'The cinematography is magnificent and Jude Law’s performance is so gloriously disgusting you can’t take your eyes off him.' ✍️ Deborah Ross

‘‘Biffy’ Dunderdale ensured that visitors from London had a good time but an independent income helped with the endless entertaining: long lunches, late partying in nightclubs, trips on his river boat and excursions in his Rolls-Royce.’ ✍️ Alan Judd

'Burke was, according to some, a very modern victim of a tyrannical "woke" establishment' ✍️ Ian O'Doherty spectator.co.uk/article/enoch-…

'Swinney has already provoked howls of anguish for shelving plans to extend free school meals to all primary children' ✍️ Iain Macwhirter spectator.co.uk/article/why-th…

'It’s unwise to promise or even hint at the possibility of producing a whole, watertight sanctions regime' ✍️ Alexander Kolyandr spectator.co.uk/article/the-sn…

'In political circles, the China threat has been an ongoing talking point for years' ✍️ David Cohen spectator.co.uk/article/how-do…

'Contrary to Washington, Biden wanted to carry on – in spite of his obvious and accelerating infirmity' ✍️ Freddy Gray spectator.co.uk/article/no-joe…

'The last allied soldiers withdrew from Berlin on this day 30 years ago, leaving the city without a foreign military presence for the first time since the Second World War.' ✍️ Katja Hoyer spectator.co.uk/article/the-re…

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'Starmer appears to be deluded about his popularity. The same delusion afflicted Francois Hollande when he was elected president of France in 2012.' ✍️ Gavin Mortimer

'What is nearly impossible to imagine is how, in pursuit of still more profit, the companies contracted at handsome fees to supply supposedly flame-retardant cladding draped that high tower with what might as well have been firelighters.' ✍️ Sam Leith

'High tax, big spending, climate-focused, proudly woke and pro-independence, the Greens have always been well positioned to peel off the left-wing of the SNP vote.' ✍️ Stephen Daisley

'In Switzerland, the message to migrants is clear: you are welcome to live and build a life here, but you must contribute to society and abide by its rules.' ✍️ James Tidmarsh

‘The judge, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, is an ex-grammar school boy and the son of a dairyman: hardly a scion of the establishment. But that didn’t stop Lammy from suggesting that this ‘white, upper-middle class man’ should not have been trusted with the job.’ ✍️ Steerpike

'Were Reeves to significantly change course, it would be very damaging to her standing as Chancellor – suggesting she will not stick to decisions or provide stability and certainty.' ✍️ Katy Balls

'There is one change being floated, however, which could see me deploying not just all the metaphorical loud-hailers at my disposal, but asking to borrow someone else’s real megaphone for some serious business in Parliament Square.' ✍️ Mary Dejevsky

'The MoJ wants there to be 7,339 fully-qualified probation officers, yet there’s currently a shortfall of 2,179. Leaving rates are up and most alarmingly, every year up to 20 per cent of trainees drop out before they even qualify.' ✍️ Danny Shaw

'Unlike recent presidents and prime ministers, Barnier understands that insulting or ignoring Marine Le Pen won’t magically make her voters disappear.' ✍️ Gavin Mortimer

'Rather than asking difficult questions and being prepared to embrace uncomfortable answers, Labour has taken the easy way out by placating the Blob and perpetuating an outdated view of university study as a rite of passage and entree to middle-class life.' ✍️ Andrew Tettenborn

'The net damage from climate change is a concern, but it's not the catastrophic end of the world it's been sold as.' Author Bjorn Lomborg warns that climate alarmism is leading to poor policy decisions and he urges governments to focus on green innovation and jobs. Watch in