World
Trump’s worrying appetite for war
As The Spectator goes to press, a great fleet of American war machines is whirring through the skies toward the…
The two missing words in the King’s Andrew statement
There are, you’ll note, two little words missing from King Charles’s statement on former prince Andrew’s arrest on suspicion of…
Why Starmer must raise defence spending fast
Britain’s armed forces lack the mass, readiness and resilience needed to produce a credible deterrent in an era of intensifying…
Bring on Rachel Reeves’s boring Spring statement
For the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to tell everyone in advance that her Spring statement will be ‘boring’ is a little…
South Korea won’t move past Yoon’s prison sentence lightly
South Korean presidents have gained infamy for meeting untimely fates, whether death, imprisonment or suicide. And now, former president Yoon…
Mamdani’s People’s Republic of New York
Proudly displayed in the window of my local Barnes and Noble are copies of a children’s book called Zohran Walks New…
America’s future looks vulgar
The latest Super Bowl offers the most recent opportunity to reflect on the terminal state of our national culture, held…
The seismic arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor
Ever since the Restoration of Charles II in 1660, no member of the royal family has been arrested, which makes…
Why the Equality Act has to go
If the Equality Act 2010 made discrimination illegal, then why we have seen the rise of persistent and widespread discrimination…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is arrested
Happy birthday to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. He has this morning been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, after photos…
Antonia Romeo is the new cabinet secretary
We have a new cabinet secretary! After a shambolic week in which Downing Street were forced to admit to the…
A homegrown Visa card won’t save Britain in a crisis
It is finally dawning on the government and the banking industry that it is not such a good idea to…
The dodgy data behind child poverty
Britain is set for another dodgy data scandal. In last Friday’s Reality Check newsletter I picked up on reporting from the…
The US is offering Iran a lifeline – will it take it?
The talks are still alive. Just. Iranian and US diplomats, engaging indirectly through Omani intermediaries, have yet to make any…
Is Reform brave enough to take on the pensions triple lock?
Will any political party ever take on the triple lock? The answer from Reform’s Robert Jenrick yesterday appeared to be…
What happened to Speakers’ Corner?
We need to talk about Ahmed Mohammed. He’s a Sudanese asylum seeker in the UK, and this week he was spared…
Trump slaps down State Department on Chagos
Just what is happening in Washington? It was only yesterday that the State Department was trying to merrily wave through…
Did Billie Eilish get me deported?
For someone who believes that “no one is illegal on stolen land,” it’s a surprise that Billie Eilish’s legal team…
How the Obamas marginalized Jesse Jackson
During a visit to Zimbabwe in 1989, Jesse Jackson was walking down the dirt trail leading to Victoria Falls when…
It’s time to abolish the minimum wage
Forty-five per cent of 24-year-olds who are not in education, employment, or training – known as ‘NEETs’ – have never…
What Labour should have learnt from Dominic Cummings
‘O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?’ Keir Starmer seems to have mirrored Juliet after deciding to move on Chris Wormald on as Cabinet…
Is it a surprise middle-class women are using Ozempic most?
New research reveals a startling truth about the people paying thousands for weight-loss drugs: they’re mostly middle-aged, wealthy women. In…
Why can’t this advert depict a black sexual harasser?
A Transport for London (TfL) advert has been banned for ‘perpetuating a negative racial stereotype about black men’. The decision,…
Morocco should be allowed to cull its stray dogs
Imagine if spectators at the London Olympics had to gingerly make their way past loose pit bull terriers and XL…
Nancy Guthrie and the gamification of crime
Nancy Guthrie had been missing for less than 48 hours when the game began. Not the investigation, which was already…
