Benedict Spence
Benedict Spence is a freelance commentator who has written for The Telegraph, The Independent, The Spectator, City AM and elsewhere. He tweets at @BenedictSpence
The great migration
What will Twitter do without its smuggest inhabitants?
Weren’t the grownups meant to be back in charge?
Shallow managerialism has failed us already
The problem with football pundits
Why are we so often stuck with inarticulate ex-pros?
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Grooming gangs and the truth
We should not give ammunition to deniers of the grooming gangs scandal
Babies need women
Leaving children with only men who are not their parents is foolish and dangerous
Stop ignoring the Islamisation of our democracy
The British state is bending to Islamism, not attempting to defeat it
Why has Keir Starmer been so unpopular?
He was the perfect embodiment of a failing system
The spy chief who sold us Blue Nun
Raise a glass to a long life, very well lived
Angst, Nazis and forgotten treasure
Transcription / You Are the Führer’s Unrequited Love / For the Love of Willie
Crushing the real progressives
The Islamic Republic of Iran, now under fire from the demonic West, is the most progressive society on earth
This apology for a political comedy
Amusing as a war crimes trial, and seems to last twice as long
Truth and consequences for ministers
Former Ministers should be hauled back before MPs to justify their poor decisions
The hollow men
T. S. Eliot understood contemporary politicians better than they understand themselves
The rise and fall of Nicola Sturgeon
The former SNP leader squandered her talents in a classic tale of hubris
Migrant hotels are not the real problem
The real problem with illegal immigration is at the border
Offence archaeology and the future of elections
We have to ignore the cheap and disingenuous politics of offence archaeology
“Treatment” does not make child predators safe
People who abuse children must be kept away from children
Who will pound longest?
America has military might — but does it have the appetite for war?
