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Angela Merkel’s executive power-grab
Germany’s Social Democrats have remained quiet for months as their coalition partner, Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats, have tackled this pandemic.…
A serious debate that leaves Biden with lingering bruises
Thursday night’s debate was far calmer and more substantive than the street brawl that preceded it. If we score it…
Spain’s politics is fraying
‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.’ Philosopher George Santayana’s dictum is starting to look more…
Scottish devolution has been tested to destruction
The Scottish Tories are decidedly unenthusiastic about suggestions Westminster devolve further powers to the Scottish Parliament. A proposal to stave…
Joe Biden’s court-packing alternatives
After months of dodging questions from the press and his opponent, Joe Biden has finally announced his position on packing…
Joe Biden’s one job in the presidential debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden had one job in tonight’s final presidential debate: tread water. Don’t get rattled. If President…
The debate commission’s new rules were a gift to Trump
Donald Trump had arguably his best debate performance ever on Thursday night, and for that he owes a big ‘thank…
The final 2020 presidential debate — live blog
8:30 p.m. ET — Matt McDonald: Hello and welcome to The Spectator’s live blog for the second and final debate between…
Will Trump refuse to leave?
At a drinks party in Washington DC just after Donald Trump was elected, someone from the old regime told me: ‘This…
Crunch time in Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina North and South Carolina are home to some of the most important contests of this usually contentious…
Boris Johnson is fighting on too many fronts
When Boris ran to become leader of the Conservative party – and again when he campaigned in December’s general election…
We’ve become desensitised to terror
Samuel Paty, a teacher at a school in a sedate suburb of Paris, was beheaded in the street last Friday…
Why No. 10 thinks it has the negotiating edge on Brexit
The European Council conclusions issued last Thursday were a misstep by the European Union. It is positively Carthaginian to think…
Watch: Barnsley woman rebels against lockdown
It was announced yesterday that South Yorkshire would be the latest area to move into Tier 3 of the coronavirus…
Rudy Giuliani’s twin bombshells
In the last 24 hours Rudy Giuliani, 76 (and a man), managed to give birth to twins. Two healthy, weighty,…
Chris Pratt is a role model for other celebrities
Two weeks from The Most Important Election Of Our Lifetimes and nearly four years into the Trump Era, you could…
Unanswered questions for Big Tech
It’s been a full week since the New York Post published their first story about Hunter Biden’s laptop, which is…
The Burnham that could have been
Watching anorak-clad Andy Burnham go toe-to-toe with Boris Johnson might leave Westminster-watchers of a certain vintage a bit bemused. How…
Pompeo: no reason to believe Hunter Biden story is Russian disinformation
Mike Pompeo has ‘every reason to believe’ director of national intelligence John Ratcliffe’s assessment that the recent story about Hunter…
Devolutionary theory: How Westminster is killing the Union
Robert Conquest’s third law (which may not have been his third law) says that the behaviour of any bureaucratic organisation is…
The cruelty of the care home visit ban
The loneliest pandemic deaths are in ‘care’ homes. Old people with dementia and people of all ages with severe mental…
Jeffrey Toobin’s stroke of misfortune
Jeffrey Toobin is a man much wronged. On Monday, the New Yorker writer was suspended by the magazine for which…
A very San Franciscan president
The most under-appreciated fact of the 2020 presidential campaign is that Kamala Harris, the woman likely to soon replace the…
Get ready for Russiagate 2.0 if Trump wins
If Trump is reelected, prepare for Russiagate 2.0. This time it’ll be even crazier. The Hunter Biden story has given…
The growing evidence on lockdown deaths
That the lockdown had a terrible impact on the nation’s health — in ways other than just Covid-19 — is…
