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Why China can’t stop zero Covid
The Covid situation in China is not looking good right now. The authorities have trapped themselves into a situation from…
Justin Trudeau’s strange defence of his protest crackdown
On Friday, Justin Trudeau made his much-anticipated appearance before the Canadian Public Order Emergency Commission, where he gave testimony about…
Where did it all go wrong for trans charity Mermaids?
Farewell Susie Green, the CEO of Mermaids, a charity that describes itself as supporting ‘trans, non-binary and gender-variant children, young…
The empty Englishness of Love Actually
One of the pleasures of fiction, be it book or film, is that it can take us to actual places…
China’s zero-Covid anger is erupting
Protests seem to be breaking out in several major Chinese cities in what has been a week of horrors for…
Would Solzhenitsyn have supported Putin’s war?
A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s first novel, appeared 60 years ago this month. Vividly portraying…
The conspiracy against grammar schools
I love a good hard debate, especially at a university. I can’t recall how many such clashes I have had,…
Laughing at libertarians as crypto burns
In many countries, tricking stupid people out of money is a crime. In the United States, it’s the basis of…
Why is Britain still sending foreign aid to China?
Just why is Britain still spending over £50 million a year in development aid to China? Despite it being the…
At war with my pearly whites
I am a dental basket case. When I was a child, my orthodontist used to joke that he could drive…
What the experts got wrong about migration
On New Year’s Day, 2014, during those sunny, innocent times of Cameron, Clegg and Miliband, Labour MP Keith Vaz headed down to…
Why Britain can’t build infrastructure
The Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that the government will spend (read: borrow) £43 billion this year to keep the…
The lost souls of the Atrium hotel
Heathrow, in London’s western outlands, never lets you forget it’s there. Jets ascend and descend constantly, turning the air into…
Why America’s future is still bright
‘There is a lot of ruin in a nation.’ So said Adam Smith over two centuries ago. He reminds us…
Cardinal Zen’s conviction shows that no one is safe in Hong Kong
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the 90-year-old retired bishop of Hong Kong, has been convicted of failing to register a humanitarian…
How Qatar uses its wealth to challenge western values
The French have adopted a ‘when in Rome’ approach to the World Cup in Qatar, refraining from virtue-signalling their disapproval…
The Tories’ migration policy problem
Today’s net migration figures naturally present a problem for ministers in that they are going in the opposite direction to…
Theresa May savages Piers Morgan
Perhaps the most cathartic moment of The Spectator’s Parliamentarian of the Year awards was when the relatively quiet former PM…
Net migration has surged to 504,000. Why?
Net migration to Britain has passed 500,000 for the first time ever – twice as high as the recently upgraded…
New Zealand’s Supreme Court is playing a foolish game of politics
If you are still trying to come to grips with our Supreme Court’s delicate relation with the politics of Scottish…
What now for Scottish nationalists?
The Scottish parliament does not have the power to legislate for a referendum on independence. The Supreme Court has made…
The World Cup armband row would never happen in Japan
Before the start of their World Cup game with Japan, the German team chose to make a ‘protest’. Each player…
Will Rishi Sunak get away with ignoring voters on the right?
Conventional wisdom has long held that the Conservatives win elections from the centre ground – including territory just to the…
Can Boris Johnson’s Charles de Gaulle act pay off?
It is only a month since Boris Johnson gave up his dramatic attempt to regain the Premiership he reluctantly surrendered…
Ron Klain ruins Thanksgiving
Top Twitter user Ron Klain is at it again. This time, the terminally online White House chief of staff tweeted…
