Macron’s vaccine passports are a betrayal of French values
What a celebration of diversity I witnessed in Paris on Saturday as tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the…
It’s Doctor Demento
Poor old John Hewson has been dumped as a columnist with the Nine chipwrappers for the great crime of being…
Lockdowns: last resort or first response?
Just two weeks ago, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a four-phase plan agreed upon by the federal and state leaders…
Ministers are compounding the Covid confusion
After several hours of rage that Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were going to be able to avoid self-isolation —…
The arrogance of Boris and Rishi’s failed isolation dodge
It’s hard to break into the global top ten of insufferably arrogant political acts. You need to do something really memorable…
The art of selling vaccines
I was bemused when I first saw the photograph of spaced-out chairs and vaccination booths in the Turbine Hall of the…
Jess Phillips and the assault on biology
Jess Phillips thinks that transwomen — like me — are not female, but we should be treated as women. She…
What has liberalism ever done for us?
Liberal civil society stands at a critical point where a choice must be made; whether to evict the barbarians from the citadel or…
Sturgeon’s economic council is a fig-leaf for independence
This month’s announcementof a new economic advisory council formed by the Scottish government came with the usual flow of superlatives.…
Will Afghanistan fall to the Taleban?
A last-ditch effort to broker peace in Afghanistan will be made in the Qatari capital of Doha this weekend. A…
Getting UN help on American civil rights is a great idea
The small-minded people who believe in freedom and democratic self-government have their shorts in a bunch over the Biden administration’s…
IT’S BACK: What’s woke this week?
Does it seem to you that rather than falling slowly like Alice, we’re gathering speed in our plunge down the rabbit hole to Wokerland?…
Spectator Australia TV: why lockdowns destroy lives
On Counter Culture – why lockdowns destroy lives, with Professor Gigi Foster. Got something to add? Join the discussion and…
Double-vaxxed Saj tests positive: who’s getting pinged?
As the government prepares to lift nearly all legal Covid restrictions on Monday, ministers are at pains to emphasise that…
The Pope’s merciless war against the Old Rite
I am going to have to boil this down as crudely as I can, because it’s a complex subject with a…
Three horse race to join the 1922 executive
There are just six days left before the Commons rises for recess but there’s still time for one last election.…
Fire! Fire! Fire!
The Spectator Australia’s Twitter account was suspended for 12 hours last night for the terrible sin of ‘violating community standards’. This…
Keir Starmer’s fundamental problem
Half a century ago, Willie Whitelaw accused Harold Wilson of ‘going around the country stirring up apathy’. I can think…
The Italians are deluding themselves about the English
Not content with winning Euro 2020, many Italians have spent the days since the final engaged in a febrile orgy…
The EU will regret its legal onslaught against Poland
When European governments openly disobey courts, ears prick up. When two courts simultaneously contradict each other on the same day…
Colin Pitchfork should die in jail
Colin Pitchfork, the child rapist and murderer who was sentenced to life in prison in 1988, will soon be a…
Mark McGowan may have repented – but has reminded us of the threat to religious freedom in Australia
Yesterday, the Western Australian government backed down from its decision to cancel a booking made by Australian Christian Lobby to run…
Has Boris got cold feet over ‘freedom day’?
A very strange ‘freedom day’ greets us on Monday. Legally, almost all restrictions will be lifted. But practically, ministers are…
Afghanistan: give peace a chance
The American war in Afghanistan is over. In the predawn hours of July 2, US troops slunk away from Bagram…
The rule of law is breaking down in the EU
There are 27 member states in the EU. Two have now declared they are not bound by EU law. Based…
