World
Inside the £2.9 million Downing Street press room
This afternoon ITV got the scoop they were all after – pictures of the elusive Downing Street press conference room. The…
The twisted logic of Shamima Begum’s defenders
Shamima Begum is back in the news. Firstly because she’s had a makeover. She can be seen on the front…
Is Europe punishing Britain for its vaccine success?
Is it health and safety — or grubby EU vs Brexit politics? That’s the guessing game going on all the…
Will Boris Johnson take responsibility for the Union?
Even for a virtual party conference, Boris Johnson’s speech to the Scottish Tories was a muted affair. As might be…
The problem with Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court’
He might now be one of the most powerful men in global media, but I find whenever I see a…
Andrew Cuomo: the Princess Di of the Plague
Over the weekend, the two-hundred-and-forty-second woman to accuse Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment came forward. That number is no less…
Was the Clapham Common vigil unsafe? A look at the data
After facing widespread political condemnation, the Metropolitan Police has defended its handling of the Clapham Common vigil on public health grounds. …
Women have lost faith in the Metropolitan police
Sarah Everard, a 33-year-old marketing executive living in Brixton, and a ‘wonderful daughter and sister’, was killed earlier this month.…
Mark Drakeford’s men-only curfew would break international law
Politicians, including Baroness Jones of the Green Party and Mark Drakeford, who is the Labour leader in Wales, have spoken…
The Met badly mishandled the Clapham Common vigil
A vigil was held last night on Clapham Common to both honour the memory of Sarah Everard and to protest…
Ruth Davidson’s exit reveals Scottish Tories’ independence secret
Ruth Davidson has used her final speech to the Scottish Conservative conference to appeal to pro-Union voters. In a video…
Clive Myrie, the BBC and the trouble with Ofcom
Ofcom’s tight grip on current affairs broadcasts has been likened by some observers to a choking collar. Clive Myrie, one of…
After Covid, get ready for the Great Acceleration
Before the pandemic struck, there was talk of a ‘Great Stagnation’ – the idea that the world economy was doomed…
Jordan Peterson and the cult of tidiness
The world is obsessed with clutter. Today, untidiness is seen as a moral failure and messy people are cast as…
Why is going to Oxford being held against me?
Should going to Oxford be held against you? In my experience, some employers think it should. A month before the…
Vogue declares war on ‘niggling’
In the wake of Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview, much American commentary has been focused on the beastly British tabloid…
Boris, Biden and the era of big government
Bill Clinton’s declaration that ‘the era of big government is over’ summed up the late 1990s political zeitgeist. Centre-left political…
The left’s illiberal turn
In the House of Lords this week, Baroness Jenny Jones of the Green party said she thought that a way…
Meghan ’n’ Joe’s empire of the sentiments
If your facts don’t care about my feelings, then my feelings aren’t obliged to care about your facts. The facts…
When will Eddie Izzard get the message?
Eddie Izzard is a serial election loser, but try telling him that. The comedian has tried – and failed –…
The UK economy is suffering worse than most
Last week The Spectator highlighted new data from the OECD that offers a weekly update comparing a country’s current GDP…
The Sarah Everard case has shown how frightened women really are
Muggers don’t carry umbrellas. Murderers don’t carry briefcases. Kidnappers don’t carry Tesco bags. These are the sorts of utterly illogical…
The curious censorship of Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland
Fortunes shift quickly in Chinese cyberspace. On March 1, Chloé Zhao, the Beijing-born film director, was the ‘pride of China’,…
Stop the white lies about anti-Asian hate crime
Eighteen months ago, liberals attempted to link the spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes to white supremacist actions. New York City…
Is Megxit the UK’s ‘George Floyd moment’?
Harry and Meghan are famously hostile to the media but of all the British broadcasters, ITV are regarded as having…
