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Scrapping the fuel duty hike would teach Reeves a useful lesson
It has been, to put it politely, a very long wait. But it is possible that Rachel Reeves may have…
Don’t kick Southampton out of the play-offs for spying
For a brief while, in the early 2010s, supporters of Middlesbrough FC borrowed from the Proclaimers to create a terrace…
Reform kickstarts Burnham attack blitz
Nigel Farage is all too aware that he has no time to lose in making Reform’s case to the good…
Restore Britain joins the Makerfield race
I am proud to announce local businesswoman Rebecca Shepherd as our Restore Britain candidate for the Makerfield constituency. Rebecca has…
Does the Labour leadership race really matter?
For political journalists, a leadership contest is like the FA Cup final. I can imagine the BBC’s Chris Mason and…
Scotland’s parliament is in thrall to transgender activists
Mind your language if you want to speak in the Scottish Parliament. Newly elected presiding officer Kenny Gibson has told…
Is TikTok slop to blame for the fertility crisis?
Highly effective campaigning from parents and parliamentarians has forced the government to agree to introduce age restrictions for under 16s…
Keir Starmer is an even worse PM than Boris Johnson
Remember when Sir Keir Starmer was sold to us as, effectively, the anti-Boris? Where Boris was slapdash, Keir would be…
‘Save Chagos’ push launched in Lords
It is just over four weeks since the government was forced to pause its attempted handover of the Chagos Islands,…
Why was Starmer afraid of the Unite the Kingdom rally?
Perhaps the strangest thing about the Unite the Kingdom rally was just how unremarkable it felt. There were no mass…
Sunday shows round-up: Nandy says Labour leadership speculation is ‘froth and nonsense’
Lisa Nandy: Labour leadership speculation is ‘froth and nonsense’ Wes Streeting has resigned as health secretary, and declared that he…
Why Britain’s mobile download speeds are worse than Peru’s
The other month I was on a train in London, on a business call with a client in Kampala, Uganda.…
Why the public rejected anti-Israel theatrics at Eurovision
There’s a compelling explanation as to why Israel soared above the din of geopolitical protest to power into second place…
The Moscow-Beijing-Pyongyang axis is here to stay
On Donald Trump’s sojourn to China – the first visit by a US president in almost a decade – North…
Britain should stop demonising Albania
At a formal dinner recently, an aristocratic English lady asked about my experience of the UK. I told her I…
The sad death of Poets’ Corner
If there is such a thing as a home for Britain’s national story, it might be found in Westminster Abbey.…
America has a serious Chinese spying problem
President Donald Trump struck a conciliatory tone during his trip to China. He returned from his Beijing summit with Xi…
What Makerfield makes of Burnham
It’s the day after Josh Simons stepped down as MP and every journalist and their mum is in Makerfield, where…
Was Donald Trump’s great-uncle a Nazi?
Donald Trump has long claimed to be proud of his German ancestry. But the American president might be wise to…
How the wheels came off the Brexit bus
The wheels have come off the Brexit bus. The Spectator is grieved to report that the famous red ‘Vote Leave’…
Why I have high hopes for Wes Streeting
Regarding the possible candidates for the Labour leadership, I’ve travelled so far down the nihilistic road to nowhere that I’m…
The trouble with Zionism
I believe in Portugal. I believe that it exists. I believe that it has the right to exist. But I…
Mahmood will struggle to push through her migration reforms
Against the backdrop of the current leadership chaos engulfing Labour, in Wednesday’s King’s Speech the government announced new legislation that…
No, I’m not a CIA spy in Greenland
The Danish media has accused me of being a US spy. They say I’m involved in a covert influence operation…
Did the Trump/Xi summit achieve anything?
Air Force One is in the air as I write, whizzing from Beijing back to Washington – and Donald Trump…
