Keir Starmer has dropped the ball on Ukraine
Has Keir Starmer dropped the ball on Ukraine? Dmytro Kuleba, the Ukrainian former foreign minister, certainly thinks so. Kuleba, who…
German politics is a mess
The German Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote in parliament yesterday. It’s almost certain now that Germans will head…
Kevin Andrews: a quiet reformer
I first met Kevin Andrews in his ministerial office shortly after the 2004 election, where he interviewed me for the…
The finger-pointing over Yang Tengbo begins
The threatened Commons drama of an MP using parliamentary privilege to name the alleged Chinese spy was dampened rather after…
Democrats are desperate for a new Bill Clinton
In the weeks since Donald Trump won the presidential election, Democrat supporters, amidst much gnashing of teeth, have offered up…
Israel is right to cut ties with Ireland
Everything that has gone wrong in modern Ireland is summed up in the fact that it is winning praise from…
Rayner’s revolution enrages Reform
This afternoon Angela Rayner will unveil potentially the biggest shake-up of local government since the 1970s. The Housing Secretary will…
Labour will regret selling Royal Mail
It will maintain the single price ‘universal service obligation’. The government will keep its ‘golden share’. And there are ‘legally…
Starmer receives worst rating yet as Labour leader
Another day, another bit of bad news for Sir Keir Starmer. A new Ipsos poll carried out between 27 November…
The Royals should ban Andrew from Christmas
Sixty years ago, in the aftermath of one of the twentieth century’s most salacious scandals, the former MP John Profumo…
The hypocrisy of Nick Candy
The property tycoon Nick Candy, interviewed in yesterday’s Sunday Times, appears to be hoping to position himself as a UK…
SNP ministers blasted over taxpayer-funded limo trips
To Scotland, where more SNP ministers are under scrutiny over their use of official limousines with First Minister John Swinney…
How Ireland declared diplomatic war on Israel
‘Tis the season of goodwill to all men. Except for the Irish and Israelis, that is, who have seen their…
The attack on Ben Judah is nothing to celebrate
Readers of The Spectator may remember the 2021 defenestration of author and teacher Kate Clanchy, which saw her part company…
Macron is powerless against his enemies
So farewell Michel Barnier, the man who will now be best remembered not as the suave face of the EU…
What’s flying over New Jersey?
The nightly news is replicating Orson Welles’s 1938 broadcast of War of the Worlds, which scared Americans by describing an…
Why are nuclear opponents in Australia so reluctant to embrace change?
As the Coalition unveiled its plan to integrate nuclear energy into Australia’s energy mix, backed by Frontier Economics’ detailed modelling,…
The Duke lacrosse case should have been a warning about #MeToo
Almost two decades after claiming she was raped at a party thrown by members of the Duke University lacrosse team,…
Operation Resolution: cleaning up after HMNZS Manawanui
HMNZS Manawanui, formally a chirpy red and yellow MV Edda Fonn, sank on October 6 much to the shock of…
Angela Eagle: we don’t know how many undocumented migrants there are
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper admits relations with China are ‘a complex arrangement’ An alleged ‘Chinese spy’ with links to Prince…
Pesutto must go
It seems impossible for Liberal Leader John Pesutto to remain in power, and yet that is what he has pledged…
The unintended consequence of Angela Rayner’s nature tax
Political office does odd things to parties which were in opposition. Angela Rayner and Steve Reed have written in the Sunday…
The impossibility of escaping from Assad
‘The mullahs are moody,’ said Aisha, a female university student, explaining her daily nail varnish run in with the aging…
China is getting ready to take on Trump
By one estimate, Chinese military exercises close to Taiwan this week were the largest since 1996, when Beijing attempted unsuccessfully…
