Elon Musk is wrong about the Roman Empire
And why I tell people Trump is most like Emperor Elagabalus
2024 election
Saturday
Friday
Reality check: why the Democrats lost
The wound is self-inflicted
American titan: inside Donald Trump’s remarkable political comeback
He has achieved the most remarkable political comeback in American history
In defence of the liberal elite
It must be our fault, we grown-ups who, unlike them, have rumbled him
Thursday
Ukrainians brace for Trump’s return
Americans have chosen, and now Kyiv will bend over backwards, trying to convince its biggest military backer not to abandon Ukraine
Will these celebs really leave the US over Trump?
Over the course of the campaign, a number of top celebs claimed they would up and leave the States if Trump emerged victorious
Wednesday
Kamala Harris finally concedes defeat
A disappointing night and day at her alma mater
Why Donald Trump is winning
Three key patterns in the results explain how we got here
How a Latino wave carried Trump to victory
One intriguing possibility suggested by exit poll data is that multiculturalism committed suicide
Sunday
Can Republicans be trusted with the US economy?
Of the eleven recessions since World War Two, ten have begun under the GOP
Saturday
Has the Trump campaign stalled?
Across the battleground states, early voting numbers suggest that women are turning out in far bigger numbers than men
Monday
Donald Trump is bringing the joy at just the right moment
You’ve almost certainly already seen a clip or two or three
The magic of The Spectator
One party seems to have been swallowed by its candidate; the other candidate appears to have been swallowed by her party
How cozy is Tim Walz with China?
The Democratic VP nominee’s ties leave unanswered questions
Tuesday
Trump's Chicago interview was magnificently weird
The former president abused John Micklethwait for asking perfectly reasonable questions
Monday
Kamala Harris’s ‘Joe Biden’ problem
Harris and Biden are not, it seems, singing from the same electoral hymn sheet
Tuesday
Kamala Harris's 60 Minutes interview was Prince Andrew-like in its awfulness
Bill Whitaker asked Harris challenging questions about the matters voters care about most
Friday
Trump on Starmer: 'I actually think he's very nice'
‘I’m going to see him in about an hour so I have to be nice right?’
Tuesday
Donald Trump could have the last laugh on crypto
He speaks for the vast majority, who don’t really understand the possibilities of crypto, yet who are open to the concept
Monday
What doesn't kill Trump makes him stronger
And whatever doesn’t kill him makes him stronger