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Is Joe Biden on drugs?
Is Joe Biden on drugs? We should hope so. Look at the state of him when he’s in what Donald…
Does Britain really need more hate crime laws?
Free speech requires a leap of faith: a belief that even if bad speech does harm, the good done by…
View from the Golan Heights: Israel prepares to take on Hezbollah
Ain Qana is a pretty pastoral village perched on a hillside in southern Lebanon. On 22 September a large explosion…
The Trump vs Biden debates are bound to be boring
Ladies and gentlemen — tonight we are going to witness the most hotly anticipated TV debate in history. In the…
BBC threatens to remove stars from social media
Tim Davie has this month taken on the role of BBC director-general in spectacular fashion, announcing plans today for auntie to be…
Don’t be fooled by China’s ‘carbon neutral’ pledge
China’s commitment to become ‘carbon neutral’ by 2060 has excited environmentalists but it should be seen as part of China’s…
Which drugs should Biden take?
With the first presidential debate now just hours away, President Trump continues to insist that Joe Biden take a drug…
What’s behind the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
The outbreak of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the weekend is the latest episode in a saga stretching back to…
The Trump campaign’s best line of attack against Joe Biden
President Trump and Joe Biden will face off in the first of a series of presidential debates on Tuesday night.…
MPs can no longer stomach government by decree
This evening’s Commons debate has shown the extent of Tory backbench frustration over ministers refusal to consult them on increasing…
Trump’s tax leak won’t turn the election
Donald Trump has a lot to worry about these days. The man who is deathly afraid of being ‘a loser’…
Why is Jamie Oliver so against freedom of choice?
It will involve hundreds of hours of haggling over thousands of different products. It will have to pass torturous debates…
Meghan Markle for president
Meghan Markle and the Dim Prince of Bel-Air have told us to vote. They have told us who to vote…
Quantifying the cost of lockdown
We have had plenty of anecdotes about people failing to be diagnosed with serious diseases during lockdown. This is thanks to…
What have we actually learnt from Trump’s tax revelations?
Is anyone really surprised that Donald Trump’s tax affairs are opaque? Or that he is not as rich as he…
Is this the end of the House of Sussex?
The ire of the House of Windsor is on display again. So too (more worryingly for them) is their impotence.…
Impartiality and the battle for broadcast
Two big kites were launched by the Sunday Times that could, should they fly, redraw the broadcasting landscape. ‘BBC critics…
Their rantings betray them
The compulsive and self-righteous bellicosity of the Democratic leaders in Congress over the Supreme Court vacancy has opened an opportunity…
Inside the anti-lockdown rally
The anti-lockdown rally at Trafalgar Square was organised by Save Our Rights UK. This embryonic organisation is so new that…
Charles Moore on BBC reform
Former editor of The Spectator and Daily Telegraph Charles Moore is tipped to become chairman of the BBC. Despite being…
I’m bored of Martin Amis
To say that Martin Amis exemplifies the elevation of style over substance is like saying that Donald Trump is a…
Why Benjamin Netanyahu keeps on winning
It’s been 20 years since the outbreak of the al-Aqsa Intifada, a period of carnage that saw the deaths of…
Amy Coney Barrett is the ultimate Walmart soccer mom
The biggest takeaway from the 2016 presidential election was that Main Street America was so sick of elites in Washington…
Paul Dacre and Boris Johnson: ‘the Boston strangler’ and the ‘alley cat’
Paul Dacre, the former editor of the Daily Mail, has reportedly been asked by the Prime Minister to chair the…
Mark Zuckerberg’s quest for redemption
Stung by recent criticism, and fearing major regulation, Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, has announced the establishment of…
