David Lammy is wrong about Brexit and the EU
David Lammy believes Britain should rejoin the EU customs union to boost economic growth. In an interview on Thursday, the…
Only a United Nations drip could make the Victorian Treaty a joke
It is frightening how little is taught in schools about the United Nations. Australians have virtually no idea what role…
Vincent Tarzia: taken down by the SA Voice saga?
Whoops! There goes another one… South Australia’s state Liberal leader has stepped down after the rumblings of irreconcilable division set…
Why GPs are reluctant about online booking
‘Moaning Minnies’ is how the Health Secretary Wes Streeting has described GPs opposing his rollout of online appointment booking. Originally,…
Fifa’s great World Cup rip-off has gone too far
Today’s World Cup draw in Washington, presided over by Fifa president Gianni Infantino with best buddie president Donald Trump at…
Ukraine’s war on the Russian language is a mistake
Kyiv has stripped the Russian language of its protection under Europe’s Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Culture warriors at home and abroad have hailed…
Why can’t Bridget Phillipson admit she’s wrong about free schools?
Back when the free school policy was in its infancy, the general secretary of Britain’s largest headteacher union described them…
Trump’s peace process pageantry
The US Institute of Peace was taken over by DoGE in January and now appears to have undergone a makeover…
Stories of origin: conservatives forgot the power of narrative
For the left, emotion wins in the battle of feelings and facts
How the Left turned the Catholic Church against the Jews
Marxism corrupts everything, including religion
ACT government flirts hard with socialism
Residents and communities treated as obstacles to central planning
Halle Berry vs. Erika Kirk
Journalist Andrew Ross Sorkin’s DealBook summit, sponsored by the New York Times, made a lot of news yesterday, though it…
There is one impressive thing about Keir Starmer’s government
I am going to shock Spectator readers and say something in praise of the government. There is one area where…
Trump is running out of tricks to prop up the American economy
President Donald Trump dozed off during his cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Who could blame him? Listening to Secretary of State…
Liz Truss launches ‘The Liz Truss show’
Ping! An email lands in Mr Steerpike’s inbox. An exciting new project launches tomorrow. Liz Truss is starting her own…
Who knew that King Charles could be funny?
Describing the royal family as ‘funny’ is not, perhaps, the first thing that comes to mind when talking about the…
The sinister rise of facial-recognition Britain
Britain has long been one of the most surveilled democracies in the world. But under Starmer’s government, things are about…
Putin ‘morally responsible’ for Salisbury novichok poisoning
Vladimir Putin is ‘morally responsible’ for the death of Dawn Sturgess, a public inquiry today has concluded. The mother of…
No tap water has left all of Tunbridge Wells disgusted
I’ve lived in Tunbridge Wells for 20 years, and have never met anyone disgusted. Until this week. Yup, we’re all…
Reform blasts Labour for delaying mayoral elections
Well, well, well. Labour’s decision to cancel four mayoral elections by two years is not going down well, to put…
Does Paloma Faith know what ‘far right’ means?
The fash must be bricking it. Paloma Faith, Fontaines D.C. and Lenny Henry are among the musicians, comedians and celebs…
Marwan Barghouti isn’t the ‘Palestinian Mandela’
Some scoffed when Donald Trump thought to tap Tony Blair’s decades of involvement in the Middle East for his future…
The desperation of the ‘Seditious Six’
Two weeks ago, six US lawmakers, all military or intelligence veterans, released a cryptic YouTube video where they spoke directly…
Reform double Tory donations in new release
‘Anything you can do, I can do better.’ Throughout 2025, both Reform and the Conservatives have slugged it out, trading…
