Robert Jenrick: The Tories have a young person problem
Is ex-immigration minister Robert Jenrick on manoeuvres? He certainly looked the part as he waxed lyrical to a crowd of…
Kemi Badenoch refuses to toe the line – again
It’s been another deeply uncomfortable day for the Tories, where the line to take on an issue of racism has…
Robert Hur’s damning testimony about Joe Biden
“We identified evidence that President Biden willfully retained classified materials after the end of his vice presidency, when he was…
Badenoch calls for forgiveness over Tory donor’s ‘racist’ remarks
The Frank Hester saga continues after the Tory donor’s ‘rude’ remarks about Diane Abbott came to light on Monday. A…
Australia’s ATM extinction!
Hands up if you’ve struggled to find an ATM lately… I don’t mean an overpriced service station ATM; I mean…
Mystical truth and palpable absurdity
George Orwell wrote in 1984, ‘The words kept coming back to him, statement of a mystical truth and a palpable…
The RNC becomes the Trump National Committee
Donald Trump has a plan to turn the Republic National Committee into a “seamless operation” — and it involves cleaning…
Our spy laws are out of date (again)
It appears that ASIO is unable to bring about the prosecution of an unamed former politician who betrayed Australia because…
Navalny’s death has left Russia’s opposition in despair
Following the wave of articles that have appeared in the Western press since Navalny’s death come three pieces from émigré…
Should the Emiratis be allowed a minority stake in the Telegraph?
How much of The Spectator and the Daily Telegraph should the United Arab Emirates be allowed to own? Tomorrow, the…
Leave Kate Middleton alone
Well done everyone for ruining Mother’s Day for the Princess of Wales. I hope you’re proud of yourselves. A young-ish…
Scathing response to Adam Bandt’s private jet hypocrisy
How much does it cost to keep the leader of a minor, nature-loving, tree-hugging political party happy? Roughly $1 million,…
Who is going to pay for Rishi’s gas power stations?
The problem with intermittency of wind and solar energy is so obvious that you wonder why is has taken the…
Boris Johnson won’t help Sunak win back the Red Wall
What are we to make of today’s rather breathless story in the the Times suggesting that Boris Johnson will make…
All hail the abolition of the ‘non-doms’
One of the agreeable surprises in the Spring Budget was Jeremy Hunt’s late conversion to the idea of abolishing ‘non-dom’…
Has the jobs market cooled enough to cut interest rates?
Is the Bank of England about to cut interest rates? Today’s labour market statistics might just give them the room…
Is Giorgia Meloni a secret centrist?
When it became clear in September 2022 that Giorgia’s Meloni right-wing coalition was on course to win Italy’s general election,…
Blame Prince William, not Kate, for the Royal photo blunder
The Princess of Wales has owned up. In a statement on X/ Twitter, she revealed that she was the phantom…
Lee Anderson should call a by-election after defecting to Reform
Lee Anderson, who has defected from the Tories to Reform, is about to find out that switching parties is not…
Can the Tories actually make their free extra childcare plan work?
Is the government’s expansion of free childcare actually going to work? The early years sector says not. They have warned…
Marriage – a fading institution
‘Dearly beloved, we are gathered together in the sight of God, and in the face of this congregation, to join…
Hubris and the Left
We are all familiar with the concept of hubris. The vice of excessive self-confidence and ambition which, by inducing a…
Macron has spied an easy win with his assisted dying Bill
Emmanuel Macron was predictably theatrical when he introduced his Bill on the end of life yesterday. In the proposed legislation,…
Is the Pope’s moral surrender a sin?
In the Middle East, US President Joe Biden is urging Israel’s surrender to the terrorist Hamas organisation via a ceasefire.…





