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If austerity is off the table, how do we pay for Covid-19 costs?
What is the true cost of Covid-19? No one knows – yet. But it’s not going to be cheap. The…
The viral transmission rate will be key to relaxing the lockdown
The next big event in the saga (I choose my words carefully) of our Covid-19 lockdown is the preliminary results…
Why Joe Biden’s America loves a lockdown
COVID-19, the Wuhan virus, is an epidemiological scourge — but it’s also a clarifying catalyst for American politics. The virus’s…
Could this antibody test offer a route out of lockdown?
Finally, the government is to start antibody tests to see how prevalent infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus – which causes…
Was this the moment my father won his fight against coronavirus?
‘Well that’s obviously an azalea. Give me a harder one.’ I’m on one of my daily rehab walks around our…
Did Australia’s China-scepticism prepare it for Covid-19?
As Britain struggles through the eye of the coronavirus storm, it is difficult not to cast our eyes across the…
Squabbling scientists have shocked ministers
The government’s response to criticism of its approach to this pandemic is that it has been ‘guided by the science’…
China is using coronavirus to crack down on Hong Kong
One thing’s for sure: when the history of Covid-19 is written, we’re going to need a few chapters on those…
The Spectator’s archives are full of surprises
The Spectator now has now reached a milestone unmatched in the global press, by becoming the first magazine to publish…
Will American exceptionalism survive the pandemic?
This article is in The Spectator’s May 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. Walpole, Massachusetts What does a writer do…
Could the Covid crash spark another Arab Spring?
They said we were going to uncouple from the Middle East. Barack Obama, they said, was going to pivot to…
The ‘Protect the NHS’ message has become dangerously effective
There was an interesting moment at the government’s daily Covid-19 press briefing a couple of weeks ago. Angela McLean, the…
Israel’s coalition deal means the Trump Peace Plan is back on track
After three stalemate elections in a year, Israel finally has a government. Incumbent prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader…
Paris’s banlieues are burning once again
One of the persistent misconceptions of the riots that swept through France in the autumn of 2005 is that they…
The Russia probe was mishandled worse than anyone could have imagined
It’s been over three years since the FBI first launched its investigation into an alleged conspiracy between the 2016 Trump…
National Review: for Trump in 2020?
Does President Trump have a new favorite magazine? At yesterday’s Coronavirus Task Force briefing, Trump took a bit of time…
The fatality rate of our CCP virus overreaction
This article is in The Spectator’s May 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. I think it was Sir Charles Dilke…
Who is in charge of the government?
Boris Johnson is still officially recuperating from coronavirus at Chequers and is ‘not doing government work’, according to No. 10.…
Is the lockdown costing lives?
Over the next few weeks we are likely to start hearing more and more about a growing death toll –…
Why ministers are reluctant to change face mask guidance
‘Will the public be asked to wear face masks in public?’ This is a topic of debate today for the…
How we can overcome Britain’s problem with scientific illiteracy
It occurs to me that one of the most important lessons we’ve learnt so far during this time of plague…
Oxford professor: We’ve got to be brave now to come out of lockdown
As those who have been keeping a close eye on the number of daily coronavirus cases and deaths in the…
What Britain’s corona cops should learn from Japan’s police
Soon after I began living in central Tokyo I got an unexpected visitor to my apartment- a police officer. He…
The Swedish experiment looks like it’s paying off
Two weeks ago, I wrote about ‘The Swedish experiment’ in The Spectator. As the world went into lockdown, Sweden opted for a different…
Is Bernie Sanders the Barry Goldwater of the left?
Forgive the analogy that follows. Is Bernie Sanders the Barry Goldwater of the left? Has Sanders, to echo the words…
