Biden fails his Hurricane Katrina moment
Plus: Project 2025 is officially dead to Trump campaign
The Spectator
Friday
Thursday
‘No win, no fee’ has no place in war zones
From our UK edition
The guilty plea of the former human rights lawyer Phil Shiner this week to charges of fraud is a story that deserves considerable attention. Shiner had tried to claim £200,000 in legal aid without disclosing that – in the breach of the rules – he had employed an agent to cold-call potential ‘victims’ of mistreatment
Portrait of the week: Iran fires missiles into Israel, Rosie Duffield resigns and Mount Everest gets taller
From our UK edition
Home The Conservatives at their party conference examined the four surviving candidates for leader – Robert Jenrick, Kemi Badenoch, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat – with the prospect of two being thrown out of the ballot by MPs next week and the other two being put to the party membership on 2 November. Rishi Sunak,
Wednesday
GOP falls in love with J.D. Vance
Plus: Doug Emhoff accused of abusing ex-girlfriend
Letters: Are there still any reasons to be cheerful?
From our UK edition
Doctor’s note Sir: Your leading article ‘Labour vs labour’ (21 September) follows a recent theme that I have noticed in The Spectator, in which the government is criticised for allowing public pay rises without implementing changes to working practices to increase productivity. I cannot comment on other sectors but I work in the NHS, working
Tuesday
Live commentary: the Vance-Walz debate
Featuring Amber Duke, Ben Domenech, Charles Lipson, Jacob Heilbrunn, Juan P. Villasmil, Matt McDonald, Roger Kimball, Teresa Mull and Zack Christenson
Monday
Biden admin upended by chaotic weekend
Plus: Trump targets Kamala on transgender care for illegals
Economic Innovator of the Year Awards 2024 – the judges
From our UK edition
Guest judges Adrian de Ferranti Adrian de Ferranti is an engineer, venture capital investor, financier and farmer who has worked in Silicon Valley as well as in the UK. He was chairman of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, 2007-10. Caroline Theobald CBE Caroline Theobald CBE is the founder of Bridge Club Ltd which has
Friday
GOP blasts Kamala for ’too little, too late’ border visit
Plus: Zelensky meets with Biden & Trump
Thursday
2670: V – solution
From our UK edition
The unclued lights (paired at 1D/17) can all be preceded by FIVE and are verifiable in Brewer. First prize Julian Connors, Ashford, Kent Runners-up David Threasher, London W5; Susan Bell, Reeth, N. Yorks
Letters: The case for assisted dying
From our UK edition
Craic down Sir: If Ireland had been investing in infrastructure as Ross Clark writes (‘Bog down’, 21 September), Dublin would have a metro, Galway a ring road, and primary school parents wouldn’t be forced to pay for basic necessities. And when the only local hotel cancels wedding and birthday parties because government has block-booked it
Where did ‘heckler’ come from?
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What the heckler No party conference would be complete without a heckler or two, but where did the term come from? A heckle was originally a tool for combing flax or hemp, and a heckler someone who worked with such a device. The term was first applied to politics in the 1820s when the notoriously
Portrait of the week: Starmer’s sausages slip-up, Israel’s strikes on Lebanon and Amazon staff summoned back to office
From our UK edition
Home Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, in his speech to the Labour party conference in Liverpool, said that ‘if we take tough long-term decisions now’ Britain would much more quickly reach the ‘light at the end of this tunnel’. He was cheered when he promised to return the railways to public ownership and restore
Are the Tories in any state to choose a leader?
From our UK edition
Are the Conservatives in a fit state to choose a new leader? The party that gathers in Birmingham next week needs to face a difficult fact: no matter how bad things are, they may become a lot worse. The party has lost, but not learned. They preach liberty while preparing to vote for a smoking
Why the Tories lost – by the Tory leadership candidates
From our UK edition
As the four candidates prepare to make their pitch at the Conservative party conference in Birmingham, we quizzed them about their ideas and ambitions. Why did the Tories lose the general election? JAMES CLEVERLY: We lost the ear of the British public. They stopped listening to us. We over-promised and under–delivered on a load of
Wednesday
GOP demands investigation into Zelensky visit
Plus: Kamala grants another friendly interview to MSNBC
Monday
Kamala punts on amnesty for ‘DREAMers’
Plus: Would-be Trump assassin ‘stalked’ former president, offered bounty
Friday
Kamala vows to shoot intruders in Oprah town hall
Plus: Eight Democrats buck electric vehicle mandate
Thursday
Letters: The mass appeal of cathedrals
From our UK edition
Mass appeal Sir: The upcoming ‘rave’ at Peterborough Cathedral follows the trajectory of using this sacred space as a mere entertainment venue (‘Raving mad’, 14 September). Previous secular attempts to commercialise include ‘experiences’ of the moon, dinosaurs, the deep sea and light shows. I assume the rave organisers did not witness the cathedral in June
How much do we spend on workwear?
From our UK edition
The first nimby Who coined the term ‘nimby’? — The expression, from ‘Not In My Backyard’, entered the political sphere in Britain in 1989 when it was used by the then environment secretary Nicholas Ridley to describe people who were in favour of house-building in general, just not near where they lived. He was later