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Sir David Attenborough didn’t deserve the Chatham House Prize
Every November the London based foreign affairs think tank, Chatham House, awards a prize for ‘the most significant contribution to…
Why is there more intellectual freedom in Bucharest than Cambridge?
‘You can talk about anything you like,’ said Radu, a young Romanian academic when he invited me to a conference…
Trump honors hero dog Conan. Media goes barking mad
There are a few scenes from the Trump presidency which belong in the pantheon of great American political imagery. There…
Talk of a Tory majority could spell trouble for Boris Johnson
In their attempt to avoid a repeat of 2017, the Tories have cleared another hurdle. A day on from the…
Prince Andrew’s Pitch@Palace was bad news for businesses
A couple of years ago, I was briefly involved with Pitch@Palace – Prince Andrew’s initiative to link up fledgeling businesses…
Bloomberg’s billions could be his biggest liability
If all it took to become president of the United States was massive spending on television and digital advertisements, Mike…
How Bloomberg helps Bernie
Who likes Mike? The billionaire Michael Bloomberg has ended years of speculation by announcing that he is running to be…
Boris Johnson has gambled big by pledging to spend small
Boris Johnson just took a very big political risk, by not making any serious attempt to compete with Labour on…
Who likes Mike?
This article is in The Spectator’s December 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. It’s springtime for billionaires. Former New York mayor and media…
What I miss about general elections
One thing I miss about taking part in a general election is the travel. Really. I loved it. In 2015,…
Tory manifesto will shift the party to a more blue collar conservatism
What happened last time means that the Tories are extremely nervous about their manifesto launch tomorrow. As I say in…
Chaos and capital controls: the first 100 days of PM Corbyn
The morning of 13 December. A series of salacious revelations about his private life have sunk Boris Johnson’s campaign. A…
The Ukraine blame game
This article is in The Spectator’s December 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. The unfolding deep-state effort to remove Donald Trump from office…
Women are the losers in Labour’s trans equality fight
I was pleasantly surprised when I read Labour’s manifesto. Not only did the party promise to end ‘mixed-sex wards’ in…
Jeremy Corbyn is a pale imitation of Clement Attlee
To excited cheers, Angela Rayner last week promised Labour supporters that a Jeremy Corbyn-led government ‘would knock the socks off’…
Jeremy Corbyn’s credibility problem
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour party manifesto has made the front of all the papers today. The response is mixed. While the…
France shouldn’t fall for the Isis ‘matchmaker’s’ self pity
Tooba Gondal, the so-called Isis “matchmaker” who acted as a megaphone and recruiter for the terror group, is reportedly on…
Corbyn has all but declared class war with this manifesto
I am not sure if it is class war exactly but something very like it is back. Perhaps it is…
Prince Charles is now pulling the strings of the monarchy
Prince Andrew’s humiliation is complete. For now. Who knows what lies around the corner? Despite Palace protestations to the contrary…
Trump’s impeachment is now a certainty
If there was one person who could directly tie president Donald Trump to the alleged quid pro-quo with the Ukrainians,…
Prince Andrew’s fatal error
Well, they’ve got their scalp. Prince Andrew is retiring from public life. But before he did, he said in his…
The Democrats’ open mic night in Atlanta
Fear not everyone — there are only seven Democratic debates left this cycle. As if the prospect of a fifth…
The Founding Fathers’ focus group on impeachment, 1787
We recently learned that House Democrats are concentrating their impeachment drive on ‘bribery’ because focus groups liked it better than…
Adam Schiff, ‘Lt. Col.’ Vindman and the impeachment ratings flop
‘No.’ ‘No.’ ‘No.’ ‘No.’ That pretty much sums up yesterday’s testimony. ‘Did you receive any indication whatsoever, or anything that…
Why trust is an election issue for Boris Johnson
What is the main take away from ITV’s leaders’ debate? Listen to the news bulletins and it appears to be…
