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Tom Switzer

The Spectator

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Guns of August / Are we on the brink of World War Three?

Last month, an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea was struck by a Ukrainian drone. Kyiv claimed the vessel was carrying military equipment heading...

25.08.2026 20

The Spectator

Tom Switzer

Are we on the brink of World War Three?

Last month, an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea was struck by a Ukrainian drone. Kyiv claimed the vessel was carrying military equipment heading...

15.08.2026 20

The Spectator

Tom Switzer

We might be on the brink of World War Three

Last month, an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea was struck by a Ukrainian drone. Kyiv claimed the vessel was carrying military equipment heading...

10.08.2026 10

The Spectator

Tom Switzer

Aussie rulers / The rise and rise of Australia’s Nigel Farage

For three decades, Australia’s political Establishment has been predicting Pauline Hanson’s demise. But whenever critics tried to administer the...

24.06.2026 20

The Spectator

Tom Switzer

Aussie rulers / The rise and rise of Australia’s Nigel Farage

For three decades, Australia’s political Establishment has been predicting Pauline Hanson’s demise. But whenever critics tried to administer the...

22.06.2026 20

The Spectator

Tom Switzer

Aussie rulers / The rise and rise of Australia’s Nigel Farage

For three decades, Australia’s political Establishment has been predicting Pauline Hanson’s demise. But whenever critics tried to administer the...

22.06.2026 20

The Spectator

Tom Switzer

If Trump hates the Wall Street Journal, why is its editorial board dictating Iran policy?

For the better part of a decade, Donald Trump has been an avid, if irascible, reader of the Wall Street Journal – particularly the columns overseen...

16.04.2026 40

The Spectator

Tom Switzer

If Trump hates the Wall Street Journal, why is its editorial board dictating Iran policy?

For the better part of a decade, Donald Trump has been an avid, if irascible, reader of the Wall Street Journal – particularly the columns overseen...

15.04.2026 40

The Spectator

Tom Switzer

This is Nato’s Suez moment

20.01.2026 40

The Spectator

Tom Switzer

This is Nato’s Suez moment

20.01.2026 50

The Spectator

Tom Switzer