasco isn’t going away. Sir Keir Starmer has prompted more headlines by suggesting he took thousands of pounds…
How Wagner mercenaries abused HSBC and JP Morgan
Whatever happened to the Wagner Group, Evgeny Prigozhin’s shadowy army of prisoners and mercenaries? In the wake of Wagner’s abortive…
Wes Streeting is convincing, but where’s his plan?
This Labour conference has largely been about Keir Starmer and his ministers making the argument for what they are doing,…
Is this the end for Hezbollah?
The recent fighting between Israel and Hezbollah is a war that’s not yet officially a war, initiated by a political…
Evacuating Lebanon would test Starmer’s mettle
As the security situation in Lebanon deteriorates, the British government is accelerating plans to evacuate its civilians. The Foreign, Commonwealth…
While Xi reigns, China’s economy is unreformable
It was presented as a bold stimulus to boost China’s ailing economy – but while it excited stock markets in…
Would scrapping the monarchy really save us money?
Britain’s republicans won’t give up. In spite of trying to use the coronation of Charles III as an opportunity to…
Reform exodus continues in professionalisation drive
The ravens really are leaving the tower. In recent months, Reform has been turbo-charging its professionalisation drive, working to set…
Joe Biden’s dishonest farewell tour
‘Some things are more important than staying in power,’ Joe Biden just told the United Nations, and the General Assembly…
Trump could teach Starmer a thing or two about speeches
The standout line from Sir Keir Starmer’s first speech to conference as prime minister – the one that will be…
