February 2020

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Internet February 1, 2020

You can’t cancel the truth

The creeps won’t win

Meghan Murphy

Education February 1, 2020

We’re all high-schoolers now

In the age of social media, we have the largest mobs in the history of mankind

Bridget Phetasy

Internet February 1, 2020

The rise of cancel chic

Liberal journalists are so desperate to be canceled they’ve begun to form secret societies around the theme

Chadwick Moore

Europe February 1, 2020

How will post-Brexit Britain find its way in the world?

Those who believe Britain can only trade effectively with the nearest markets know little history

Robert Tombs

Middle East February 1, 2020

How far will Trump go in Iran?

The Tehran students were chanting in the streets: ‘Our enemy is right here, they’re lying that it’s America’

Paul Wood

Europe February 1, 2020

After Brexit

A US-Britain trade deal would be a boon for Boris Johnson and Donald Trump

Ross Clark

Internet February 1, 2020

The mob and me: my life in the crosshairs

Bars that served me were harassed and ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ signs appeared on my lawn

Gavin McInnes

Internet February 1, 2020

The left’s real cause is muzzling its opponents

The kind of people who want to cancel someone are looking not for an apology, but for vengeance

Amber Duke

Europe February 1, 2020

French disconnection: how Emmanuel Macron went from savior to failure

Macron needs help and his new best friend, bizarrely, is Britain’s prime minister

Jonathan Miller

Politics February 1, 2020

Donald Trump, president of peace

The emotional anti-war right is susceptible to its own wishful thinking about the irenic intentions of Iran

Daniel McCarthy

Education February 1, 2020

So you’ve been canceled. Here’s how to fight back

Let’s make 2020 the year cancel culture gets canceled

Toby Young

Education February 1, 2020

Defend your friends

The silence of decent people allows the bullies to get away with it

Douglas Murray

Spectator Editorial February 1, 2020

Tyranny of the minority

Cancel culture is real. It destroys lives, ruins careers, causes suicide and silences reasonable debate

Spectator Editorial