Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96
The Queen has died. Buckingham Palace has just confirmed that Her Majesty passed away at Balmoral this afternoon. It was…
Russia’s Ben Stiller ban is a sign of Putin’s desperation
What do Ben Stiller, Sean Penn, the chairman of the BBC, Piers Morgan, and, er, me, have in common? The…
Rome Call: the Pope’s ‘ethical’ AI dystopia
It was a good call when Western Civilisation decided to erect a wall between religion and politics, protecting both spheres…
Catholic schools defy gender ‘affirmation’ laws
The Catholic church showed real courage this week issuing advice to its schools to avoid sending kids for irreversible ‘gender…
Pakistan’s flood marks the return of ‘Climate Change’
As the media become increasingly bored by Covid, it is time to return to an old favourite… The temperature is…
Truss’s appointments are ruffling Tory feathers
Liz Truss has started to appoint supporters of her leadership campaign rivals to ministerial positions, answering the demand (mostly from…
Is long Covid all in the mind?
What’s the link between long Covid and mental health? A study just published in the Journal of the American Medical…
Liz Truss should increase Universal Credit
Liz Truss’s plans for a two-year energy bill freeze, estimated to cost £100 billion, underscore three points. One, the incoming Prime…
Tory ministers shouldn’t fall for these purity tests
Liz Truss’s ministers had not even got their feet beneath the cabinet table before they were treated to a barrage…
Truss is in a stronger position than Thatcher – for now
People used to understand that they were ageing when they noticed police officers in their neighbourhood looking unfeasibly young. Given…
Putin’s gas war endgame
What is the Kremlin’s gas war endgame? Based on the various statements from Gazprom, the foreign ministry, and Dmitry Peskov,…
Why Germany must pay war reparations to Poland
There are crimes that can never be fully forgiven, and can never be forgotten. Time does not absolve the perpetrator…
Bush is leading us to tragedy (2002)
It’s 20 years since the clamour for the invasion of Iraq was at its loudest. Boris Johnson, The Spectator’s then…
What does the new cabinet tell us about Truss?
”Loyalty’ remarked Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe is ‘the Tory party’s secret weapon.’ The near constant blue-on-blue attacks of the last six…
Ukraine turns the tables on Russia
Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine has moved into a new phase, a very encouraging one for Ukraine and its western…
Can you hear me yet?
From Prime Minister Albanese – and so many of his cohorts – to media muppets loitering at every point of…
Dear Prime Minister, I am confused
It might just be me, but I am confused about the first 100 days of our new Australian Prime Minister.…
The Territory Gap leaves Indigenous communities at a loss
The Northern Territory has the worst economic outcomes for Indigenous people in remote or very remote locations of any state…
Biden unwisely wages war on MAGA
It is popular on the left side of politics to charge people with the terrible crime of destroying democracy. Yet…
The horrifying truth about Liz Truss
Was it just me or was Liz Truss actually smirking during her statement outside Downing Street, the one littered with…
Full text: The PM’s first speech on the steps of No. 10
Good afternoon. I have just accepted Her Majesty the Queen’s kind invitation to form a new government. Let me pay…
Boris Johnson was a terrible strongman
The ejection of Boris Johnson from Downing Street today proves that the UK has not gone the way of Donald…
