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Why I used to hate Good Friday
If you’re of a certain age and you were brought up Catholic, you’ll remember ‘Good Friday’ as the most awful…
How to stop illegal immigration from Afghanistan
Spring is here. For Afghanistan that means more violence by the Taliban and other terrorists – and more refugees leaving…
The French want weed, not wine
Across France this Easter families will gather to eat, drink and, in many cases, smoke drugs. There are five million…
Where have the West’s liberal values gone?
Russia is ramping up preparations for a ‘large-scale’ war with Nato. That’s the verdict of the Washington-based Institute for the…
Who would trust Holyrood with legalising euthanasia?
Would you trust this lot with assisted dying? The Scottish parliament’s record on issues of personal liberty has been pretty…
Barristers should be allowed to join the Garrick
The Garrick Club affair has taken a new and slightly worrying twist, this time courtesy of – of all bodies…
When the gender debate doesn’t belong in the classroom
Kevin Lister has lost his case at an employment tribunal in Bristol. I am not surprised. The former maths teacher…
When will Prince Harry stop punishing British taxpayers?
Wherever you go in the world, there are always two things that are never cheap: lobsters and lawyers. The British…
Joe Lieberman RIP: a voice of reason in a fractious age
It is impossible for me to think of an American in politics who lived a life as full of hope as…
Thames Water proves privatisation has failed
Why do the Conservatives find it so difficult to admit that the privatisation of public utilities has in many cases…
The UK’s economic problems are far bigger than a ‘recession’
It was extremely optimistic to think the UK could revise its way out of recession. After the Office for National…
Germany’s Holocaust dilemma
‘In 2024, Jewish money is once again being confiscated by a German bank’. This is a headline that makes for uncomfortable reading…
Will Angela Rayner take her own advice?
It seems Angela Rayner is in hot water again. The Labour deputy leader might have thought she had escaped unscathed…
US businesses are falling out of love with Xi’s Chinese dream
A US diplomat in Beijing once told me a story of an American businessman hospitalised in the city of Ningbo…
NeverTrumpers have found a way to hit Donald where it hurts
With Donald Trump confirmed as the Republican nominee, a group of NeverTrump conservatives have tried to hit the former president…
Galloway suggests Obama involvement in Moscow attack
The fall-out continues from Friday’s attack on Moscow concert hall attack in which 139 people were reported dead. Russian officials…
Britain is falling out of love with the NHS
Rishi Sunak doesn’t speak much about his five priorities these days, apart from inflation, which ‘halved’ as promised. On NHS…
Why did a judge fall for Abdul Ezedi’s lie that he was a Christian?
Abdul Ezedi is dead and gone. The Clapham acid attacker was laid to rest in a Muslim burial at a…
Tories split on CCHQ attack ads
It’s five weeks to go until the local elections and Tory high command are stepping up their attacks. On Monday,…
The painful truth about Gareth Southgate’s England
Football, so they say, is a results business – except when it comes to Gareth Southgate, the England manager. In…
Why North Korea hates Alan Titchmarsh’s jeans
Alan Titchmarsh presumably did not expect to see his programme Garden Secrets, filmed in 2010, air on North Korean state television this…
The UAE bid for The Spectator is over
In the end, it was watertight. A new law has been just voted through the Lords banning foreign governments from…
I’ve done very well, says Rishi Sunak at select committee grilling
Normally when a select committee hearing or interview is described as ‘wide-ranging’, it’s because a lot was said, but none…
How can we avoid another Batley Grammar blasphemy row?
Dame Sara Khan, the government’s adviser on social cohesion, has produced a powerful and brave report with some stark findings…
The Youth Parliament makes children of us all
When the British Youth Council (BYC) announced last week its imminent closure, people went near-hysterical, declaring it ‘devastating’ news and…
