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As with Iraq, so with Russia
Against the backdrop of the Ukraine crisis, we have been bombarded with many historical analogies. Leading the list are the…
P.J. O’Rourke 1947 — 2022
The great American journalist and satirist P J O’Rourke has died. He contributed a number of articles to The Spectator…
Prince Andrew settles. What next?
In some ways, the news is a disappointment. Prince Andrew’s decision to settle the civil case filed against him by…
What is Boris's partygate defence?
The presumption of many MPs — and maybe many of you — is that the Met is bound to issue…
Trudeau's totalitarian turn
It was the hot tub that did it. Photos of Canadian convoy supporters relaxing in a hot tub on a…
Is President Macron’s re-election as safe as it looks?
In February 1995, Jacques Chirac was at 12 per cent in the polls. Two months later he was president. Two…
It’s time for Rishi Sunak to become a low-tax Tory
This week marks two years since Rishi Sunak was thrust from relative obscurity into the political spotlight as Chancellor of…
France’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ isn’t going away
On Sunday night, France’s ‘liberty convoy’ filled a supermarket carpark outside Lille, after leaving Paris. A video on the group’s…
The left’s Nicene Creed
I live in a blue city in a blue state, meaning I can’t so much as walk to the CVS…
Mask off, DC
The nation’s capital is finally dropping its vaccine and mask mandates…mostly. DC mayor Muriel Bowser reluctantly followed the science and…
The Ukraine crisis has united the West
There has been a subtle change of tone from Joe Biden and Boris Johnson about the likelihood of a Russian…
Putin may yet resist a full-on invasion
The west is still in the dark on what Vladimir Putin will do next. The Russian military build-up on the…
What really happens if Russia invades Ukraine?
Russia will pay an enormous price if it invades Ukraine, whether it goes for the whole country or only the…
Are ethnic minorities still more likely to get Covid?
Is there a genetic element to the risk of being infected with Covid — and are some disadvantaged ethnic groups…
Spain's shift towards the radical right
Yesterday’s snap election in Castile-León, one of the 17 regional autonomies into which Spain is divided, was another excellent day…
We could learn a thing or two from Swiss democracy
There was another referendum in Switzerland over the weekend. This one was about protecting the young from the evils of…
Is Orbán serious about leaving the EU?
First the UK decided to leave the EU. Then in Poland, lawmakers started talking about it. Is Hungary now seriously…
What's worse: kicking a cat or racism?
The best football teams are adept at turning defence into attack. After a video of centre back Kurt Zouma practising…
Might Macron's future rest with the England rugby team?
After two rounds of the Six Nations, France is the only unbeaten team. Their victory against Ireland in a ferocious…
The West is doing Putin's work for him
Ukraine, as is periodically observed, means borderland. Geography will forever influence its destiny as an independent state. With tensions between…
Hanging up the MAGA hat
I’d like to state for the record that I’m officially sick of Donald Trump. Last Wednesday, Cory Lewandowski took to…
San Francisco is decaying
During the pandemic, a growing number of people in floridly psychotic states screamed obscenities at invisible enemies, or at my…
Will Trudeau’s clampdown on the Freedom Convoy backfire?
Canada has long been viewed as a peaceful, welcoming country. Like most western democracies, it has witnessed some difficult historical…
How Britain’s fracking industry was regulated into irrelevance
This week the fracking company Cuadrilla announced that it was permanently closing its two shale mines in Lancashire, after the…
The fading legacy of Deng Xiaoping
After Mao Zedong’s death in 1976, it was clear to pragmatists in the Chinese Communist Party, led by Deng Xiaoping,…
