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Starmer is in survival mode – but for what purpose?
Keir Starmer is using this morning’s cabinet meeting to underline the message he has been sending to more junior ministers…
The battle for BP that shows woke isn’t over
Peak woke – like peak oil – is a moment always apparently on the horizon but never actually reached. The…
Will Badenoch’s war on identity politics succeed?
Kemi Badenoch is expected to reveal the Conservative party’s new approach to equality law in a speech today. Most prominent…
The painful truth about Britain’s ‘world-class’ universities
Britain does not have a world-class higher education system. We have a small number of truly world-class universities, able to…
Watch: Labour MPs squabble over Makerfield
“Have you been [to Makerfield], Clive?” “I’m going up tomorrow” “Come up, I’ll happily take you for a pint” Culture…
What Kemi Badenoch told Tim Shipman
Kemi Badenoch was interviewed last night by The Spectator‘s Political Editor, Tim Shipman, in front of a live audience at Church…
Meet the Green councillor who demanded ‘heads on sticks’
The Greens have given a key post in their new ruling cabinet in the London borough of Lambeth to a…
The real reason Keir Starmer is cracking down on social media
Keir Starmer, spooked by Andy Burnham, apparently wants to leave a legacy, in much the same way that a herd…
To bring down Iran, America and Israel must change tack
Negotiations between the US and Iran over an end to their conflict are ongoing, accompanied by occasional exchanges of fire.…
Bombing Iran is the perfect way to celebrate Pride
Israel sure knows how to mark ‘Pride Month’. Tel Aviv’s annual celebration of gayness has once again turned into an…
Sixteen times that Trump nearly ended the Iran war
Today marks a hundred days since America and Israel began launching strikes on Iran on February 28. The very next…
Parliament’s artificial scrutiny
AI has taken the world by storm, and few workplaces have been immune to its impact. In the House of…
Polanski pushes price hikes
When he’s not ranting about Gaza, Zack Polanski is mostly to be found despairing about the cost of living. And…
The irony of Keir Starmer’s plan to fund defence
Where could the government possibly find the money to fund its defence investment plan (DIP)? That question has been the…
The Church of England has a ‘white privilege’ problem
The police are rightly under intense scrutiny at present for their rejection of the Peelian principle of enforcing the law…
Cabinet Office loses the spin count
You’d be hard pressed to find a member of the public who thinks the Labour government is doing a sterling…
Britain’s slide down the Nato league table is an embarrassment
The Strategic Defence Review (SDR), published a year ago and meant to be the fundamental framework of the government’s defence…
Britain should listen to America’s mass migration warning
Back in November, the US State Department warned that ‘mass migration poses an existential threat to western civilisation and undermines…
MAGA is doubling down
Over the past several months, various news outlets have been prognosticating the flight of young conservative women from the Republican Party.…
Is the US-Israel alliance breaking down?
This morning at 5.53am, air raid sirens sounded across Tel Aviv. War-weary locals largely went about their business as usual…
Why Iran attacked Israel – and why Israel hit back
If you follow what’s been going on in recent days in the Middle East from only the BBC and Sky,…
Who really owns your iPhone?
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed…
The tyranny of Pride is coming to an end
June is a month most people anticipate for various reasons, it heralding the Isle of Wight Festival, the Summer Solstice…
Sunday shows round-up: Lammy rebukes Vance over Nowak murder posts
David Lammy: ‘I said Mr Vice President, you’re wrong about this’ The news cycle this week has been dominated by…
Why isn’t Durham University taking AI cheating seriously?
At Durham University, I have been Chair of the Board of Examiners for Philosophy since 2016. Last week I resigned,…
