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The GOP’s Faustian bargain with Trump pays off
I don’t know who is going to win the election. I write this on the fourth anniversary of the Billy Bush Access…
The curious case of the man who caught COVID twice
Does catching the SARS-CoV-2 virus give us immunity from further infection by the virus or can we catch it a…
Is Britain really a nation of lockdown-lovers?
A quick read of the polls, and you would be forgiven for thinking we are a nation of lockdown-lovers, clamouring…
Do you want a Trump or Biden economy?
It would be great if the President was an icon of virtue and goodness, but he isn’t. As much as…
Johnson tightens Covid rules
After weeks of speculation over the government’s new Covid restrictions grading system, the Prime Minister today announced the details. Addressing…
Spain’s bureaucracy may not survive Covid
Sancho Panza’s long-cherished ambition was to become a politician. He wanted to be installed as governor of an island; Don…
How likely are you to catch Covid on a plane?
It is little surprise to see the International Air Transport Association (IATA) claiming that the risk of catching Covid-19 on a…
How strict will the new Covid restrictions be?
I have a few points to make about the new three tier system to be announced today for restricting our…
Sales of The Spectator surge towards 100,000
When The Spectator returned furlough money during lockdown, we set ourselves a new target. Rather than take taxpayer subsidy, we’d try…
Bad Kshama: meet Seattle’s worst socialist
Seattle In Max Frisch’s 1953 absurdist play The Fire Raisers, a well-off family in an unnamed town invites a man…
Were there any links between Cambridge Analytica, Russia and Brexit?
In July 2018, Elizabeth Denham – the woman in charge of enforcing the UK’s laws on data protection – appeared…
Covid has not ‘overwhelmed’ French hospitals — yet
Britain is often said to be two weeks behind France in the new Covid wave — so how bad are…
Retire the Commission on Presidential Debates
Two-hundred-and-thirty-three. That is the combined age of the three co-chairs of the Commission on Presidential Debates, an organization which has…
The Democratic art of magical thinking
I should clear up one thing straight away. I do not believe that Joe Biden is guilty of magical thinking.…
Rishi lays the groundwork for tougher Covid restrictions
There was a time when the announcement of new Treasury spending tended to spell good news. However, these days it…
Duty of care: the trouble with America’s nursing homes
We can debate the value of sacrificing normal life to COVID-19. Personally I think the measures are increasingly destructive —…
Germany’s second wave puts an end to the party
Berlin’s partygoers are being told to stay at home by health experts and politicians amid rising new coronavirus cases. Researchers say that clubs and restaurants have…
The Covid testing trap
We are in a time where money has lost meaning and value, so perhaps the £10 billion plus spent on…
It’s time to ban puberty blockers for children
A ground-breaking case in the High Court will decide this week whether the UK’s only gender identity development service (GIDS)…
COVID-positive president won’t debate online
The droplets had barely settled after Wednesday’s vice presidential debate when next week’s head-to-head between Donald Trump and Joe Biden…
The collapse of the Cambridge Analytica conspiracy theory
So there you have it. Cambridge Analytica was ‘not involved’ in the 2016 EU referendum. The digital marketing firm that…
Kamala Harris forgot who she was debating
Perhaps Senator Kamala Harris would have performed better last night if she had remembered who she was debating. It was…
Could local lockdowns cost Boris Johnson the north?
When the lockdown tiers are announced, it is inevitable that huge swathes of the north will be under much tighter…
The conflict that could spark a war
History repeats itself — but sometimes in reverse. Only a pessimist would have predicted a global pandemic followed by a…
The terror threat inside our prisons
Later today, two men will be sentenced for their part in the attempted murder of a prison officer at high…
