Has the Bank of England forgotten what its job is?
Some excitement on Threadneedle Street today after the Bank of England cut interest rates to 4 per cent. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has just voted five to four – after a revote – for w...
7 Aug 202514min
What Douglas Murray’s court win means for press freedom
The Spectator and Douglas Murray have comprehensively won a defamation case brought by Mohammed Hegab.Hegab, a YouTuber who posts under the name Mohammed Hijab, claimed that an article about the Leice...
6 Aug 20259min
Britain can learn from France on migration
It’s the big day for Starmer’s one-in, one-out migrant deal with France. The scheme, which was agreed during the state visit last month, comes into effect today – but Yvette Cooper and other figures i...
5 Aug 202511min
Vance & Farage's budding bromance
Nigel Farage hosted a press conference today as part of Reform's summer crime campaign 'Britain is lawless'. He unveiled the latest Tory defector: Leicestershire's Police & Crime Commissioner Rupert M...
4 Aug 202515min
Online Safety Act: are Labour or the Tories worse on free speech?
Is the Online Safety Act protecting children – or threatening free speech? Michael Simmons hosts John Power, who writes the Spectator's cover piece this week on how the Act has inadvertently created o...
2 Aug 202526min
Why can't we agree on data?
John O’Neill and Sam McPhail, the Spectator’s research and data team, join economics editor Michael Simmons to re-introduce listeners to the Spectator’s data hub. They take us through the process betw...
1 Aug 202511min
Will the junior doctors regret picking a fight with Wes?
The dispute between the British Medical Association (BMA) – a trade union for doctors – and the government continues, following the five-day strike by junior doctors. Doctors argue that pay is still f...
31 Juli 202512min
Could Reform's Scottish surge provoke indyref2?
Scotland's First Minister John Swinney unveiled his strategy for pursuing a second independence referendum this week, arguing that an SNP majority at next year's Holyrood elections is the only way to ...
30 Juli 202518min
