First responders: from heroes to zeroes
At the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, first responders were the toast of the town. Most of us appreciated that…
Want to save the planet? Go nuclear
Amidst general gloom and doom, there’s been a small ray of light, showing that sometimes scare campaigns and endless demonisation…
Republicans’ fiscal responsibility theater
If you think Washington couldn’t get any more dysfunctional, think again. On Monday night, Senate Republicans blocked a Democratic attempt…
Eric Zemmour is eating Marine Le Pen alive
French opinion polls are best taken with a generous bucket of sel de Guérande but this evening’s drop of a…
How the far left killed itself
The Labour right is as happy as I have seen it in a decade. It thinks it has its party…
Von der Leyen is the real winner of the German elections
The bald guy who leads the Social Democrats. The earnest looking Green lady. Or perhaps the guy in the charcoal-grey…
No, America couldn’t have been Canada
What if William Howe, the dithering British commander, hadn’t let the American army escape in the Battle of Long Island…
China’s sandcastles in the sea
Afghanistan sits in the middle of everyone’s infrastructure projects like a pigeon shitting on a chessboard. The world has two options: it…
The trouble with ‘Angiemania’
The most annoying thing about Angela Rayner’s branding of the Tories as ‘scum’ was not that it offended some Tories,…
The problem with having a woke prison service
The new Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has said in the past that he wants prison to be ‘unpleasant.’ To that…
The Manchester refugee charity representing the best of British
In October The Spectator will be heading to Manchester for Conservative party conference for the first time in two years,…
Labour in terf war as Rayner slaps down Duffield
Whether it’s scum-gate, party democracy, membership expulsions or the minimum wage you’d think Labour had had enough splits this conference.…
Starmer is missing a major trick
Labour’s party conference slogan is ‘stronger future together’. It’s sufficiently anodyne that despite it being emblazoned all over a massive…
Can a minor consent to losing their sexuality?
The court of review in Britian last week set aside the 2020 Bell Vs Tavistock Divisional Court decision that persons…
Covid: an alternative interpretation
I recently saw this acronym for COVID. C = Censor O = Oppress V = Victimise I = Isolate D = Divide In a country that…
Joe Biden’s history tour from hell
Breaking news from off the wires this morning. Apparently the guy who almost punched out a Detroit factory worker on…
New polling: Australians say fire up the nukes
This is one of those bonus weeks for poll wonks when we get a Newspoll on Monday and the fortnightly…
Labour is still overrun with anti-Israel cranks
As unhinged Labour conference motions go, the party’s anti-Aukus resolution will likely capture the headlines. The text describes the new…
Black Caucus silent on ‘slavery’ border claims
The Congressional Black Caucus did not respond when asked on Friday whether they agree with Rep. Maxine Waters’s comment that…
Comrade Bercow hails his new leader
It’s been a tough few days for Keir Starmer. Unloved by his party’s activists and outmaneuvered by his union barons,…
Why is Labor still at war with JobKeeper?
JobKeeper saved Australia from a deep recession. Labor knows this is true. They know that for the 3.8 million Australians…
The new provocateurs of Covid
The extraordinary 1988 John Hillcoat/Nick Cave film Ghosts … of the Civil Dead is set in a slightly futuristic high-tech…
Prince Andrew has no good options
It’s not a good look, aged 61, to be hiding behind your mother. The ninth in line to the throne…
The German elections are good news for Macron
The German election result means that a three party coalition will almost certainly be needed to form a government. Olaf…
Who will succeed Merkel?
The results of the German election have shifted somewhat since last night’s exit poll. What we know for sure is…
