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LeBron’s ‘Second Decision’ wasted everyone’s time
With bated breath, diehard sports fans in America and across the globe waited to see what LeBron James’s “The Second…
The folly of Newsom’s redistricting plans
“Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity” may very well be the epitaph of Gavin Newsom’s political career…
Robert Jenrick steals the limelight at Tory conference
It is day three of Conservative Party conference and the punchiest speech of the event has just been made. Robert…
The ghost of October 7 haunts one Israeli kibbutz
A little over two months ago, I stood in the fallow murderscape of the Nir Oz kibbutz facing towards the…
What happened to Reform’s Doge?
When Linden Kemkaran (formerly of The Spectator) was elected leader of Kent County Council, she presented herself as the poster-child for…
Greta and the flotilla fools have no self-awareness
I knew the modern left had its fair share of narcissists who can rarely see beyond their own navels. But…
Britain can’t afford to lose AstraZeneca
It has already cancelled investments in Liverpool and Cambridge, while muttering darkly about moving its listing to New York and…
Lord Nelson wasn’t queer
After extensive research I can reveal that Adolf Hitler was not, in fact, gay. Nor was he black, transexual, secretly…
Badenoch: I’m being ‘written off’ like Thatcher
The Conservative party conference is in full swing in Manchester with plenty more speeches and fringe events to go. Despite…
Make Peace Great Again
With typical assertiveness, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave his marching orders to the US military at the end of September.…
Is Brendan Carr a ‘great American patriot?’
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” the Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr said on…
The bully doctrine
When the suspended late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel got his show back in late September, he did not apologize for the…
A farewell to summer
On the roads in Amagansett, in the shops, at the train station, the summer crowds have vanished, and those of…
Why do students think a bake sale is the way to mark October 7?
How best to commemorate the horrors of October 7th, 2023? How to mark the day on which hundreds of Hamas terrorists…
The sorry sight of the ageing protestor
Among the 488 arrests at the weekend at what the media is still pleased to call ‘pro-Palestine demonstrations’ were many,…
Immigration isn’t working
The Manchester synagogue attack requires us to ask three questions: where are we, how did we get there, and where…
Could Marine Le Pen save Macron’s presidency?
Emmanuel Macron is cornered, his presidency unravelling under relentless pressure. From left and right, there are demands to dissolve the…
Islamists are the true cry bullies
When I invented the term ‘cry bully’ in this very magazine ten years ago, I had no idea how much…
The case for staying put: why this Jew isn’t leaving Britain
Is it time for the wandering Jews to once again pack up and go? It’s a question that has been…
Jilly Cooper’s novels could well become classics
Dame Jilly Cooper, who has died at 88, had a remarkable career, turning herself from a sparkling writer for newspapers…
What Israel has learned from two years of war
Today marks two years of Israel’s Gaza war. The current conflict is perhaps now close to conclusion, depending on the negotiations…
Has Taylor Swift lost it?
The Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant once remarked that every successful musician has what he called ‘an imperial phase’, during…
What can we expect from the Simpsons sequel?
It is now more than three decades since President Bush the First declared that American families should be “more like…
Exclusive poll: do the Tories really have a leadership problem?
The Conservative party conference is in full swing and the Spectator is hosting a myriad of events across the next…
Do cities need the National Guard?
“They are the ones who are making it a war zone,” Governor J.B. Pritzker of Illinois bloviated on CNN recently,…
