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Britain should demand a level playing field from the EU
It will receive €9 billion (£8 billion) in free money from the government. It will be protected from any threat…
Dominic Cummings has become a symbol of a very British inequality
Dominic Cummings knows all about how perception damages public confidence in political parties. Here he is in June 2017: ‘People…
The big debate: is lockdown wrong?
Is lockdown a gargantuan mistake? That’s the view of a growing number of thinkers and critics, including The Spectator’s very…
Dominic Cummings’s lockdown critics will never be happy
Happy now? Thought not. Dominic Cummings has delivered his statement and answered questions but still the critics aren’t appeased. Not…
Joe Biden’s ‘you ain’t black’ hole just gets deeper
Democratic strategist Joel Payne was left ‘embarrassed’ after insinuating on TV that black Trump supporters were merely stock models paid…
Boris Johnson will regret standing by Dominic Cummings
Boris Johnson is a populist who no longer understands the populace. Dominic Cummings pretends to be an anti-elitist but cannot…
A short guide to justifying re-lockdown
Fear is gripping the American public health and media establishments: they are losing control. States are belatedly (and far too…
It’s time for Lib Dems to accept that the party’s over
Who are you backing in the latest Liberal Democrat leadership contest then – Layla ‘you got me on my knees’…
Coronavirus and the enduring myth of Britain’s ‘Dunkirk spirit’
World War Two remains, for a certain kind of Brit, a living and vital presence. The increasingly-distant memory of our Finest…
Dominic Cummings has a human shield: Boris Johnson
The rule of modern politics, let’s call it Trump’s first law, is that if you are being attacked for apparently…
Civil servants strike back: ‘arrogant and offensive’
Oh dear. For some time there have been reports of tension between Downing Street and the Civil Service. Now it…
Locked up in lockdown
COIVD-19 has turned us all into prisoners: draconian lockdown orders, solitary confinement, monotonous food, limited fresh air and exercise, irregular…
Trump’s America needs the conservative tradition
The modern American conservative tradition – roughly dating from the dawn of the 20th century — emerged in reaction to…
What’s more disturbing: Cummings’ behaviour – or the mob pursuing him?
The Dominic Cummings story is deeply disturbing. No, not the fact that Cummings and his wife, Mary Wakefield, took what…
Why Dominic Cummings’ departure may only be a ‘matter of time’
Dominic Cummings’s role in government no longer looks sustainable, as members of the cabinet and Tory MPs turn against him…
Why should Cummings be sacked for protecting his family?
There have been an enormous number of positive attributes on display during the lockdown. Family members keeping an eye on…
Obama should apologize to Trump
Anyone who has children understands the importance of teaching them to say ‘sorry’ when they’ve done wrong. Apologizing for causing…
Why Dominic Cummings must go
Most aspects of this present emergency are complex and resist easy solutions. Only a handful are elementary but one of…
Keir Starmer is an excellent Labour leader, which is why he’ll never be PM
We’ve all been very impressed, haven’t we, by Sir Keir Starmer’s performances at Prime Minister’s Questions? His calm, precise and…
Three reasons why a coronavirus vaccine might not be possible
The world is being held hostage by an organism so small that even the most powerful microscope could miss it.…
Let’s blame China
This article is in The Spectator’s June 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. Is Cui Tiankai, the Chinese ambassador to…
Biden’s mental frailty makes him a Teflon candidate
President Trump gets away with a lot because much of the world thinks he’s a buffoon. Former vice president Joe…
Hong Kong’s ‘one country, two systems’ is over
The Chinese Communist party made an announcement yesterday which effectively ends ‘one country, two systems’ in Hong Kong, and in…
Britain’s post-Brexit trade plan could be a missed opportunity
The economic argument for free trade is politically more important than ever. A drift towards the use of tariffs and…
Taiwan’s balancing act is becoming ever more precarious
After a landslide victory in January’s election, Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen was re-inaugurated on Wednesday at a scaled-down ceremony in…
