2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (815+ words) Now I’ve left Today, I can finally say what I really think… The Spectator Now I’ve left Today, I can finally say what I really think… Hello, what’s this I see before me? A blank page; and a pen unencumbered…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (234+ words) Downing Street this afternoon refused to condemn prize idiot Diane Abbott for spreading ridiculous conspiracy theories about Nato. In a rant about defence spending, the far-left, newly reinstated Labour MP claimed: ‘The imminent threat from Russia is a NATO fiction…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (322+ words) Sitting in his trendy new office in Manchester, open-collared shirt, cup of tea on a table in front – milk in first – Burnham is keen to talk about this new policy that he hopes will help him deliver the biggest council…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (508+ words) Burnham’s jobs apocalypse The Spectator Is the Burnham bounce about to fizzle out? This morning has seen the first shaky set of economic figures since his ascension to Mayor of Great Britain. Figures released by the Office for National Statistics…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (188+ words) Plenty of issues are open to debate in economics, but on wealth taxes the verdict is clear. They crush investment, and they raise far less money than forecast. The worrying point is this. It would have been very easy for…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (774+ words) Portrait of the week: Drought declared, Manchester elects new mayor and 70,000 enter Ceuta The Spectator Portrait of the week: Drought declared, Manchester elects new mayor and 70,000 enter Ceuta In 19 English counties 1mm or less rain fell in July. Tom Bradshaw, the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (445+ words) The new Prime Minister was asked whether he would commit to spending 3 per cent of GDP by 2030. He would not. Wes Streeting, the new Defence Secretary, has also refused to make such a promise, although he has said more vaguely…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (307+ words) At what point, during Team Burnham’s preparations for government, did the overture to ‘Bus Aunty’ go out? Was she contacted before or after the editor of the Observer, one wonders? Was she approached before they had chosen a policing minister?...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (415+ words) Andy Burnham, the man dubbed King of the North, chief evangelist of Manchesterism and pioneer of ‘No. 10 up ’ere’, has made clear where his geographical loyalties lie. In sweeping away the remnants of Starmer’s two years in office and putting…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (218+ words) There are bus fares to pay for, a rates cut for the pubs, and of course extra shelters for the homeless. In the few days since he became prime minister, Andy Burnham has announced a whole series of small increases…...