The strange silence around the Southport attacks
If someone is killed by a jihadist or someone who could plausibly be connected to immigration in any way, the British public will not be informed of the possible motive
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Friday
Friday
Farage blasts ambassador picks for Trump 2.0
Farage might be ruling himself out this time around — but he does not seem all that keen on the favorites for the role
The EU knows all about destabilising democracy
The days when the EU could scold countries for destabilizing democracy are long gone
A British First Amendment wouldn’t save free speech
The solution is not to pass a new law, but to repeal those laws that limit freedom of expression
Thursday
Farage: 'Ludicrous' for Labour to damage Trump relationship
The Reform leader fumed that seeing the Labour lot campaign for Kamala was ‘not good politics’ or ‘grown up’
Wednesday
The flowering of enlightenment under Oliver Cromwell
In Republic, the author’s primary aim is to rescue the 1650s as a revolutionary decade
The British are coming! Labour’s comedy of errors in the US election
The idea that today a bunch of Labour kids larping as agents for progress overseas might change the course of American history is laughable
Tuesday
Meloni’s migration strategy is working – and the rest of Europe is watching
However bogus the claims of migrants, once they’re in the EU it’s virtually impossible to deport them
Thursday
The SAS explode from the shadows in six days that shook Britain
With The Siege, Ben Macintyre has consolidated his preeminent position as an author of finely constructed non-fiction action thrillers
Thursday
Inside the Welsh village where English speakers aren’t welcome
Few Welsh words have found their way into English, even though the two inhabit the same island
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?’
Wednesday
Why is Sadiq Khan trying to restart his fight with Donald Trump?
Trump would set the wrong tone for the rest of the world, Khan declared
Sunday
Biden inches towards authorising Storm Shadows in Russia
Keir Starmer met Biden to discuss the Storm Shadow issue in DC Friday — and left without the approval that he badly wanted
Tuesday
Has King Charles finally run out of patience with Prince Andrew?
The so-called ‘Siege of Royal Lodge’ shows no signs of coming to an end
The Spectator’s new owner – and new era
A note from the UK editor
Wednesday
Stop trying to make ‘weird’ happen
A British polling firm has borrowed Tim Walz’s favored line of attack against J.D. Vance
Tuesday
David Lammy partially suspends arms sales to Israel
‘This is not a blanket ban, this is not an arms embargo’
Tuesday
In defence of Douglas Murray
For a publication to be drawn into Twitter nonsense, even to condemn it, is to be indirectly edited by Twitter
Wednesday
The trouble with Ireland's balaclava ban
The mooted ban raises more questions than answers
Britain’s rioters have acted like Bolsheviks
Are we truly in danger of an advance on power by the British political far right? Surely not. But there are resonances from revolutions of the past