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Nigel Farage is watching and waiting for the next Tory slip-up
A few weeks ago, Nigel Farage enjoyed a get together with a very senior Conservative party figure. Brexit was, naturally,…
The New York Times has no editorial policy
The New York Times put many lives in danger in June when it published an op-ed from Republican senator Tom…
‘The Melania Tapes’ reveal she’s even cooler than we thought
Just a couple of hours before President Trump announced that he and his wife, first lady Melania, had tested positive…
Why the EU can’t sue the UK
Michel Barnier has very politely confirmed that the EU will be suing the UK in a respectful manner. That has…
America has a long tradition of voter fraud
Donald Trump was making modern political history even before he fell ill in the final stretch of his election campaign.…
Covid-19 is Trump’s hardest fight yet
Donald Trump has confronted a long list of adversaries and weathered an even longer list of scandals in his nearly…
Trump’s enemies badly want him to survive coronavirus
President Trump is being helicoptered to Walter Reed Hospital following his coronavirus diagnosis. The media are following the story closely…
The real reason for Pope Francis’s disgraceful Pompeo snub
Why did Pope Francis refuse to meet Secretary Pompeo in Rome this week? The obvious answer is that he didn’t…
Johnson turns up pressure on EU for a deal
Hopes of agreeing a Brexit deal have increased among ministers in recent weeks, but today the UK’s chief negotiator Sir David Frost offered…
Trump campaign urges staffers exposed to COVID to self-quarantine
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien sent an email to staff on Friday after President Trump’s positive COVID test, urging them…
Covid conspiracies and the new anti-Semitism
Britain’s Jewish community has been hit hard by Covid-19. Three more British Jews were laid to rest last week after dying from coronavirus, the…
On Russia, the EU should learn from the Baltics
When is the EU going to take action against Belarus, the Soviet dictatorship crumbling away on its eastern edge? Dominic Raab…
When a president gets sick
President William Henry Harrison died, famously, after giving the longest inauguration speech in history. On a bitterly cold winter day…
When will Harry and Meghan stop hectoring us?
Another day, another Zoom missive from the Duke and Duchess of Woke. Hot on the heels of their thinly-veiled intervention…
Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19. The President and first lady underwent testing…
Trump’s right, the US election could easily be rigged
In the furore over Trump’s bid to fill the vacant Supreme Court slot, commentators have pointed out that his nominee’s…
Will the economy recover enough to help Trump win?
It’s rather difficult to dissect or analyze policy areas from last night’s horrendous debate. But Freddy Gray and I attempt…
The EU is adrift and in search of an anchor
The EU has never been a serious global foreign policy player. Without a European army or a meaningful defence pact,…
Team Biden will be delighted with the debate
The first presidential debate is the most important — and Joe Biden won it. These contests should be understood —…
A Covid vaccine could be Boris’s ‘Falklands moment’
Keir Starmer’s achievement is remarkable: ten months after Boris Johnson’s resounding victory, he has transformed Labour from no-hopers into a…
Trump’s debate clash with Biden was a national embarrassment
Last night’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden started amicably enough. Both men strolled on stage, Trump wearing…
Trump won the debate — but it was no disaster for Biden
A couple of days ago, Powerline’s Paul Mirengoff observed that ‘Going back at least as far as Ronald Reagan, incumbent presidents…
Trump was his own worst enemy in the first debate
The first presidential debate in Cleveland was a disaster, to put it bluntly. After 90 minutes of crosstalk, petty jabs,…
The first 2020 presidential debate — live blog
7:25 p.m. ET — Matt McDonald: Hello and welcome to The Spectator’s live blog for tonight’s tête-à-tête between President Donald Trump…
Trump and Biden campaigns argue over rules hours before first debate
With less than eight hours to go before the first presidential debate in Cleveland, the Trump and Biden campaigns are…
