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Eliot Wilson

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It’ll be stonely this Christmas

27th December 1950: The Coronation Throne in Westminster Abbey after the theft of the Stone of Destiny, or Stone of Scone. The initials JFS newly...

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On this day in 1783: A 24-year-old is made British Prime Minister

On this day in 1783: A 24-year-old is made British Prime Minister

In 1783, the King needed a fifth Prime Minister in two years. Despite others’ doubts, he turned to 24-year-old William Pitt, on this day, to turn...

20.12.2025 3

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Kemi Badenoch is right to call for more defence spending

Kemi Badenoch is right to call for more defence spending
18.12.2025 3

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Labour is weaponising public inquries

Labour is weaponising public inquries

BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - MAY 9: General views of the the Northern Ireland Covid Enquiry taking place at the Clayton Hotel on May 9, 2024 in...

16.12.2025 2

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The Salt Path author's non-apology strategy is making everything worse

The Salt Path author's non-apology strategy is making everything worse
15.12.2025 3

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Can Britain afford Aukus?

Can Britain afford Aukus?
13.12.2025 10

The Spectator

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On this day: the arrest of Bernie Madoff

On this day: the arrest of Bernie Madoff

NEW YORK - JANUARY 5: Bernard Madoff (C) walks out from Federal Court after a bail hearing in Manhattan January 5, 2009 in New York City. Madoff is...

12.12.2025 3

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Reform UK and the Conservatives: a coalition of the unwilling?

Reform UK and the Conservatives: a coalition of the unwilling?

Nigel Farage is looking to take control of the narrative before the Budget. How credible are rumours of a deal between Reform UK and the...

10.12.2025 10

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Is the navy prepared to fend off Russia's underwater threat?

Is the navy prepared to fend off Russia's underwater threat?
08.12.2025 2

The Spectator

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Trial by jury is too important to be left to David Lammy

(Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images) David Lammy is seeking to solve a shortage of resources in the justice system by fundamentally rewriting the...

03.12.2025 5

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On this day: Enron files for bankruptcy

398086 02: Meredith Stewart (L), who worked in Enron's networking/data processing department, sits on her personal belongings in front of the...

03.12.2025 5

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On this day: The resignation of Margaret Thatcher

(Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) On 28 November 1990, Margaret Thatcher left Downing Street for the last time, leaving the United...

29.11.2025 4

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The Ajax scandal is worse than embarrassing

28.11.2025 10

The Spectator

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Is Keir Starmer trying to hard to be a human being?

(Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Starmer’s cringe-making video address to his son for International Men’s Day only served to underline how odd...

26.11.2025 5

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Under threat / Russia’s spy ship is a warning to Britain – but are we ready?

19.11.2025 7

The Spectator

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Labour: what the hell is going on?

Kyle places tech as a key leaver for economic growth Against a backdrop of catastrophic briefings and an upcoming Budget doom, contenders are vying...

18.11.2025 3

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On this day: Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web

OVIEDO, SPAIN - OCTOBER 24: (L-R) Internet pioneers Vinton Cerf, Lawrence Roberts, Robert Kahn, Vinton Cerf and Tim Berners-Lee attend a media...

13.11.2025 4

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The ECHR is destroying British army morale

11.11.2025 10

The Spectator

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Prince Harry’s love letter to Britishness is thin gruel

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (Photo by Yui Mok - WPA Pool/Getty Images) Prince Harry has never posed as a deep thinker, but his paean to...

11.11.2025 4

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Is the British Army right to invest in new battle tanks?

06.11.2025 7

The Spectator

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On this day: The Gunpowder Plot

5th November 1605, English conspirator Guy Fawkes (1570 - 1606) is arrested whilst attempting to blow up the Houses of Parliament, in protest against...

06.11.2025 2

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Trump’s nuclear weapons testing is a dangerous idea

04.11.2025 3

The Spectator

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Is Nigel Farage right about Bank of England independence?

Nigel Farage has vowed to make sweeping spending cuts before introducing tax cuts if Reform get elected into government. (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty...

04.11.2025 7

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Don’t take away Andrew’s Falklands medal

03.11.2025 3

The Spectator

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Why Christians should celebrate Halloween

31.10.2025 6

The Spectator

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Why is the army’s top brass waging war on private members’ clubs?

31.10.2025 10

The Spectator

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Is Keir Starmer right to sell Typhoon jets to Turkey?

28.10.2025 6

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

Why are we even considering China’s ‘super-embassy’?

A protester at a demonstration at the proposed site of China's embassy. One day the story of China’s “super-embassy”, whether it is built or...

28.10.2025 4

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On this day: Big Bang hits the Square Mile

On this day, 27 October 1986: Big Bang hits the Square Mile, and changes the City forever. Eliot Wilson takes us through the financial revolution By...

28.10.2025 4

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Keir Starmer can’t blame the cabinet secretary for his own failures

22.10.2025 6

The Spectator

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On this day: Nelson’s victory at Trafalgar

The Royal Navy ship of the line and flag ship of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson the HMS Victory flying the famous signal "England expects that every man...

22.10.2025 9

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Inflation has doubled under Reeves and she has no plan to bring it down

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing difficulty in limiting government borrowing. Inflation is the unseen robber that diminishes our savings and...

21.10.2025 30

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On this day in 1814: The London Beer Flood

Customers and staff in a London pub, circa 1870. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) On this day in 1814, the perils of drink would show...

18.10.2025 7

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Nato is far too complacent about Russian drones

16.10.2025 30

The Spectator

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Don’t raise a glass to Starmer’s plan for pubs

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: Labour Party leader, Sir Keir Starmer, pulls a pint of beer at the Tower Hill Brewdog pub on July 6, 2020 in London,...

14.10.2025 8

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A judge has finally seen sense over the SAS’s ambush of three IRA men

10.10.2025 4

The Spectator

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On this day: Fox News hits our screens

On this day in 1996, Rupert Murdoch launched Fox News Channel and changed the American news landscape, writes Eliot Wilson Thirty years ago, 20th...

08.10.2025 6

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Conservative Party Conference: What can we expect?

Despite the naysayers, party conferences are not meaningless, so what can we expect from the Tories at Conservative Party Conference 2025? Eliot...

07.10.2025 5

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Kemi Badenoch finally has something to announce. But is anyone listening?

06.10.2025 8

iNews

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Will Europe put its money where its mouth is for Ukraine?

02.10.2025 4

The Spectator

Eliot Wilson

On This Day: Britain asks the IMF for a loan

English Labour Party politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Denis Healey (1917 – 2015) at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton on 3rd...

01.10.2025 10

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On this day: The Bill of Rights is set in motion

On this day in 1789, the Bill of Rights was sent to the states for ratification. With the right to free speech still hotly contested 300 years later,...

30.09.2025 3

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