Europe got off lightly in Trump’s Davos speech
A sigh of relief at this point may prove premature, but perhaps we can permit ourselves a modest expulsion of…
Keir Starmer’s PMQs performance was his most shameless yet
One of the least successful operas in history received a revival at Westminster this week. ‘Die Frau ohne Schatten’ –…
Trump’s credible threat at Davos
The headline from Trump’s Davos speech is clear: I won’t use military force to take Greenland. That’s what the President…
Keir Starmer talked tough on Trump at PMQs
Keir Starmer tried to use Prime Minister’s Questions today to deliver what he hoped was a tough new line on…
Europe must give Trump what he wants
Tensions between the United States and Europe have prompted a rethink about defence spending among European elites. The postwar paradigm…
The civil service cares more about ‘trans equality’ than women
The Supreme Court’s ruling that the legal definition of ‘woman’ is ‘biological female’ should have meant game over for trans…
Trump sees the EU for the bully it is
There has always been a touch of the actor about Emmanuel Macron, and the President of France was at his…
Syria’s Islamic State camps could fall
As Syrian government forces advance into the formerly Kurdish controlled north east of the country, the issue of future arrangements…
The crisis in Britain’s newest prison is embarrassing
Local monitors at Britain’s newest £400 million ‘super prison’, HMP Millsike, have written to ministers to raise the alarm about…
Ed Miliband’s warm homes scheme is good news for cowboy builders
The cowboys must be licking their lips. Ed Miliband has come up with yet another green homes scheme to chuck…
Why inflation is up again
Inflation has crept back up. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the Consumer Prices Index…
Brave Nationals defied Shadow Cabinet solidarity
Nationals Bridget McKenzie, Ross Cadell, and Susan McDonald quit Shadow Cabinet
Sharks are terrorising Australia
This is a summer that Australians want to forget. Australia was shocked and outraged by last month’s Bondi massacre of…
The police won’t be allowed to use AI to solve crimes
After spending a year trying to empty our overcrowded prisons, the Labour government has now decided its best bet is…
Farage’s defection deadline could make a Tory-Reform pact more likely
Did you read the big news about Reform? No, not its scooping-up of Tory MPs Robert Jenrick and Andrew Rosindell;…
Are the ‘hate group’ laws all about control?
Never let a good crisis go to waste. Anthony Albanese must have been pondering these sage words as he presided…
More shark attacks are inevitable
I wrote a piece for the Spectator last September in the wake of the fatal shark attack on Sydney Northern…
Starmer’s supine ministers can’t defend approving China’s embassy
This government has many faults, but one really cannot fault them on their comic timing. On the very day when…
Nicki Minaj’s ungodly clash with Don Lemon
“Independent” (fired) journalist Don Lemon is making himself the news after he did some activist reporting as part of a…
Who cares if Robert Jenrick can’t pronounce Kemi Badenoch’s name?
Kemi Badenoch, I can feel your pain. Nope, not the feeling of being knifed by a former colleague –but having…
Even Europe knows Britain isn’t spending enough on defence
The United Kingdom’s allies in Europe are concerned that the British government is not allocating enough resources to defence and…
Elon Musk would be a great new owner for Ryanair
A Tesla would whisk you to the airport. The planes would be self-flying. And robots would serve the over-priced sandwiches,…
This is Nato’s Suez moment
In 1969, Charles de Gaulle told his friend André Malraux that America’s “desire – and one day it will satisfy…
Could the Chinese embassy be an opportunity for Britain?
Keir Starmer has formally approved the largest Chinese embassy ever built in Europe. The chosen site, Royal Mint Court, opposite…
