Won’t somebody please think of the ABC journos?
In a salient display of a free press and journalistic independence, the Australian government-owned national broadcaster has taken the Australian…
Jordan Peterson and how the left seek to destroy those it hates
Jordan Peterson, one of the world’s leading intellectuals and a twenty-first-century champion of academic truth has just passed through one of the most…
The left’s hypocrisy on “racism”
It’s just as well the left keeps losing elections around the world – worse than losing votes; they’ve lost the…
Joe Biden should do town halls forever
While a successful politician in many ways, Joe Biden’s attempts to become president are marked by quite a severe flaw…
The Minister, Sir Humphrey and Yassmin Abdel-Magied’s grant
The Australia Council was the creation of the Whitlam government and, in the last round of grant recipients, to the…
The BBC’s big problem is its obsession with itself
One reason people are disillusioned with the BBC is its obsession with itself. Here is the text of a question…
So you think you’re a classical liberal?
A fair number of people nowadays are announcing that they’re classical liberals. An apparently more or less equal number of…
The coronavirus is China’s biggest test since Tiananmen Square
Over 1,500 Chinese have died from the coronavirus, with tens of millions quarantined in their own homes. President Xi is…
The Spectator becomes the world’s longest-lived current affairs magazine
This weekend The Spectator reaches a truly historic milestone. For forty years, it has been the oldest current-affairs or literary…
Write off Bloomberg’s meme army at your own peril
Michael Bloomberg is everywhere. If you watch a YouTube video, there’s a Bloomberg 2020 ad. If you live in any…
Don’t expect the EU to learn any lessons from Brexit
I have enjoyed my first fortnight back as a civilian after my temporary stint as an MEP. Along with other…
The death of the centre in European politics
Stockholm It’s hard not to feel sorry for Leo Varadkar. He positioned himself as Ireland’s champion and even ended up…
The Democrats are damned if they nominate Sanders. And damned if they don’t
It might be a stretch to compare the ugly-but-not-violent warfare of American politics in 2020 with the explosive politics of…
Borrowed time
The nature of the Johnson government is still not clear, but has become more so with the announcement this week…
Portrait of the Week
Home The Department of Health classified the novel coronavirus (named by the World Health Organization Covid-19) as a ‘serious and imminent…
Diary
Exactly 50 years ago I drove, for the first visit of many, across country to Aldeburgh in Suffolk, following the…
Barometer
Going viral A few of the businesses which chose ‘Corona’ as a brand name and now have a bit of…
Beyond impeachment
An impeachment trial is overseen by Congress and Senate, who both make the law and (in this case) sit in…
Letters
A green and poor land? Sir: Your editorial (8 February) is a timely warning about what the government’s headlong drive…
The Spectator’s Notes
How depressed should one be about the HS2 go-ahead? The cost is stupefying. The offering to the north — considered…
Boris and the ticking clocks
‘The clock is ticking.’ It is surely only a matter of time before Michel Barnier returns to his notorious catchphrase…
Citizenship is a privilege, not a right
A couple of people in the Hornsey and Wood Green Labour party have come up with a fascinating suggestion —…
Can Bernie go the distance?
Manchester, New Hampshire Democrats almost all agree that Donald Trump is ruining America and must be removed from the White…
Why I’ll never become an MP
Every now and then someone asks me if I have ever thought of becoming an MP. My response tends to…
Never mind the numbers – the gender battle has barely begun
It’s the way the world’s going, but still it looks quite impressive that the number of women directors of FTSE100…
