This week the environmental movement suffered its biggest defeat since Climategate. And at the hands of its most hated enemy: Big Oil. Here are the reasons why the court ruling by a US federal judge that Chevron should not have
Some foolish commentators have been suggesting that the West has no interest in provoking another major conflagration in the Crimea. Have we not learned the lessons of the disastrous conflict 160 years ago which saw the deaths of 25,000 British
Which movie should right-minded conservatives and libertarians be rooting for at the Oscars? The short answer is: the one that’s best. That’s because unlike liberal-lefties, we’re meritocrats and therefore not the types to vote a movie “Best Picture” purely on
Britain is threatened by the “largest migratory wave in its history” – and its three main parties are doing nothing about it – warned UKIP leader Nigel Farage, as he put immigration at the heart of his party’s campaign strategy
Climate change will lead to an orgy of killing, looting, rape and burglary, says a new report. Wow! Better tell John Brignell at Numberwatch. In case you haven’t seen his site, it purports to provide “A complete list of all
Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain has criticised the BBC’s politically correct decision to impose gender quotas on its comedy panel shows. Among the reasons he gives is that, like all quota systems, it harms the very people it is supposed to
Stelter on climate change: “Some stories don’t have two sides.” Delingpole on Stelter: “He makes Piers Morgan look like Einstein.” “Some stories don’t have two sides,” claims CNN’s Brian Stelter. He’s talking about “Climate Change”–a subject on which, apparently, the
David Cameron has let it be known to the sympathetic media that “he’s very clear, he doesn’t want to another Coalition” come the next parliamentary term. Just how seriously should we take this claim? About as seriously as we would
Today blogger Guido Fawkes tweeted his excitement about the news of Piers Morgan’s demise from his primetime slot on CNN. Lots of people are evidently elated about this, and Guido took to his MediaGuido Twitter account to recall a personal
A leading skeptic climatologist has declared himself so sick of being called a “denier” by climate alarmists that he is now going to call them out as “Nazis” in return. Dr Roy Spencer, Principal Scientist at the University of Alabama
Should Twelve Years A Slave win this year’s Best Picture at the Oscars? No, of course, it shouldn’t. It is, as my friend Toby Young rightly says, “Torture porn for Guardian readers.” A far better candidate for Best Picture is…
What exactly is the one per cent’s problem with cheap energy, scientific evidence and free market capitalism? The question is raised yet again with news that hedge fund billionaire turned environmental activist Tom Steyer wants to make “climate change” a
When I was growing up in the Seventies, the answer was a no-brainer. We can deduce this from careful study of a popular movie of the era, Jaws (1975). At no stage in the movie – you’ll recall – is
In the Spectator recently, my old friend Toby Young described a dilemma which all those of us right-wing persuasion must face up to in the end: should you soften your position in order to find some common ground with people
Britain has gone completely mad over the Rupert Murdoch/News of the World hacking affair and the contagion is spreading to America fast. I knew things were bad when I spoke yesterday to a normally reliably conservative US talk radio show.