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Putin’s closure of Nord Stream 1 has left Britain exposed
Few will be minded to believe Russia’s explanation for cutting off Nord Stream 1 pipeline – that it is a…
Remembering Gorbachev
In early January 1997, I met my boyhood hero. It was in the grounds of his wintry dacha outside Moscow.…
Ukraine’s Kherson offensive may have already been a success
The Ukrainian armed forces launched a long–awaited offensive on Kherson this week. However, the counter-offensive was signalled for so long…
Is Liz Truss the British Trump?
Readers must understand how the jargon of political chicanery has corrupted journalism if they are to make sense of the…
Why the Baltics fear Russia
In the historic heart of Riga, Latvia’s lively capital, there is a building that reveals why the Baltic States remain…
Biden declares war on half the country
Joe Biden’s speech at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on Thursday was one of the most remarkable in living memory. By “remarkable,” I…
The truth about Extinction Rebellion
Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse – Extinction Rebellion are back! Well, if you thought an unprecedented…
Is the Boris partygate probe ‘flawed’?
The new prime minister has not been announced yet, but Lord Marland – an ally of Boris Johnson – has…
Boris’s resignation honours list: runners and riders
There’s very much an end of days feel in SW1 right now. With parliament in recess and a Truss coronation…
France can’t keep its Jews safe
France is home to roughly half-a-million Jews. The country’s Jewish community is the largest in Europe, and the third largest…
Will Marine Le Pen betray her voters the way Boris did?
How do you solve a problem like Jean-Marie? That is dilemma facing Marine Le Pen as her National Rally party…
What the defenestration of Ravil Maganov says about Russia
In my travels when I was still persona grata in Russia, I never got the sense that their windows were…
US lockdowns wipe out decades of maths and reading progress
In Britain, the damage of lockdown was easily covered up by grade inflation: with 45 per cent of A Level…
Who will fill the Boris void?
Boris Johnson’s last set piece speech today was typical him. There were references to Ladybird books, attempts to blame the…
Truss’s Oxford Europhilia revealed
Throughout the leadership contest, Liz Truss has been all too keen to paint herself as a Brexit queen, keen to…
Poll: voters don’t want Boris in Truss’s Cabinet
The Tory leadership race is almost over and at last a new PM will be announced. Most expect that next…
The V&A’s Tory troubles
All political lives, famously, end in failure: but not so for Tristram Hunt, the former Labour education spokesman now recast…
The truth about Xi Jinping’s ‘One China’ policy
As the representative of Her Majesty’s Government in Beijing entered the room through the tall and heavy doors, he was…
What Rishi Sunak gets wrong about lockdown
Rishi Sunak presents an alarming picture of what happened during lockdown in last week’s Spectator interview – one echoed by…
Is university good value for money?
Opinion polls these days don’t normally raise more then passing interest. But there are always exceptions worth a second look.…
Liz Truss should aspire to emulate Thatcher in Russia
The Russian political and media establishment have got Liz Truss in their sights once again. As well as analyst Igor…
The humanity of Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev, the final President of the Soviet Union who died last night, was remarkable both as an international politician…
GB News shakes up its stars
The winds of change are blowing through Paddington, with news reaching Steerpike of something of a bloodbath over at GB…
The FSB agent exposing the secrets of Putin’s war from within
Deep inside Russia’s secret state an agent is working against Vladimir Putin. The FSB officer, dubbed the Wind of Change,…
British bobbies have much to learn from French police officers
Priti Patel wants the police to get back to basics and solve crime instead of parading their progressive credentials at…
