Dems torn as pro-Palestine protests rock universities
Plus: Kristi Noem’s dog days are over & Trump courts DeSantis
The Spectator
Monday
Friday
Trump on trial
Plus: Democrats want deportations & Biden’s new exit strategy
Thursday
Letters: the admirable strength of Ukrainians
From our UK edition
The bravery of Ukraine Sir: Few articles could resonate as strongly as that of Svitlana Morenets (‘Scrambled logic’, 20 April). She brings the agony of her brave countrymen and women home to us, and the effect of dithering and equivocation by the West. As a volunteer with a refugee charity, I weekly admire the character
2648: Thus at an end – solution
From our UK edition
The eight unclued lights are all kinds of soup: COCK-A-LEEKIE (1A), SHCHI (21A) , PHO (40A), VICHYSSOISE (41A), CONSOMME (2D), MULLIGATAWNY (14D), MINESTRONE (19D) and PISTOU (25D). The puzzle’s title cryptically indicates the subject: ‘thus’ = SO, ‘at an end’= UP. First prize Tessa Ferguson, Bath Runners-up William Orriel, Newton Abbot, Devon; Gerry Fairweather, Layer Marney,
The cost of European peace
From our UK edition
After six months of delay, the US Senate has finally passed a $60 billion foreign-aid package which will send urgently needed ammunition and military equipment to Ukrainian soldiers. It may well be the last such cheque to be signed in Washington. Donald Trump is favourite to be the next president of the United States and
Portrait of the Week: Huw Edwards resigns, Mark Menzies resigns and Frank Field dies
From our UK edition
Home Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said that within 12 weeks asylum-seekers could be flown to Rwanda. This followed the passing of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill. Five out of 110 people in a small inflatable boat died near the French coast. A BBC correspondent had watched French police trying to stop
Wednesday
Congress approves massive foreign aid package
Plus: Biden doubles down on abortion & SCOTUS mulls homelessness crisis
Monday
Congress speaks up on anti-Israel campus protests
Plus: Biden to campaign in Florida & Democrats hoist Ukraine flag
Friday
The ayatollah’s birthday surprise
Plus: Elissa Slotkin accused of implicitly threatening political tracker
Thursday
The Spectator’s letters page is hazardous
From our UK edition
Question time Sir: Your leading article ‘Sense prevails’ (13 April) is a valuable précis of the Cass Review into NHS gender treatment. However, it also raises several questions. How are the actions of these individuals, groups and organisations different from those of others who have been found to have acted unprofessionally, causing harm to patients
When was the world’s first drone attack?
From our UK edition
Attack of the drones The world’s earliest drone attack goes back further than you might think. On 12 July 1849 the Austrian military launched unmanned balloons over Venice, which they hoped to recapture after the city had declared itself a republic the year before. Suspended beneath each of the balloons were bombs containing up to
2647: Pabulum’s last bow – solution
From our UK edition
The theme word is MARCH. The examples are CROWN IMPERIAL (1A/22) and COLONEL BOGEY (26/33). The March sisters from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott, Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth, appear in SOJOURN (12), OMEGA (34A), CRYPTOGAMY (10) and BETHINK (28). ALCOTT (in the third column) is to be shaded. Title: (pabulu)M + arch (defined).
Portrait of the Week: the war on smoking, Trump’s trial and O.J.’s death
From our UK edition
Home Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, said that British fighter jets had shot down ‘a number of drones’ fired at Israel from Iran. Additional RAF jets were deployed over Iraq and Syria, where Britain was already taking part in Operation Shader against the Islamic State group. Some people decided not to attend the annual Downing
A smoking ban is pointless and illiberal
From our UK edition
Why is Britain poised to ban cigarette smoking, when the habit is already dying out anyway? Smoking is seen by the young as disgusting and outdated. A generation ago, 50 per cent of school pupils said they had smoked at some point. By the time David Cameron came to power, this was down to 25
Wednesday
Senate dismisses Mayorkas impeachment trial
Plus: HHS secretary Xavier Becerra’s unsatisfactory abortion answer
Monday
A president on trial
Plus: House cancels ‘Appliance Week’ & is it finally time to defund NPR?
Friday
Does Biden’s gun grab pass the smell test?
Plus: The Republican gone rogue on primary endorsements
Thursday
Who uses Grindr?
From our UK edition
Meet market Who uses the gay dating app Grindr? – The site claims 27m users worldwide, 80.5% of whom identify as gay. – 13m users are active on a monthly basis. Some 923,000 are paid users. – 80% are younger than 35. – 39% are single. – 48% are in the US. – The average
Letters: the real problem with a Labour super-majority
From our UK edition
Good trade-off Sir: I applaud your excellent editorial (‘Trading in Falsehoods’, 6 April) – a succinct and insightful essay on the role of Great Britain in the abolition of slavery and the slave trade. All are agreed that slavery in any form was and is reprehensible. As a white and proud Barbadian, initially educated there,
2646: Too many (In memoriam) – solution
From our UK edition
The unclued lights were the cooks known as the TWO FAT LADIES at 18/2 who were 25/8 and 29A/38/3) and the HAIRY BIKERS at 14/3 who are/were 31 and ‘In memoriam’ 26/10. First prize R.A. Percy, Southport, North Carolina, USA Runners-up Peter Tanner, Hertford; James Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire