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The Spectator’s 2024 no-CV internship scheme is now open

The Spectator runs the UK’s only double-blind internship scheme. We don’t ask for a CV, we don’t use your name. We don’t care where (or...

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Iran says no more attacks, as drone strike fails

Not a single drone or cruise missile sent from Iran made it to Israel last night. The combined air forces of Israel, the UK, US, Saudi and Jordan were...

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Iran has struck back – but is it war?

When Israel assassinated a top commander in Iran’s Quds Force in Damascus a fortnight ago, it knew that Tehran would have to respond with a direct...

sunday 2

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There’s nothing conservative about the Tories’ free childcare rollout

On Monday, the UK welfare state will expand to cover 15 hours of free childcare for working parents with two-year-olds. In September, this will be...

29.03.2024 20

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Parliament has defended press freedom

In the end, it was watertight. A new law has been just voted through banning foreign powers from owning British newspapers and magazines – in whole...

26.03.2024 2

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Will Sunak renege on ‘foreign powers’ owning newspapers?

Last week, a rebellion in the Lords drew a government pledge to ban foreign governments and their proxies from owning British newspapers and...

24.03.2024 20

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Vaughan Gething’s very British victory

Something happened today which, if it were any other country, would be seen to be remarkable: Vaughan Gething, the new First Minister of Wales, became...

16.03.2024 6

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An update / How to sell The Spectator

No foreign power will ever be allowed to buy a UK newspaper or magazine: that’s the upshot of this week’s debate in parliament. The new law, due...

15.03.2024 4

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Tried and tested

Newcomers to England who start a family are often slow to realise that one of the biggest factors in the Game of Life here starts with the 11-plus...

14.03.2024 5

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Parliament has saved the free press

In a landmark ruling for press freedom in Britain, the government has today moved to outlaw ownership of national newspapers and magazines by foreign...

13.03.2024 3

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Politics / Will the government vote to veto foreign press ownership?

At about 4 p.m. this afternoon, the government is expected to break its silence on the UAE-backed bid for the Telegraph and The Spectator. Ministers...

13.03.2024 9

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Free press / Should the Emiratis be allowed a minority stake in the Telegraph?

How much of The Spectator and the Daily Telegraph should the United Arab Emirates be allowed to own? Tomorrow, the Lords will debate whether...

12.03.2024 5

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Is an Emirati minority stake in the Telegraph compatible with a free press?

How much of The Spectator and the Daily Telegraph should the United Arab Emirates be allowed to own? Tomorrow, parliament will discuss whether...

12.03.2024 5

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Labour comes out against Emirati bid for Telegraph

This is a big week for the future of the British press with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the House of Lords both due to take...

11.03.2024 4

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Lords amendment could thwart Emirati bid for Telegraph and Spectator 

In an era of information wars, a ban on foreign powers owning news providers is an act of common sense When the Emirati government moved to bid for...

27.02.2024 10

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The Tory party is right to suspend Lee Anderson

When Lee Anderson was made deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, it was on the understanding that he’d explode now and again. Say something...

24.02.2024 3

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Could the Lords stop the Emirati bid for the Telegraph and the Spectator?

I’ve just given evidence to a House of Lords Select Committee which is considering the future of news and media more broadly. The best thing that...

13.02.2024 3

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Why Kate Forbes is right about high tax

I was on Question Time with Kate Forbes in Glasgow last week in which she was oddly loyal to the SNP government. She seems to have been the only...

04.02.2024 6

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Should foreign governments own UK newspapers?

The Emirati / RedBird IMI bid for the Daily Telegraph and The Spectator is opening up a wider conversation: how much of the national infrastructure...

28.01.2024 3

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McMafia: inside the SNP’s secret state

After years of scandal and intrigue, the Scottish National party has not lost its ability to shock. The UK Covid Inquiry has moved to Edinburgh for...

25.01.2024 9

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Diary / Why Emirati ownership of The Spectator matters

Fraser Nelson has narrated this article for you to listen to. George Osborne was originally meant to fill this slot. We were always rather mean to him...

18.01.2024 5

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Stretching truth / Fact-checking Rishi Sunak’s tax claims

Rishi Sunak seems to have a New Year’s resolution: to claim that taxes are falling and say it so often that people start to believe him rather than...

07.01.2024 6

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Why The Spectator didn’t cancel Karol Sikora

Before the year ends, I’d like to tell the story of Karol Sikora and attempts to have him removed from a Spectator-sponsored discussion on the NHS...

31.12.2023 5

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Benefits caseload to rise by 920 a day – for the next five years

Back when Radio 4’s Thought for the Day was original and insightful, Lionel Blue was a regular source of rabbinical wisdom and dodgy jokes. He was...

29.12.2023 6

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UK becomes first G20 country to halve its carbon emissions

A pretty major milestone has been achieved: Britain has become the first major country to halve its carbon emissions. The rapid pace of UK...

26.12.2023 5

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What’s the real cause of falling birth rates?

A few weeks ago, I chaired a debate in Westminster about the falling birth rate and its implications. It was organised by the Centre for Social...

22.12.2023 5

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What Sunak really said about lockdown

In the dying days of Rishi Sunak’s leadership campaign, he gave an interview to The Spectator about lockdown which he was grilled on today at the...

11.12.2023 8

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In praise of Rishi Sunak’s common sense Net Zero approach

Rishi Sunak has a new approach to Net Zero, defining himself against ‘zealots’ and acknowledging the side effects of proposed green taxes. He’s...

03.12.2023 10

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Patrick Vallance and the politicisation of Covid science

Throughout the Covid meetings, Sir Patrick Vallance was scribbling almost as much as Michael Gove, leading Boris Johnson to assume that he was keeping...

21.11.2023 40

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In praise of Humza Yousaf’s Israel response

Humza Yousaf is one of the most prominent Muslims in public life. This is tangential to his being elected SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland,...

10.11.2023 10

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‘Childhood has been rewired’: Professor Jonathan Haidt on how smartphones are damaging a generation

Something strange is happening with teenagers’ mental health. In Britain, the US, Australia and beyond, the same trend can be seen: around the...

02.11.2023 20

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