Where the Iranians will strike next
The Iranians are masters of asymmetrical warfare. They are masters at playing the grey areas. And so what you will…
The Soleimani assassination is Donald Trump’s biggest gamble yet
Ever since Donald Trump was elected president on a non-military interventionist platform, sceptics have questioned his commitment to withdrawing troops…
How Iran will strike back after the killing of Qasem Soleimani
In the early hours of the morning, Iraqi State television reported that the leader of Iran’s Qud’s Force, Qasem Soleimani…
Taking out Soleimani is like stepping on a landmine to cure a headache
Talleyrand once commented that Napoleon’s execution of the Duke of Enghien in 1804 was worse than a crime. It was…
Cummings offers a glimpse of the incoming Whitehall revolution
Over the parliamentary recess, there’s been much speculation over what the government’s mooted Whitehall revamp will mean in practice. Part…
Donald Trump: making sex great again
The Dow Jones is up, US unemployment is down, wages are rising, manufacturing jobs are returning. And now this: A recent…
Can our prison system ‘cure’ convicted terrorists?
We’ve just celebrated the birth of a refugee who went on to radicalise a group of fishermen and transform the…
Why Trump will win again in 2020
This article is in The Spectator’s January 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. My reasons for thinking Trump was going to be…
Luvvie Laura and the(ir) ABC’s problem with abusive behaviour
In November, the(ir) ABC, ran an episode of Q&A which condoned violence. On November 4, Egyptian-American journalist Mona Eltahawy justified violence…
What could go right for Trump in 2020?
It’s starting to dawn on Democrats that Donald J. Trump might stand on the steps of the Capitol in January…
Hong Kong faces a growing crisis in 2020
Last week Carrie Lam, the embattled chief executive of Hong Kong’s increasingly beleaguered and unpopular government, deplored the latest round…
Gypsy Geraldina’s 2020 visions
Most people don’t know this, but in a previous life my fame was legendary. As Gypsy Geraldina, queen of the fortune tellers,…
Islam, reform and the battle of narratives
Is a wind of change blowing in the Arab world and bringing Muslims and Jews closer together? Ed Husain made…
A crime still in progress
This article is in The Spectator’s January 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. Crime in Progress is, inadvertently, the cruelest book ever written…
Why celebrating the New Year is good for your soul
The meaning of most holidays is clear: Valentine’s Day celebrates romance; Thanksgiving, productivity; Anzac Day the soldiers who protect us…
Why my booze-free Christmas just didn’t work
I decided to go booze free this Christmas. I had a lot of people staying, which means work, stress, and…
What could go wrong for Donald Trump in 2020?
What are the four things that can go blooey for President Trump in the next year? First, he can get…
Rachel Riley: How I deal with trolls
I have in the past received thousands of abusive social media messages at a time. I used to feel that…
Climate is a cop-out. Political pissants are to blame for our bushfire crisis
Matt Kean, the New South Wales Minister for the Environment, recently blamed climate change for the current bushfires in Australia. He…
Lily Allen to Newsnight: The 41 most annoying things in 2019
Lily Allen. Lights! Camera! Hanky! It’s been a vintage year for Twitter’s comedy genius. The needy pub-bore grumblings of Tony…
Trump and the troops
This article is in The Spectator’s January 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. Thanksgiving Day, the most American of holidays, found President Trump…
Tony Abbott: Why I changed my mind about multiculturalism
Spectator writers, past and present, were asked: ‘When have you changed your mind?’ Here is Tony Abbott’s response: A rather…
Boris Johnson and the Tories should fear a weak opposition
We have a likely candidate who allegedly told one of her colleagues ‘I’m glad my constituents aren’t as stupid as…
Corbyn may be a goner but his ideology is as strong as ever
East Germans had a name for their version of ‘woke’ culture’; it was Zersetzung, or ‘decomposition’ in English. It was…
My grandad hated Thatcher and the Tories. Here’s why he voted for Boris
“I am not a manual labourer and please God I shall never be one, but there are some kinds of…
