Can’t stand free speech? You’re fired!
Since the whole world is in crisis, a crisis in the world of publishing might seem like a niche issue.…
Dexamethasone isn’t a coronavirus breakthrough
It’s welcome news, of course, that dexamethasone can reduce mortality in people with moderate to severe respiratory complications due to…
Churchill once challenged BBC intolerance
Winston Churchill: hero or villain? That was the question the BBC asked on its website on 10 June. It caused…
How multiculturalism brings stacks of benefits – to all the wrong people
On Sunday night, we watched in utter disbelief as the systemic corruption, running rife within the Victorian Labor Party, was laid bare for…
Did slavery really make Britain rich?
‘It’s a sad truth that much of our wealth was derived from the slave trade’, said London’s mayor Sadiq Khan.…
From Spring Street to the Snowys: how will Labor’s stacking scandal play in Eden-Monaro?
When the contest for Eden-Monaro kicked off just a few short months ago, the Coalition looked like it may pull…
The ABC of politics
I have never really understood all the criticisms of the ABC and their biases. It is as if people think that the…
Our trendies can afford to sneer at America and democracy. Funny what happens in the developing world…
Dalia Research, the Alliance for Democracies and Rasmussen International have released the results of the Democracy Perception Index, the largest study…
The full story of the ‘second wave’
Has the second wave of COVID-19 arrived? Or is it time to fully reopen the country? It depends where you…
Is Macron Boris’s best friend now?
If Emmanuel Macron is intending to extract a pound of flesh from the United Kingdom as the price of Brexit,…
I will not be silent
After the horrible death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, I started to grow increasingly uncomfortable by what I saw. I…
Could British farmers block a UK-US trade deal – and what does it mean for Oz?
Will the UK agree a trade deal with the US? Such an agreement has long been cited by Leave campaigners…
Watch: Andrew Neil on why The Spectator is returning furlough money
Earlier this month, The Spectator‘s chairman Andrew Neil announced that we would be handing back the government furlough money. He…
Is this the deal that could break the Brexit deadlock?
Trade talks between the UK and the EU are in a better place than they have been at any point…
John Bolton is a greedy hack
Bolton is a peculiar and stubborn man – you can tell that from his moustache. He’s also a greedy hack.…
The five most explosive Trump claims in Bolton’s new book
Donald Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton has made a series of bombshell revelations in a new tell-all biography. Claims…
Will India finally learn its lesson on China?
Clashes between Indian and Chinese troops are shocking but nothing new. For almost twenty days, in the autumn of 1962, a…
Footballers should get to their feet – not ‘take the knee’
It’s hard to argue that English football is chronically racist. Unlike in many boardrooms up and down Britain, there are…
Colonial Brewing? Filthy, phallocentric Spotted Dick? Don’t laugh. This is serious
A Western Australian brewery is yet another innocent victim of cancel culture because of its name, ‘Colonial Brewing’. Add Coon Cheese to the list and…
Will Trump’s ‘Great American Comeback’ work?
There’s no spinning it: if the U.S. presidential election were held today, it is highly unlikely Donald Trump would win…
Liberals must be careful wading into Somyurek’s derin bok
As the lurid text messages of the Adem Somyurek sting federal MP, Anthony Byrne, dominate today’s news cycle, it’s clear…
A universal basic income is still a terrible idea
Opportunists across the political spectrum have been emboldened by the current crisis to propose all manner of terrible ideas. And…
Black mass: the Georgetown Lecture Fund’s odd diversity campaign
The New York Times’s opinion editor resigned in disgrace earlier this month following a newsroom revolt over the publication of…
The ill-timed revelations of John Bolton
It’s starting to look as though the question isn’t who Donald Trump asked to assist him in his 2020 bid…
Like it or not, Australia needs Donald Trump
It is difficult to imagine a more critical juncture in Australian history: We confront a world downturn, accompanied by a…
