World
Covid’s knock-on effect on child deaths
The daily death toll has been a constant backdrop to the Covid-19 crisis. Would we ever have entered lockdown, would…
Extremists are going to thrive in the post-lockdown world
Throughout the lockdown I’ve been nagged by a persistent thought. As I sit indoors and read the news; as I…
Why are some people being repeatedly tested for coronavirus?
Testing, the government keeps telling us, is the way out of the coronavirus lockdown. Soon, the Prime Minister assured us…
Do you believe Tara Reade?
Without a doubt, women who level sexual assault allegations against powerful men are often subjected to character assassination and smears.…
Inside Boris Johnson’s video call with Tory MPs
One of the consequences of the virtual parliament is fewer opportunities for MPs to lobby No. 10. However, this afternoon…
Misgendering is the real COVID crisis
If it’s true that coronavirus is less likely to kill people with high levels of testosterone, Dr Rachel Levine —…
Boris’s war on obesity is a mistake
In less enlightened times, an outbreak of a deadly virus was taken as a sign of God’s displeasure and would…
Is a summer without cricket truly summer at all?
Isuppose most of us have a hole or two in our lives right now. This is a time of absence;…
France’s bid to tame the German giant
Why does president Macron want European debt mutualisation? Why has France become the spokesman for the ‘southern states’ on a…
The chasm between the UK and EU’s Brexit positions
David Frost briefed the Cabinet yesterday on the state of the Brexit negotiations and he has now issued a very…
Could having a cold protect against Covid?
Could having a common cold protect you against Covid-19? The intriguing prospect has been raised by a team from the…
Britain must back Australia in its fight against China
China is a bully and the sooner the West understands that, the sooner we can begin to push back. Beijing…
How the Labour party ran out of ideas
After losing the leadership contest in April, the left of the Labour Party regrouped. Organising as part of old factions…
Elon Musk slays California’s anti-business beast
After a lengthy battle with public health officials in Alameda County, California, Elon Musk has emerged victorious. Tesla — the…
Germany’s coronavirus protests are a big headache for Merkel
Where Brits have voiced their opposition to the coronavirus lockdown, they’ve mostly done so from their own homes over the…
Covid has exposed the weakness of Whitehall
Britain has long flattered itself that it leads the world in administration. But, as I write in the magazine this week,…
Britain should break the taboo on ‘challenge vaccines’
So far, so good: the Oxford university trials on a potential vaccine for Covid-19 is reported to be going well.…
Is the R number a flawed measure?
Boris Johnson’s address on Sunday was always going to be challenging. The effects of Covid-19 – in terms of its…
Will coronavirus change the way we talk about death?
Every generation has an event that defines it. For my father, it was the Second World War. For his father,…
Oil on troubled waters: the US-Saudi alliance is crumbling
Donald Trump said in October 2018 that the Saudi royal family ‘wouldn’t last two weeks’ without American military support. Last…
Biden busted? Dems and the media circle the wagons over Flynn unmasking
Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell dropped a massive bombshell in the counter-investigation on Russiagate, which President Trump has…
When money dies
This article is in The Spectator’s May 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. ‘Money for Nothing’ is more than just…
Cuomo’s COVID carnage
Have we reached peak Cuomo? I think that the climacteric came when the media was aflutter with rumors that the…
Boris’s sloppy PMQs performance is becoming a problem
A former prime minister once told me that PMQs in the Commons is an event that can only be enjoyed…
How to save our nightlife after coronavirus
The one certainty about crisis is that it makes bad situations worse. Anyone working in restaurants, pubs, cafes and clubs…
