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Boris won’t change. Why should he?
Boris Johnson is not short of troubles, or advice. Most of that advice, from colleagues and commentators alike, comes down…
Billie Eilish is right about our porn-sick society
You could have knocked me down with a snowflake when Billie Eilish slammed pornography on the Howard Stern Show this…
The inevitability of Kamala Harris
I come neither to bury Kamala nor to praise her. Commentary on her vice presidency is polarized. Harris’s well-known praise…
Omicron is now Britain’s dominant Covid strain
If you test positive for Covid now in Britain, the odds are that it’s Omicron: it’s now the dominant strain…
Who’s a vigilante anyway?
The idea that what happened at the Capitol of January 6 was an “insurrection” was always a ridiculous and malevolent…
The shamelessness of David Rothkopf
David Rothkopf may not be Ron Klain’s favorite DC pundit. That title goes to Jennifer Rubin, the “conservative” Washington Post…
Can Boris really blame the press for his defeat?
When asked what went wrong in North Shropshire, Boris Johnson gave a fascinating answer: journalists. Apparently, they have been reporting…
How Boris Johnson survives
When the Conservative party looks in the mirror what does it see? Beyond the bruising, what face peers back from…
Is the EU heading for a booster crisis?
The Omicron variant spreads far more quickly. It infects far more people. And it is already rampant around the world,…
The joy of Boris’s bungled by-election
By any reasonable standard the result in the North Shropshire by-election must be reckoned the funniest in years. Perhaps even…
Boris Johnson is now in political purgatory
We have just witnessed one of the most dramatic defeats in the history of British by-elections. A 38 per cent swing…
It’s time to take the Lib Dems seriously again
As far as seismic by-election results go, North Shropshire is one for the ages. The Tories had held onto the…
I took Hillary Clinton’s Masterclass in ‘resilience’
At some point near the one-hour mark, wooziness strikes. It’s that voice, that shrill drone. You can only take so much before the…
John Cleese’s cancel culture hypocrisy
‘Always look on the bright side of life’ sang Monty Python. But it seems that for at least one of the…
The war on Christmas comes home
America’s longest war has just come home. Last week, Fox News’s All-American Christmas Tree, standing merrily outside the channel’s headquarters…
The attacks on J.K. Rowling only prove her point
It is often said that J.K. Rowling is uncancellable. So rich and bankable is the Harry Potter author — now…
Ben Wallace takes aim at the misuse of the military
On this week’s Spectator TV, Andrew Neil interviews the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. The pair discuss Ukraine, Taiwan, Iran and…
The truth about my sister, Ghislaine Maxwell
The mainstream media’s pronunciation of my sister’s name has been about as accurate as their coverage of her. No, it’s…
Macron’s British travel ban is entirely political
Emmanuel Macron subjected France to a two-hour primetime television interview on Wednesday evening which must have been a pre-Christmas treat…
Revealed: Durham students’ chilling demands over ‘Rod gate’
The spirit of the Stepford students is back with a vengeance at our top universities, judging by the hysteria which…
Unbowed Boris has put his Tory rivals in their places
Boris was resurgent at PMQs today. He sprinkled scorn, merriment and mischief in all directions. He even boasted that last…
Democrats whistle past a crime wave
This past weekend, twenty CEOs from big box retailers sent a letter to Congress, asking for help in combatting the…
A Christmas prayer
Dear God, Please help me to keep it together this Christmas. For it is a testing time as well as…
Remainers: Brexit led to Covid deaths
Oh dear. For four years, Best for Britain have fought the most ferocious rearguard action since Dunkirk, desperately seeking to overturn…
Can the Bank of England get a grip on soaring inflation?
Yet again, inflation has surged past expectations – this time hitting 5.1 per cent in November, a ten-year high, up…
