Poll: half of voters unaware of ‘Boriswave’

30 June 2025 11:59 pm

What likelihood of a Boris Johnson comeback? Well, according to the man himself, there is, apparently, ‘more chance of a…

Politicians, not ChatGPT, caused the recruitment slump

30 June 2025 10:03 pm

The machines are already smarter and better organised than humans. They never ask for a pay rise, and they don’t…

Will Putin really rein in Russia’s defence spending?

30 June 2025 10:02 pm

At the very time when those warmongering Nato nations are pledging to raise their defence spending substantially, that doveish peacenik…

The education of Zohran Mamdani

30 June 2025 9:57 pm

Zohran Kwame Mamdani, having secured the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor, is in the national spotlight. At the…

The state needs to chill out about the hot weather

30 June 2025 9:36 pm

Since the year dot, it’s got rather warm in southern England at some stage most summers. Not scorching. In recent…

Woolworths cancels The Spectator

30 June 2025 9:31 pm

The Spectator has thousands of readers in South Africa, many of whom get their weekly magazine from Woolworths, the country’s…

Take me back to Glastonbury

30 June 2025 9:06 pm

Judging by the coverage of this year’s Glastonbury festival, and the reaction in certain quarters, you would be forgiven for…

On the Israel-Syria border, death is always close

30 June 2025 7:33 pm

Syria’s new president, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, is desperate to stay on the sidelines of the Iran-Israel war. Most middle eastern states…

Democrats want federally mandated infanticide

30 June 2025 7:00 pm

Women in Britain will soon be able to kill their baby at any point during their pregnancy, even if the…

Should Chris Coghlan be denied Holy Communion?

30 June 2025 6:47 pm

It is not, it’s fair to say, a universal view among Catholic priests that MPs who vote the wrong way…

Britain is facing a doomy economic future

30 June 2025 5:50 pm

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confirmed the economy grew by 0.7 per cent in the first three months…

The bluster and waffle of George Freeman

30 June 2025 5:40 pm

Retromania is well and truly upon us. Neil Young just headlined Glastonbury. Noel Edmonds is back on the telly. And…

Why I hate Wimbledon

30 June 2025 5:15 pm

Here we go: two weeks of wall-to-wall coverage of the sport for people who hate sport. The most boring game…

Meet France’s new anti-green movement

30 June 2025 4:46 pm

A new anti-green social movement is gathering momentum in France seven years after the Yellow Vests rocked the establishment. The…

Labour contenders jockey for position

30 June 2025 3:50 pm

They say you should never waste a good crisis. And that certainly seems to be the mantra of certain senior…

Why is the BBC so obsessed with Munroe Bergdorf?

30 June 2025 3:44 pm

Can the BBC do anything right? Just days before it messed up spectacularly by failing to cut away from Bob…

More failures in union leadership

30 June 2025 11:59 am

Australian workers face a pattern of betrayal from union leaders. This week, the Victorian branch of the Health Services Union…

The Iranian tragedy

30 June 2025 11:28 am

A nation that fears peace, but not war

Jaws turns 50 but still resonates with today’s audiences

30 June 2025 9:56 am

Steven Spielberg’s cinema blockbuster and directorial masterpiece Jaws recently turned 50. Released in 1975, its influence on popular culture remains…

Climate change strikes Canberra

30 June 2025 9:29 am

Like a GBU-57 bunker buster, global warming turned into global boiling and then suddenly turned into weather so cold it…

Jobs for the girls will not save the Liberals

30 June 2025 9:17 am

Conservatives hate gender quotas, including women

Bob Vylan was grotesque, but arrest would be wrong

30 June 2025 5:17 am

It is with some measure of irritation, I must confess, that I am drawn away from this balmy weekend to discuss the idiotic…

The Guardian: let babies vote

30 June 2025 4:34 am

I think I have just located Peak Guardian. It can be found on page 57 of the newspaper’s latest Saturday…

Glastonbury has become a sinister festival of anti-Semitism

29 June 2025 10:53 pm

They’re chanting for the death of Jews at Glastonbury. Yesterday a swaying mob of faux-virtuous poseurs blithely howled for ‘Death,…

Exclusive: Met won’t prosecute Kneecap over ‘Kill your MP’

29 June 2025 9:54 pm

How low is too low? Kneecap seem determined to find out, judging by their never-ending mission to troll the UK.…