Multiculturalism is an inherently dangerous policy
That such an evil and horrific act can be perpetuated – killing and injury so many innocent, peaceful, and law-abiding…
Dominic Cummings’s warning to broken Britain on migrant crime
Britain should prepare for more rape cases involving illegal migrants, Dominic Cummings has warned. Speaking on The Spectator’s Quite right! podcast, the…
Friedrich Merz risks losing touch with the German people
What a radically changing year 2025 has been: a year in which Germany’s new chancellor, Friedrich Merz, found himself fighting…
‘Boris didn’t care!’: Dominic Cummings on lawfare, lockdowns & the broken British state | part one
In this special two-part interview, Michael Gove and Madeline Grant are joined by Dominic Cummings. After starting his political career…
Ten years after Brexit, the EU is wrestling with its identity
As the tenth anniversary of the Brexit vote approaches, renewed debate about Britain’s relationship with the European Union is perhaps…
Spotify wouldn’t exist without the musicians it exploits
It used to be said that you could walk from the west of Ireland to Nantucket on the backs of…
We need to talk about Islam
I did not come to Islam through theology. I came to it through fear, threat and hatred directed at me…
It’ll be anything but a happy new year in Putin’s Russia
The next year will be challenging for Russia. Yes, we’ve heard this for almost four years. We’ve been told that…
America is better off without Clare Melford
How tempting it is to rush to the aid of Clare Melford, one of the five people told by the…
No, Lady Macbeth isn’t a trans man
William Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth is many things: ruthless, ambitious, manipulative, flawed. But there’s one thing she isn’t: a man. Or…
The four pillars of modern civilisation
When a high-energy society opts for an unreliable, expensive grid
Sydney to Hobart: ‘What a crazy race!’
Yachts taking part in the Boxing Day Sydney to Hobart race scattered rose petals in the sea as they passed…
Are guns laws Albanese’s most desperate shot yet?
Those who say Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is trying for a ‘John Howard moment’ by turning the Bondi terrorist attack…
Nigel Farage is right to go after civil servants who let in sex offenders
British civil servants have almost never faced real consequences for their failures. If Reform come to power, that might change.…
Keir Starmer will regret gushing over Alaa Abd el-Fattah
‘Top priority.’ Those two words in Keir Starmer’s tweet about Alaa Abd el-Fattah stung the hardest. What an affront to…
Are we failing to learn the lesson from Ancient Rome’s riches-to-rags tale?
Today’s tech billionaires, property tycoons and hedge-fund titans have nothing on the ancient Romans. Julius Caesar, who plundered Gaul for…
The Ukraine war pessimists were proven right this year
As the Russian-Ukrainian full-scale war nears its fourth anniversary, Vladimir Putin looks confident, even cocky. It is not that he…
How the first Palestinian leader became a Nazi war criminal
If the founding leader of the Palestinian national movement had been wanted for Nazi war crimes, you might assume this…
Attacking the pen is not the answer
Why Australia needs a Royal Commission before it legislates on fear
The worst of 2025
2025 is drawing to a close. So, because everyone likes a listicle, let’s now trawl through some of the worst…
Why is Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s return a ‘top priority’ for Keir Starmer?
Apparently it has been a “top priority” for Keir Starmer and his government, since the moment they came to office,…
England’s Ashes Test triumph is long overdue
England have just won the fourth Test match against Australia by four wickets. In a bizarre, low-scoring game at Melbourne…
Why pubs shouldn’t ban Labour MPs
In Britain’s public houses, a rebellion is brewing. Landlords, hit hard by the Labour government’s fiscal measures – higher employer…
