What’s woke this week
What do Barbie dolls, meat myths and Maths have in common? They’ve all been very woke this week, as you’ll…
Whistleblowers give Trump a taxing time
Oops. Donald Trump has another nettlesome whistleblower on his hands that he’s going to have to try and drown out. …
Don’t kill free speech to kill hate speech
Flawed ‘hate speech’ laws are a threat to free speech. The best way to protect minorities – while also properly…
Brexit rebels warm to Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan
The European reaction to Boris Johnson’s plan has been getting cooler today. But in parliament it has been a different…
Watch: Extinction Rebellion ‘fake blood’ protest backfires
Extinction Rebellion protestors have just sprayed 1800 litres of fake blood over the Treasury using an old fire engine. Unfortunately their…
Braving two terrifying tribes: academics and racism warriors
Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon, who died this week aged 81, was in the last generation of that profession who could claim…
Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan could soon be dead
Boris Johnson’s Brexit offer to the EU is not dead on arrival – but it may well be dead within the…
Alexander Downer and Russiagate: be it sleaze or a smear, we need the facts
The hills are alive with the sound of shrieking from the Democrats and their PR wing in the mainstream media…
Is Boris the fluker about to stumble his way to a Brexit victory?
The prime minister usually spends several weeks fine-tuning his conference speech. Today Boris gave an address that felt as it…
Tony Abbott: My heart leapt when Boris Johnson became prime minister
If Britain is to be a free country, the difficulties of leaving simply have to be faced. Now, I know…
Why celebrate a tyranny?
Seventy years ago, the authoritarian dictatorship of the Chinese Communist Party was established. The “Great Leap Forward” which followed in…
Jim Molan heads back to the preselection trenches
Jim Molan’s military contemporaries regard him as one of the most skilled tacticians of his generation. More, he thinks strategically…
ScoMo’s religious freedom plans may be worse than doing nothing
When a devout Christian teacher takes legal action against a private Christian school claiming unlawful discrimination, what does protection of…
Impeachment is regime suicide
The Democratic party and the chattering classes are playing a dangerous game with impeachment. Their are two modern precedents —…
Boris has five days to make a Brexit deal
The prime minister is about to launch himself on the most important and arduous challenge of his time in office,…
Why is the EU obsessed with forcing regulatory alignment on Britain?
I still don’t quite understand the position of some ardent Remain supporters. I do not understand why allowing the UK…
Why senior Conservatives are talking about a Brexit extension
Will the UK have left the EU by October 31st? At the Conservative party conference, ministers, MPs and activists are…
Mueller, Pelosi, impeachment and Trump — and a real Downer
There was an article in the American press a few days ago in which the author explained that unity is…
How big is your but?
We all know about buts — those ‘exceptions to the rule’. “I’m all for freedom, but…” or “I would never…
Donald Trump’s blunderful presidency
There’s a story about Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign that, apocryphal or not, explains why he’s now facing…
Greta grates, so why can’t capitalism sell itself
Yawn. The whinging is as reliable as clockwork. Just the packaging changes: The UN has called for a global “green new…
It’s now or never for Boris Johnson if he wants a Brexit breakthrough
There is only one speech that matters this week, here in Manchester at Tory party conference. It will be Boris Johnson’s on…
The age of LOLitics
This article is in The Spectator’s inaugural US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. One thing is now as obvious as a brick…
It’s unfair for Britain to take Tooba Gondal and other Isis brides back
I am sure that Tooba Gondal, the latest Isis bride to beg for a return to Britain, would, as she…
“In any weather you will see us with a grin, risking head and shin”
As the roar of the crowd and the smell of the liniment fades into memories, it occurs to me that…
