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Will Starmer take up Badenoch’s grooming gangs advice?
Plans for a national inquiry into grooming gangs are underway, but will the inquiry actually happen? The Labour-led probe has…
Jewish fans deserve the truth about Maccabi Tel Aviv’s Villa Park ban
Everyone is familiar with the old insult that you can tell when a politician is not telling the truth because…
Ireland is a weak spot in Russia’s undersea cable war
Europe is right now fighting an enemy it cannot see and protecting a vulnerability it has not mapped. Undersea drones…
Lammy’s jury reforms face an uphill battle
If you speak to Labour MPs about looming battles in the new year, most are quick to mention the elections…
Yes, Europe’s civilization is being erased
Last week the Trump administration expressed its fear that Europe faces “civilizational erasure.” Its concern was articulated in a 33-page…
Aussies are enjoying England’s Ashes meltdown
What a letdown for lovers of Test cricket in both England and Australia. After just six playing days, the Ashes…
Why this trans person is troubled by a conversion therapy ban
Conversion practices are in the news again, at least if you listen to the BBC. We woke up to the…
Britain’s water crisis is getting worse
When the taps run dry in Tunbridge Wells you know something has gone very wrong in the heart of Albion.…
The BBC’s antisemitism training is an offensive parody
The BBC has unveiled its compulsory training course for all staff on how not to be racist to Jews. I…
Most of the England cricket team should be dropped
England’s cricketers have just crashed to a second humiliating defeat against Australia, leaving them 2-0 down in the five-match series.…
Could benefits be withdrawn from young people?
Benefits could be withdrawn for young people not engaging with Youth Guarantee scheme The number of 16 to 24-year-olds not…
Tories to move headquarters
You’re either in front of Mr S or you are behind. It was just six weeks ago that Steerpike reported…
The Andrew debacle has blown open the royal coffers for all to see
If you’ve ever dramatically broken up with an ex, only to find, to your miserable disbelief, that they keep popping…
The joy of receiving Christmas cards – even from people I loathe
These days I barely know what my own handwriting looks like; about my friends, the knowledge is all but lost.…
HMS Prince of Wales is not yet the finished product
Huge crowds of locals, plus families and friends of the crew, greeted the return home of the nation’s flagship aircraft…
What are Ukrainian children doing in North Korea?
The regime of North Korea has continued to exploit the war in Ukraine to spread its propaganda. This week we…
The meaning of Lord Offord’s defection
Malcolm Offord has today quit Kemi Badenoch’s Conservatives to join Reform UK. The peer was unveiled at a press conference…
Scottish Tory peer joins Reform
To Falkirk, where Nigel Farage has flown ahead of the Holyrood elections – to announce another big name member of…
Paris is a city afraid
The New Year’s Eve concert on the Champs Élysées has been cancelled for security reasons. Paris was supposed to host…
Until Truss faces her enemies, she remains an irrelevance
Liz Truss is back. The ex-prime minister hosted a new current affairs show last night on Just The News, a…
Tommy Robinson wants to put ‘Christ back into Christmas’? No, thanks
So Tommy Robinson is inviting us all to have Christmas with him. The far-right activist has announced that there will…
The comedy genius of Zarah Sultana
As both of the great Spectator writers Madeline Grant and Gareth Roberts have pointed out here recently, the element of…
How to live gracefully in a ‘granny annexe’
There comes a time in every Boomer Granny’s life when she must consider the ‘granny annexe’ as a viable demesne. For Sarah Ferguson, that time has…
The strange history of one-armed vs one-legged cricket
A sheet metal worker from Shropshire who lost a leg below the knee in a tractor accident when he was…
Has Reform peaked?
The week ends as it began, with Keir Starmer outlining plans to curb child poverty, news that Rachel Reeves won’t…
