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What’s behind the boom in Japanese fiction?
‘There are two things that I can simply not tolerate: feminists and margarine’. This is a quote from the novel Butter by…
Who will survive to lead the Tories?
In spite of his conviction for falsifying business records, Donald Trump is still expected by many to make a remarkable…
Why South Africans lost faith in the ANC
A red dawn had just broken when Stephanie Sathege joined the queue to vote at her local polling station in…
The triumph of Labour’s centrists
Barring an extraordinary electoral turnaround, Sir Keir Starmer is about to join an elite club, which is even more pale,…
The enduring ghastliness of Sarah Ferguson
When I was a kid in the music business, I became aware of a funny phenomenon whereby visiting American bands…
Free speech will be in peril under Labour
Threats to freedom of speech in Britain today typically stem from a combination of two ways of thinking. First, the…
Bashing Brexit won’t help Macron defeat Le Pen
The Prime Minister of France has warned his people that any form of Frexit would leave them weeping into their…
Mexico’s narcos election
17 October 2019 will forever be etched in the memory of Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa in northwest Mexico, as Black…
Mega-poll suggests worst ever Tory result
Another day brings another devastating poll for the Tories. The first MRP polling of the election campaign is out and…
Labour’s parachute regiment bolsters the Starmtroopers
If you put the Diane Abbott row to one side, it has been a very successful week for the clique…
The ungaggable Donald Trump flames his ‘enemies’ at Trump Tower
In the same building where he once descended down a golden elevator and embarked on a campaign that would forever…
The Edinburgh Book Festival has bowed to the eco mob
This week, the Edinburgh Book Festival has joined the Hay Literary Festival in abandoning its sponsorship deal with the investment group Baillie…
Why is Starmer now saying that Diane Abbott can stand as an MP?
They say a week is a long time in politics but in the Labour party just three days is enough.…
Biden partially lifts ban on strikes within Russia
David Cameron publicly said it was up to Ukraine to decide whether to use British weapons to strike targets on…
I’ll still work with Trump, says Starmer
Keir Starmer really is a lucky general. The news that Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felonies helped ensure…
Ed Davey’s election stunts are going to backfire
The Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Ed Davey, has come up with a novel way of ensuring his party gets greater…
Sir Keir’s private jet hypocrisy
Oh dear. In yet another campaign blunder for Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader has been forced to fess up…
Why we need the word ‘woke’
Has the word ‘woke’ become a lazy, all-too-common cliché? The novelist and Spectator columnist Lionel Shriver thinks so. During an appearance at…
Pedro Sanchez may come to regret passing Spain’s amnesty law
When has any nation’s government amnestied hundreds of people facing criminal charges in return for the votes that allow it…
Iain Dale pulls out as a Tory candidate
Oh dear. Less than 48 hours after he quit LBC to stand in the election, Iain Dale has now ruled…
Trump’s conviction is a disaster for American democracy
Donald Trump’s trial and his conviction on 34 felony counts is disgraceful. As the legal expert and former Harvard Law…
The statistic that should terrify Tory HQ
The tightening looks on. On Tuesday, my polling firm JL Partners published its first campaign poll showing a 12-point Labour…
What will Americans make of Trump’s guilty verdict?
The indictment and trial on a thin charge, the gagging of a presidential candidate in the middle of a campaign,…
Labour’s energy plan doesn’t add up
So, we have a little more flesh on the bones of Labour’s energy policy, with the party giving more details…
The problem with Labour’s free breakfast clubs plan
Labour has been deliberately opaque when it comes to their plans for government, but on one issue Sir Keir Starmer…
