16+ hour, 3+ min ago  (935+ words) On the fringes of his Unite the Kingdom rally last Saturday, Tommy Robinson was asked what he would change if he became prime minister tomorrow. "I would stop Islam, he replied baldly, before listing an inchoate set of proposals centred…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1022+ words) He wouldn't admit it, but Climate Change and Energy Minister, Chris Bowen " affectionately referred to as B1 by Speccie readers " is participating in the global retreat from net zero. He now looks almost sensible compared with the batshit crazy energy minister…...

7+ hour, 3+ min ago  (571+ words) Iran was one of the oldest centres of kingship, political symbolism, and civilisation culture in human history....

7+ hour, 5+ min ago  (1180+ words) The Spectator Australia Sophistries from the Liar in the Lodge Imagine this. Before getting married, a groom promises to be faithful to his would-be bride. He promises it unequivocally. Still, she's a cautious woman in need of a bit of…...

8+ hour, 32+ min ago  (1353+ words) Calling the Paris Agreement "just a piece of paper" is a mistake that will haunt the Coalition, possibly all the way to defeat. Whoever war-gamed this phrase to side-step the hypocrisy of dropping Net Zero from the conversation without actually…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (341+ words) One of the candidates for this pie-eating competition is the now-resigned health secretary Wes Streeting. And on this particular candidate I have some history to narrate. I first encountered Streeting many years ago, after Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had been narrowly…...

15+ hour, 56+ min ago  (264+ words) Today, in what will doubtless be just the first of many irritations inflicted on the unfortunate people of Makerfield, Labour launched their by-election campaign. The latest movement in what already feels like the 118th Brumaire of Andy Burnham. Next to the…...

10+ hour, 26+ min ago  (236+ words) Hence, the extended scuffle that has broken out between the two, with populism being a revolt of the provinces against the liberal metropolis. This idea is now more or less taken for granted. Most of the authors, academics, and even…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago  (1016+ words) The Spectator Australia What's wrong with heckling Rachel Reeves? As Mrs Thatcher stood to give her speech at the 1980 Conservative party conference at Brighton, she was under considerable pressure. The government had slumped in the polls since their decisive election…...

11+ hour, 17+ min ago  (264+ words) Can I have one last present?" my daughter asked earlier this week, having turned 15 and covered the kitchen floor with torn wrapping paper. Can I have a sick note for PE?" Doubtless she"d pored over that morning"s news…...