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Britain can still escape Starmer’s dreadful Chagos deal
The government’s latest difficulties in the House of Lords over plans to surrender the Chagos islands is another humiliation for…
The inexorable decline of British Airways is a parable for modern Britain
British Airways used to bill itself, without irony, as ‘the nation’s favourite airline’. The days when it could legitimately use…
Iranians feel emboldened – but protestors are paying a heavy price
For the past fortnight, Rozita (not her real name) has been out on the streets of Tehran, calling for an…
The truth about Keir Starmer’s EU ‘reset’
As Keir Starmer found out with digital ID, what the public initially says it wants isn’t always what it turns…
Venezuela has left Trump feeling cocky
There was no dancing, let alone prancing, in the Brooklyn courtroom as former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was arraigned on…
The hypocrisy of the Maduro fanclub
Finally, the left has found a ‘kidnap victim’ it cares about. Having spent more than two years making excuses for…
Three cheers for the death of the music video!
MTV has pulled down the shutters on its dedicated music video channels, casting off what remained of its original raison…
Woke isn’t dead – and here’s the proof
In one respect, the scaremongers are right: Racism is alive and well in this country, being imbedded in our institutions…
Maduro appears in NY court as Venezuela replaces him
There was no dancing, let alone prancing, in the Manhattan courtroom as former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was arraigned on…
Lords force Chagos deal delay
Three cheers for the House of Lords. Labour might be trying to pack Britain’s second chamber with as many placemen…
The chief of West Midlands Police must resign
The actions of West Midlands Police in the case of the Maccabi Tel Aviv football ban are perhaps the most…
Watch: Labour MP attacks Starmer
It’s all kicking off in the Commons tonight. The smash-and-grab assault on Caracas continues to dominate conversations in Westminster, with…
Nicolás Maduro’s How to Win Friends and Influence People
Cockburn stumbled into The Spectator’s New York office this morning afflicted with that annual January woe: the post-holiday blues. He…
Was Maduro’s capture the greatest special forces raid in history?
On this occasion no one can accuse Donald Trump of hyperbole. The President praised the Delta Force team that seized…
The fall of Venice carries a warning for Starmer’s Chagos deal
I’ve just come back from a short holiday in Venice. The city is an unsurpassable monument to the glories of…
Is Britain about to see a lot more of Prince Harry?
The year just gone has hardly been a banner year for either the Duke or Duchess of Sussex, culminating in the…
Beware Mamdani’s ‘warmth of collectivism’
One of the things I admire about Zohran Mamdani is his candor. You know where you stand with him. Mamdani, who was…
Trump is winning the Maduro meme war
The Vietnam war was the first Americans watched on their nightly TV news, the Gulf War the first that could…
How to stop Venezuela from becoming Iraq
Will the Venezuela adventure end up like Afghanistan, or will it be another Iraq? In the eyes of most commentators,…
Hugh Bonneville should pipe down about Israel
Hugh, meet Claire. Claire, meet Hugh. Claire has some guidance that might prove useful for you, Hugh. Should, that is,…
The Chagos deal could spell environmental catastrophe
This week, the government will try to push its draft deal to surrender the Chagos Islands through Parliament. There are many,…
What are Trump’s post-Maduro plans for Venezuela?
Donald Trump likes to keep both his friends and enemies guessing. It’s no surprise then that his plans for Venezuela’s…
The outstanding beigeness of Keir Starmer
”I’ll be PM this time next year,’ Starmer tells BBC.’’ Such was the headline on the BBC’s website over the…
Maduro’s capture wasn’t about oil
The image of Nicolás Maduro in US custody has inevitably resurrected the ghosts of foreign policy past. For the reflexively…
Greenland, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico… who will US target next?
When the earthquake is big, the porcelain rattles far and wide. And that’s exactly what’s happening now… in Cuba, Colombia,…
