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He won’t condemn rioters, but will condemn host Matt Chorley’s misplaced word

The violent chaos in Southampton, sparked by the murder of Henry Nowak, was all over social media. That’s because most of the rioters were hoping for one thing above all – to make money out of it

The GB News presenter has launched a sudden and bitter attack on Jeremy Vine, her 5 rival and one-time frequent host

The Talk presenter made the bizarre and wildly inaccurate claim as she hit out at a pro-cycling journalist over a new lane in Cambridge

The Reform leader is furious he hasn’t been on Radio 4’s castaway show. But when asked in 2025 what music he likes, he replied: ‘None’

A controversial edition of the current affairs show was planned to feature an AI-generated Che Guevara – until an issue over image rights intervened

Michael Grade, who left the role at the end of April, says other broadcasters were “embarrassed” because it covers “the agenda of the majority”

The right wing paper damns Andy Burnham for ‘not backing women’ while fawning over a Reform candidate who is a self-confessed sexist

The red-top splashed on an undercover cops story which was literally too good to be true

Non-fiction sales are declining as fathers swap weighty Churchill biographies for history podcasts

Infantilised by a political class that thinks we’re thick, voters are encouraged to engage their emotions instead of studying facts. That’s dangerous

The former PM’s latest intervention on Labour’s direction is flawed - and compromised by the millions he has taken from AI’s backers

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If you listen to the 24/7 media blah factory right now, you’d think it would be a landslide for the PM to quit

The curious history of language purists hating ‘mongrel’ words

Britain’s 16-24-year-olds face too many barriers and not enough opportunities. This is how we can help them

The fighting in Mali is forcing the anti-government forces into some difficult alliances. And when the fighting stops, what then?

Keir Starmer has made mistakes – but he’s been trapped by journalism’s endless psychodrama

Reform’s leader claims the Russians illegally obtained details of his £5m gift from a crypto billionaire

The Conservative peer has assured Spectator readers that artificial intelligence is nothing to worry about - just like climate change

The Mail's Christian Calgie wrote a 'woe-is-me' story after the Manchester mayor objected to him gatecrashing an awards ceremony for vulnerable adults

Rollie Kahaani’s photos from populist rallies are grabbing attention

Brexiteers used to claim their victory was for "real, ordinary, decent" people. Now they openly boast it was for billionaires

Our founder and editor-in-chief’s weekly highlights from the magazine

A new letter signed by more than 60 MPs and Lords is based on the original smear published by the Daily Telegraph

The Telegraph, Sun and Mail keep pumping out hysterical stories about Labour’s leadership hopeful

A prime minister cannot trample over parliament. It doesn’t work that way and the ones who try it invariably go down in flames. Whoever follows Starmer into No 10 should keep that in mind

If I had to put my life on it, I’d guess that he will be PM by Christmas

The Labour leadership contenders each have their strengths – and a lot of weaknesses

The right wing press has launched an attack on the head of the Southbank Centre over something he didn’t even say. This time they may have met their match

The UK has deep-seated problems its political leaders refuse to confront. But that doesn’t make it a dystopian wasteland beyond the powers of reasonable statecraft