Sunak should acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
When Liz Truss’s premiership came to an abrupt end, it appeared to spell doom for a historic policy shift raised…
Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover isn’t so bad
It’s finally happened. After months of legal wrangling, Twitter has fallen. All hail King Elon; the ‘bird is freed’. The…
Why we should stop worrying and learn to love AI
Whether on British television news panels or late-night TV in America, it is hard to get away from talk about…
Farage gets his fortune (and freedom)
He’s had his money worries in the past, but life seems to be pretty sweet for Nigel Farage right now.…
Eighty years later, World War II is fading from historical memory
With worries about inflation, the war in Ukraine, and tension over Taiwan, it’s easy for Americans to forget that we…
Why Sunak backtracked over fines for missed GP appointments
Not surprisingly, Rishi Sunak has dropped plans to fine NHS patients £10 for missed appointments. It was one of the…
Are Sunak and Hunt planning a windfall tax grab?
When Rishi Sunak entered No. 10 on Tuesday, he paid lip service to the aims of his predecessor. Liz Truss…
Why shouldn’t Macron meet Meloni?
One in four Italians who voted at last month’s election backed Giorgia Meloni’s conservative Brothers of Italy party – that is 7,302,517…
Will Putin use Belarus to attack Ukraine?
For the past month, Russian soldiers have been gathering in Belarus. Thousands of conscripts are assembling. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, Russia’s…
Now is the time for a strong social conservatism
President Biden’s recent interview with transexual TikToker Dylan Mulvaney is a clarifying event for anyone who pays attention to America’s…
Democrats are losing because liberalism has become cruel
Welp, so much for the blue wave. That towering electoral tsunami, which was to deluge the midterm races in a…
The radical alternative to a hospital birth
Giving birth hurts. A lot. Like any other major physical feat, it’s risky, but it’s not the inherently dangerous medical event…
Twitter birds navigate Musk’s wind turbine blades
Elon Musk walked into Twitter headquarters this week carrying a sink. Presumably, that’s where he’s going to store the tears…
The Lady’s for turning … and Britain is burning
One knows better than to compare today’s politicians to great figures of the past. But in the case of Liz…
Which employers still have vaccine mandates?
Australian citizens interact with businesses every day, but whether those businesses have policies requiring their staff to have proof of…
NY Supreme Court: unvaccinated and vindicated
Ever since vaccine mandates reared their ugly heads in 2021, countless unvaccinated individuals have lost their jobs for remaining steadfast…
Environmental extremists: iconoclasts without a cause
It is self-evident that even among those of us who are not religious, there is an instinct towards the numinous…
The Tory wars haven’t gone away
Rishi Sunak told the Tories to ‘unite or die’ as he took office this week. Some of his party colleagues…
Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ is making the Royals nervous
The title of Prince Harry’s long-awaited memoir will be enough to make the royal family nervous. Spare, which was originally…
Might Sunak regret his Budget delay?
Given the swift defenestration of his predecessor after her mini-Budget panicked the markets, it is not surprising that Rishi Sunak…
Trevor Noah’s bizarre Sunak skit backfires
Fire up the engine, the clickbait machine has gone into overdrive. Mr S doesn’t spend much of his time watching…
The centre-right should get on their bikes
The bicycle is the machine that best represents conservative and libertarian worldviews, and we cannot let our bikes be co-opted…
Welcome to the age of nuclear blackmail
Vladimir Putin’s recent announcement that he was not bluffing about using nuclear weapons against the West in his war on…
A healthy Fetterman would have lost the debate too
Last night’s debate between Pennsylvania US Senate candidates Republican Mehmet Oz and Democrat John Fetterman, was, as The Spectator’s own…
NZ passes anti-free speech language compliance law
New Zealand Labour, supported by the Greens, and Māori Party, have passed ‘plain language’ legislation, which will require all branches of…
