World
The genius of the ‘Noon against Putin’ protest
On Sunday, the final day of voting in Russia’s presidential election, Russians came out in an unorthodox protest against the…
Ed Miliband’s dangerous net zero fantasy
Ed Miliband set Labour back a decade when he not only failed to win the 2015 general election but went…
Could a fight over Rwanda get Sunak the poll boost he needs?
Downing Street has warned that peers will show a lack of ‘compassion’ if they do not pass the Rwanda Bill…
Why Israel targeted Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital
Gaza’s largest hospital, al-Shifa, was once again turned into a battlefield yesterday. Five hours of fighting between Israel and Hamas…
BBC apologises for calling Reform ‘far-right’
Another day, another BBC blunder. This time the broadcaster admits that it was wrong to describe Richard Tice’s Reform UK…
Will the conspiracy theories about Kate ever die?
At last, the matter should have been settled. After the innumerable articles, social media posts and television pundits all speculating…
Rachel Reeves will regret promising growth
Growth will be turbo-charged, animal spirits will be unleashed, and foreign investment will flood back into Britain. Shadow chancellor Rachel…
What the French left could learn from Keir Starmer
Last week on Spectator TV Fraser Nelson saluted the ‘intervention’ of the Labour party in the debate about whether the…
Why climate protestors lost the right to cause criminal damage
Yesterday, the Lady Chief Justice, Lady Carr, delivered a judgment on protest law which may close a remarkable loophole which…
A pension crisis is brewing
Ten years ago, George Osborne blew up the British private pension system. Because pensions are boring and complicated and move…
Steve Harley was no one-hit wonder
Celebrity deaths range from the ‘tragically young’ (Amy Winehouse) to the ‘I thought they’d gone years ago’ (Peregrine Worsthorne) and the monumental (Michael Jackson). But there’s another…
Lessons from Trump’s TikTok zigzag
One of the accepted media tales about the Republican Party is that because Donald Trump dominates it politically and stylistically,…
Has Labour spied an opportunity in the Tory National Insurance pledge?
A curious attack from Labour in the Commons this afternoon: shadow work and pensions secretary Liz Kendall used her slot…
Israel’s ‘allies’ should reckon with reality
Everyone wants an end to the fighting in Gaza. The United States backs ‘an immediate and sustained ceasefire’. The European…
The middle classes let Banksy get away with vandalism
This is a tale of two murals: one painted on the side of a building in Greenwich by an artist…
Revealed: the extent of Sadiq Khan’s splurge of taxpayers’ cash
Londoners don’t agree on much, but on one subject many of the capital’s residents are united: Amy Lamé, the mayor’s…
Night czar is ‘good value for money’ insists Sadiq Khan
Back to one of Sadiq Khan’s worst mistakes in office: Amy Lamé. The underwhelming ‘night czar’ is in the news…
Sunak says the economy is doing better. Is he right?
Is Britain’s economy ‘turning a corner’? Rishi Sunak thinks so, but convincing his fellow MPs and the public is going…
How Justin Welby should have responded to Gove’s extremism crackdown
When the government raises big questions about our national values, one has a choice: to see it as an opportunity…
The EU is divided in its bid to stop the boats
There was good and bad news for the European Union last week: the number of migrants arriving in Europe on…
The Nova festival documentary revives the horror of 7 October
‘Yes… But…’. It is a phrase that Jews in Britain and around the world have become accustomed to hearing since…
Penny Mordaunt isn’t the answer
During her last Tory conference speech, Penny Mordaunt told her audience: ‘If you remember nothing else from what I have…
Sunak tries to put a stop to the plots
Rishi Sunak goes into the week hoping it will be better than the one that came before. Last week, the…
Putin crowns himself president of Russia again
As expected, following a three day ‘vote’, Vladimir Putin has once again crowned himself president of Russia. As of 9…
Princess Kate, photographs, and the great thirst for significance
When Photogate, or Kategate, or whatever we end up calling it, first became news, I remember taking one look at…
