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The snobbery of Extinction Rebellion’s Amazon blockade
Every week brings fresh proof of what a bunch of bourgeois snobs Extinction Rebellion are. The latest exhibit is their…
Britain’s duty to the Black Sea
With Russian troops massing on Ukraine’s borders, the Black Sea is looking choppy. While that may seem to have little…
The ridiculous rehabilitation of Azeem Rafiq
Has Azeem Rafiq been forgiven yet? He’s certainly working on it. After finding himself on both sides of a racism…
Is this the beginning of the end for Nicola Sturgeon?
The SNP are holding their annual conference this weekend and, the times being what they are, it is a virtual…
Macron can’t blame Boris for the Channel migrant tragedy
Boris Johnson yesterday wrote to French president Emmanuel Macron suggesting escalated measures to stop the deadly human traffic between Calais…
Priti Patel and the progressive language police
There was an exchange in the House of Commons on Thursday afternoon that ought to be a scandal but won’t.…
The verdict of the Ahmaud Arbery trial points towards hope
The jurors who convicted the killers of Ahmaud Arbery delivered accountability after a shocking crime, prosecutorial misconduct and an often…
Boris Johnson is preparing to fight the wrong election
The next election won’t be like the 2019 campaign. It will be far tougher for the Tories. Ministers were struck…
The sinister attempt to silence a Yazidi survivor
Are we cancelling former Isis sex slaves now? It would seem so, at least going by this barmy story out…
Andrew Cuomo is as bad as you thought he was
Imagine if former governor Andrew Cuomo had been as concerned with the safety of nursing home patients during the pandemic…
Kyle Rittenhouse and the collapse of media neutrality
Anyone who thought the jury’s verdict in the Kyle Rittenhouse case might prompt some reflection among the political and media…
When did traditional masculinity become toxic?
It’s hard for privileged white men to stay relevant in this age of identity politics but a number of fail-safe…
Boris must act to prevent a repeat of the Channel migrant tragedy
The tragic drowning of more than two dozen people in the English Channel yesterday should remind us that closing down…
Theresa May’s risqué joke
Boris couldn’t make it but fortunately there was one Tory premier at last night’s Spectator parliamentarian awards. Former Prime Minister…
Turkey’s president Erdogan faces his greatest crisis yet
President Erdogan’s aggressive foreign policy is what usually captures the attention of the international media, but it is at home…
Nicola Sturgeon’s desperate new misinformation drive
Less than a quarter of Scots believe Scotland is likely to leave the UK within the next five years, according…
The Channel deaths were a tragedy waiting to happen
Yesterday’s tragedy in the Channel has been ten years in the making. The British tabloids this morning are inevitably pointing…
The confusion at the heart of social care
Boris Johnson’s majority plunged to just 26 last night, following a rebellion over controversial changes to social care plans. Means-tested,…
Bill Maher is not on conservatives’ side
On the season finale of his weekly HBO chat show Real Time, Bill Maher encouraged Democrats to recruit a “messaging czar.” They…
Kyle Rittenhouse takes on his QAnon lawyers
Much of Tucker Carlson’s exclusive interview with Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager found not guilty in a high-profile homicide trial last…
The Democratic distraction
Ten months into Joe Biden’s presidency, he finds himself sitting at the lowest approval rating of his time in office,…
Why I (sort of) stopped using the word ‘woke’
The college campus-born elite ideology that has swept through American institutions in recent years has gone by many names, from…
How cable news ruined Thanksgiving
Jim Acosta is an edgy, edgy man. You can tell because he uses the word “bullshit” on live TV, which…
It’s Harry, not Meghan, who’s the real problem
Who or what drove Harry and Meghan to leave the royal bosom for the land of slebs on the other…
Is Joe Biden ready for the looming war with the Fed?
He isn’t especially bothered by global warming. He doesn’t think monetary policy has very much, if anything, to contribute to…
