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AI will bring down Keir Starmer – if Peter Mandelson doesn’t first
Is Britain ready for Artificial Intelligence? Well, bluntly, 'no'; that's the verdict if you read several pieces in this week's Spectator – from Tim …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
‘No-one voted for them’ – Douglas Murray on the men actually running Britain
Who really runs Britain: the government, foreign courts or international lawyers? This question is at the heart of Michael Gove’s cover piece for the…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Trump's Arctic madness, political treachery & banning social media
Another week, another foreign policy crisis – this time over Greenland. America's European allies watched as Trump increased the tension over the Arc…
5 months ago
Iran’s useful idiots, Gordon Brown’s second term & the Right’s race obsession
As the world watches events in Iran, and wonders whether the US will intervene, the Spectator’s cover this week examines 'British complicity in Tehra…
5 months, 1 week ago
Stormy seas, Trump’s revolution & Gen Z’s sex recession
Can Farage plot a route to Number 10, asks Tim Shipman in our cover article this week. He might be flanked by heavyweights – such as his head of poli…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The 'boring twenties', population decline & happy new year
A far cry from the ‘roaring twenties' of the early 20th Century, the 2020s can be characterised as the ‘boring twenties’, argue Gus Carter and Rupert…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
From Porn Britannia to Political Chaos: The Spectator’s Year in Review
The Spectator’s senior editorial team – Michael Gove, Freddy Gray, Lara Prendergast and William Moore – sit down to reflect on 2025. From Trump’s ina…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
From The Queen to Bonnie Blue: The Spectator’s Christmas Edition 2025
The Spectator’s bumper Christmas issue is a feast for all, with offerings from Nigel Farage, Matthew McConaughey and Andrew Strauss to Dominic Sandbr…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Benefits Britain, mental health & what’s the greatest artwork of the 21st Century?
‘Labour is now the party of welfare, not work’ argues Michael Simmons in the Spectator’s cover article this week. The question ‘why should I bother w…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Defending marriage, broken Budgets & the 'original sin’ of industrialisation
'Marriage is the real rebellion’ argues Madeline Grant in the Spectator’s cover article this week. The Office for National Statistics predicts that b…
6 months, 4 weeks ago