The constant flailings of the embattled Labour PM never cease to shock, amuse and entertain. But having successfully quelled the immediate revolt against his premiership, Starmer has, once again, pulled defeat from the jaws of victory. ✍️ Steerpike spectator.com/article/star...

Over two decades, the obsession with net zero, pushed by a deluded Westminster and City establishment, has cost Britain’s oil and gas giants that position. ✍️ Matthew Lynn spectator.com/article/net-...

Being chained to the desk, going to the pub and only getting home once the kids were asleep might have been acceptable in the Eighties. ✍️ Stephen Daisley spectator.com/article/what...

Are Jews not allowed even one day of commemoration? Can’t they have just one sombre moment where they might remember their dead without mobs of wild-eyed Israelophobes frothing at the mouth for yet more ‘intifada’? ✍️ Brendan O'Neill Article | spectator.com/article/coul...

The statement issued by Buckingham Palace last night, addressing the ongoing fallout from the latest release of Epstein files, was undeniably terse. ✍️ Alexander Larman Article | spectator.com/article/the-...

On Coffee House Shots: After a dramatic day in Westminster, the threat to Starmer appears to have receded – at least in the short term. But with the Gorton and Denton by-election less than three weeks away, (more) trouble could be on the horizon. spectator.com/podcast/is-s...

Takaichi played to her strengths and steered clear of one-on-one debates, swerving Japan’s main political programmes. ✍️ Philip Patrick spectator.com/article/what...

‘Daft’ is such a wonderful word. Not for the first time, I’ve wished I was from Yorkshire, so that I could say it with its full gumption and contempt. ✍️ Julie Burchill Article | spectator.com/article/the-...

Whatever happens in Westminster, it ought to be clear to Labour MPs that Keir Starmer is a political failure. ✍️ Nick Cohen Article | spectator.com/article/why-...

Stoppard is a national treasure and to say anything rude about his work, especially in the three months after his death, would be heresy. ✍️ Ysenda Maxtone Graham spectator.com/article/am-i...

With maid-master plots, one worries that the whole thing will be about the ‘downstairses’ getting ideas above their station – which can be so tiresome to watch. Must Bridgerton, I worried, take on workers’ rights too? ✍️ Zoe Strimpel spectator.com/article/the-...

If you really must visit Rome, then take my advice: go and see the Pantheon – which has lasted so much better than the crumbling tower blocks and motorway bridges that blight modern Italy – and then get out. ✍️ Ross Clark spectator.com/article/dont...

Is it the job of the curriculum to play catch-up with demographic shifts? Is it the role of literary education to ‘reflect’ the present day, or synthesise history? ✍️ Clarissa Hard spectator.com/article/the-...

We expect performers who have superb performing skills to be intelligent and insightful. But this is a mistake. ✍️ Gareth Roberts spectator.com/article/the-...

Debate among parliamentarians is not drawn on party lines but rather a battle between upholding the tradition of parliamentary processes at all costs and pragmatism about ensuring an urgent makeover as quickly as possible.  ✍️ Graham Watts spectator.com/article/the-...

On this week's Holy Smoke: ‘Moltbook’, a social network built exclusively for AI agents – has created its own AI ‘religion’. What does this mean for humankind? spectator.com/podcast/molt...

Labour’s day of internecine briefing and counter-briefing obviously had some hilarious moments. The ominous sight of David Lammy prancing into No. 10 to offer his support was a highlight of the day. ✍️ Madeline Grant Article | spectator.com/article/star...

Together, the bill for these schemes is a staggering £10 billion, and that is just for those claiming via Universal Credit or legacy working-age benefits. ✍️ Caroline Elsom spectator.com/article/univ...

The cabinet have had to rally round Sir Keir by going to the monumental effort of copy and pasting a supportive tweet onto their official X accounts. ✍️ Madeline Grant spectator.com/article/star...

Sarwar was left with the grenade in his mouth and it went boom, big-style. Labour MPs are furious with him. They want the Mandelson psychodrama over and done with. Sarwar has added fresh dimensions to it. ✍️ Stephen Daisley spectator.com/article/anas...

When it comes to timing, I suppose the real question is whether the PM’s rivals move to depose him before his own conscience decides enough is enough. ✍️ Michael Simmons spectator.com/article/will...

What are Mr Lai’s crimes? He has been convicted and jailed for being a threat to national security under the draconian national security law imposed on Hong Kong by Beijing in 2020. ✍️ Benedict Rogers spectator.com/article/brit...

There has been much hand-wringing and drama about what the royal family should be doing – and criticism of what they are doing – about the former Duke and Duchess of York and their respective relationships with Jeffrey Epstein. ✍️ Alexander Larman Article | spectator.com/article/will...

In more ways than one, Lang is France’s answer to Peter Mandelson, a figurehead for the bourgeois left and a figure of loathing for those on the other side of the political spectrum. ✍️ Gavin Mortimer spectator.com/article/epst...

Big Tech is not hiring British politicians to unlock capital or access intelligence. What it increasingly lacks, and increasingly needs, is legitimacy: the ability to operate across jurisdictions without appearing too ungovernable. ✍️ Charlie Walker spectator.com/article/why-...

Colman boasts about not spending time with people who are ‘staunchly heterosexual’. Does she think it’s catching? ✍️ Julie Burchill spectator.com/article/the-...

Tim Allan, No. 10’s communications director, has quit his post after barely five months in the role. ✍️ James Heale spectator.com/article/star...

The dynamics of schoolboy groups are captured beautifully: the bravado, the rapid changes of mood, the undercurrents of violence and the instinctive formation of hierarchies based on strength, competence and charisma. ✍️ Niall Gooch spectator.com/article/lord...

It was almost as though Starmer didn’t really know what he wanted to do in government beyond doing things better than the Tories. ✍️ Isabel Hardman spectator.com/article/what...

Delaying elections, unless as a result of a national emergency, should be considered an extraordinary act. ✍️ Elliot Keck spectator.com/article/canc...

Can’t get an appointment with your GP? Nowhere to sit in surgeries crammed with the ill and infirm? Spare a thought for your local auctioneer who is also dealing with the effects of a long winter of discontent. ✍️ Sophie Law spectator.com/article/auct...

Industry is the natural rejection of the veneration for all things traditional and English that Brideshead epitomised. ✍️ Alexander Larman spectator.com/article/is-i...

A Rolls Royce press trip is like being taken by Mary Poppins – Mary of the novel, not the film, she is more savage and interesting. ✍️ Tanya Gold

I fear that the crassness of Mandelson’s and Mountbatten-Windsor’s relations with Epstein will erupt into a more general cancel culture against friends who have been convicted of serious offences. ✍️ Ross Clark spectator.com/article/will...

Mandelson was more like a dull and unimpressive civil servant who was almost laughably overrated. ✍️ Paul Burke spectator.com/article/the-...

For about fifteen years now, the term has attracted academics and pundits who want to sound edgy. ✍️ Theo Hobson spectator.com/article/the-...

McSweeney was probably right to resign given the depth of hatred he has engendered in the parliamentary Labour party, but I doubt even he thinks this is the sacrifice that will save Starmer. ✍️ Tim Shipman Article | spectator.com/article/morg...

This rising wave of sex between officers and inmates shouldn’t be considered in isolation. Instead it is merely another symptom of how lawless, broken and corrupt our prisons have become. ✍️ David Shipley Article | spectator.com/article/why-...

If a healthy swathe of English-speaking Americans stared blankly at their screens wondering, “what am I watching?” Bad Bunny was undeterred. ✍️ Britt McHenry spectator.com/article/the-...

It’s a matter of grim certainty that the new book will be televised by the BBC, possibly in time for yet another Donaldson Christmas offer. ✍️ Melanie McDonagh spectator.com/article/do-w...

Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, who host the superb podcast The Rest Is History, are part of the problem as well as part of the solution. ✍️ Sam Leith spectator.com/article/are-...

Morgan McSweeney’s resignation won’t save Starmer ✍️ Tim Shipman spectator.com/article/morg...

Sunday shows roundup: Pat McFadden defends Keir Starmer ✍️ Joe Bedell-Brill spectator.com/article/sund...

The lanyard class are not ready for Reform in Scotland ✍️ Stephen Daisley spectator.com/article/the-...

A Brit’s guide to Mexican food ✍️ Julie Bindel spectator.com/article/a-br...

Mandelson got five-figure sacking payoff ✍️ Steerpike spectator.com/article/mand...

Why Gen Z is troubled by Jesus ✍️ Patrick West spectator.com/article/why-...

The UK is punishing dual-nationals like me ✍️ David Cohen spectator.com/article/the-...

There’s untapped gold in Northern Ireland ✍️ James Graham spectator.com/article/ther...

The Mandelson scandal is far grubbier than the Profumo affair ✍️ Julie Burchill spectator.com/article/the-...