Minneapolis: Will the truth about Alex Pretti's death ever be known? Ben Clerkin, online editor of Spectator World, says the truth about Alex Pretti's shooting at the hands of ICE officers may never be known. 'Hyper-charged partisan opinion asserted as fact — from political figures, official bodies, and journalists alike spreads like wildfire on social media and sways the broader debate on ICE and immigration. 'It is important to know how many of the, let’s say, several thousand arrested in Minn

Are we living through the 'boring twenties'? A far cry from the ‘roaring twenties' of the early 20th Century, the 2020s can be characterised as the ‘boring twenties’, argue Gus Carter and Rupert Hawksley in our new year edition of the Spectator. Record numbers of young people are out of work but even those with jobs face such a dire cost-of-living situation that they have no money left over to spend on fun. Traditional cultural outings – like going to the theatre – are increasingly confined to o

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