The Spectator’s Notes
The Spectator’s Notes
The Duke of Sussex says that he and his wife can never return to live in the United Kingdom. They…
The Spectator’s Notes
Sir Keir Starmer says the House of Lords is ‘indefensible’. It is an odd thing to say about an institution…
The Spectator’s Notes
Things are currently so bad in the western democracies that we tend to ignore how much worse they are in…
The Spectator’s Notes
The Supreme Court decided rightly on Wednesday, rejecting the Scottish government’s claim that a second referendum on independence was not…
The Spectator’s Notes
In order to understand why all Cops (Conference of the Parties), including the one which began this week, are so…
The Spectator’s Notes
Greta Thunberg said, in a newspaper interview, that Cop27 is a ‘scam’ for ‘greenwashing, lying and cheating’. Then she said…
The Spectator’s Notes
I have seen it suggested that because Rishi Sunak is a Hindu, it would be wrong for him to have…
The Spectator’s Notes
In the House of Commons on Monday, someone accused Liz Truss’s government of being ‘in office but not in power’.…
The Spectator’s Notes
Much of this is not Liz Truss’s fault. The great big adjustment all over the West is that the era…
The Spectator’s Notes
Thought for the Day appears every morning on BBC Radio 4. This preachy slot is hallowed by longevity, if not…
The Spectator’s Notes
Yes, but why did the IMF put out its Tuesday night statement? Even if all its criticisms of the government’s…
