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Freddy Gray, Contributor and Deputy Editor of The Spectator

Freddy Gray is deputy editor of The Spectator, the founding editor of the Spectator's US edition, and hosts the Americano podcast. Though he mostly covers US affairs, Freddy writes about a range of other subjects, including British and European politics, monarchy, gambling and religion. He was formerly the literary editor of The American Conservative and the deputy editor of The Catholic Herald.

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Charlie Kirk was murdered for speaking freely, writes FREDDY GRAY

11/09/25 09:16

It is grimly fitting that Charlie Kirk was killed doing what he did best: debating others in public, writes FREDDY GRAY....read

As a bombshell new book raises safety questions, have Elon Musk's dreams of a world full of driverless Teslas already run off the road?
20/07/25 09:03
Elon Musk was in typically combative mood when he declared on his own social media platform, X: 'There is a large graveyard filled with my enemies. I do not wish to add to it, but will if given no choice.'
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Team Trump's Epstein story stinks. The facts don't stack up - from the video detail to Pam Bondi's slip. It's no surprise so many believe there's an elite cover-up: FREDDY GRAY
07/07/25 07:34
The Jeffrey Epstein story ought to be no laughing matter. He was the disgraced financier and friend of Prince Andrew, who was arrested on sex-trafficking charges.
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'Elon's become a lot more nasty and yelling at people.' FREDDY GRAY hears Washington whispers that the billionaire's brain is 'decaying' under the pressure, as rumours swirl of his ketamine, ecstasy and mushrooms 'cocktail'
01/06/25 12:44
Elon Musk must have been hoping that his rocket would have provided a much-needed escape last week, because here, on Earth, things seem to be going from bad to worse for him.
How the world might look after four years of Trump: FREDDY GRAY imagines Zelensky's assassination, Israel's all-out bombing of Tehran - and a female successor vowing to take over Mexico
27/03/25 01:02
At 3.07 pm, on September 25, 2027, 78-year-old president Trump shuffled out awkwardly on to the White House balcony.
FREDDY GRAY: Why Trump is looking to Britain as he plans to crack down on illegal migrants - as an example of how NOT to do it
23/11/24 09:56
Senior Team Trump members are looking at Britain as a salutary lesson in how uncontrolled immigration can hobble a country.
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FREDDY GRAY: Why Trump is looking to Britain as he plans to crack down on illegal migrants - as an example of how NOT to do it
22/11/24 11:31
FREDDY GRAY: Speak to anyone in Donald Trump 's orbit and the message is clear: fixing the border is paramount. And senior Team Trump members are looking at Britain, in particular, as a lesson.
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FREDDY GRAY: Trump's hillbilly Veep JD Vance is now the MAGA heir apparent
08/11/24 12:38
Halfway through his victory speech on Tuesday night, a jubilant but exhausted Donald Trump turned to his soon-to-be vice-president, J D Vance, and asked him to take over.
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Tanks storm the Capitol, bloody violence erupts across America... and Western democracy collapses: As the US votes today, FREDDY GRAY imagines the worst-case scenarios for the next 48 hours...
05/11/24 03:17
If Trump narrowly misses out, will there be violent uprisings like the storming of the Capitol on January 6 , 2021? If Harris is pipped at the post, could she resort to legal nitpicking and drag the process out?
Who REALLY tried to kill Trump?
23/09/24 01:18
Nearly ten weeks have passed since Thomas Matthew Crooks came within inches of killing Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.
After waiting for days to endorse her... do the Obamas REALLY believe Kamala has the stardust to win the White House?
09/08/24 09:09
Previously dubbed the 'female Obama'. Kamala Harris has always been desperate for former President's extraordinary star power, but he's just never been that into her.
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What if Trump had been killed? FREDDY GRAY'S account is as shocking as it is believable
01/08/24 01:24
FREDDY GRAY: Sometimes, history turns not on huge, epochal forces but on momentary twists of fate.
All you need to know about Trump's new rival as the world asks... will cackling Kamala have the last laugh?
24/07/24 01:29
Kamala Harris may not be much of an orator - but she's one hell of an operator. Don't be fooled by her legendary ineloquence: that cackling laugh and her faux-homely online cooking shows.
How Joe Biden failed and failed his way to the top
22/07/24 07:00
'Biden,' declared the world's then-most wanted man Osama bin Laden, 'is totally unprepared for that post, which will lead the U.S. into a crisis.'
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FREDDY GRAY: Biden failed and failed... all the way to the top! Obama said 'don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** up' and Bin Laden predicted he'd 'lead the US into crisis' but none of that mattered as Joe thrived despite tragedies and ENDLESS gaffes
22/07/24 12:26
'Biden,' declared the world's then-most wanted man Osama bin Laden, 'is totally unprepared for that post, which will lead the U.S. into a crisis.'
Biden's party has lied to the public - and itself - about him for too long, writes Freddy Gray
29/06/24 12:47
Denial, anger, depression and acceptance. America's Democrats went through these stages of grief on Thursday night as Joe Biden crashed and burned on the CNN debate stage.
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It's impossible to deny Biden is increasingly loopy, says Freddy Gray
12/06/24 10:00
Unlike you-know-who, Joe Biden did not duck out of his D-Day duties last Thursday. But was he really all there? The videos suggest that he was not.
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Sadly, it's now impossible to deny that Joe Biden, the most powerful man in the world, is increasingly loopy - and getting worse, writes FREDDY GRAY
12/06/24 12:20
Unlike you-know-who, Joe Biden did not duck out of his D-Day duties last Thursday. But was he really all there? The videos suggest that he was not.
What a new US civil war could REALLY be like: Rebel generals defect to Trump after Biden outlaws 'terrorist' MAGA supporters... then Antifa start a 'kill whites' campaign. Far-right militias execute minorities. Anarchy erupts. Forget the movie...
22/04/24 01:39
It's 6pm on January 6 , 2025. 'Four years ago, on this very day, Donald Trump tried to steal democracy,' says 82-year-old Joe Biden. 'He's doing it again, folks. We must stop him, no matter what.'
If Trump really is so uniquely appalling, how come tens of millions of perfectly reasonable Americans want him back in the Whitehouse, writes FREDDY GRAY
21/01/24 12:18
FREDDY GRAY: Such dread-mongering might be more effective if we hadn't heard it all so often in the eight years since Donald Trump stunned the world by beating Hillary Clinton to the presidency in 2016.
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One's a geriatric, the other's a nutcase! FREDDIE GRAY talks Biden versus Trump ahead of their 2024 presidential campaigns
25/04/23 10:03
FREDDIE GRAY: According to the latest polls, 53 per cent of voters who supported Biden in the last election think he shouldn't run again in 2024.
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This whole impeachment process is a charade that will demean America, writes FREDDY GRAY
19/12/19 11:31
Nancy Pelosi and her fellow Democrats dressed in black to impeach President Donald Trump. They aimed to look sombre as Pelosi repeatedly said how 'sad' she was. But they didn't.
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Oodles of charm on an East Sussex farm: The tranquil retreat with six lavish lodges (run by a famous DJ)!
29/06/18 07:27
Freddy Gray takes his 'townie' family to a farm in Sussex, to stay in one of six high-end lodges. With a pool, massages, pizza-making and wildlife galore, it proves a crowd-pleasing way to sample country life.
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Break for the Brecon Beacons and discover Wales in all its gorgeous glory
23/09/17 10:00
Freddy Gray enjoyed a family holiday to the Welsh countryside with his three children - and was stunned by the beauty and scale of it all.
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Oh happy Danes! Denmark is a famously contented country - and a visit to Aarhus, Europe's next Capital of Culture, shows why
26/03/16 11:50
Aarhus, Denmark's second-largest city, has a thriving food and drink scene. It will be joint European Capital of Culture in 2017 and there are plenty of attractions to lift your mood.
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Croatia is heating up: Why the little island of Losinj could become the new star of the Adriatic (and the Balkan answer to Mallorca)
08/08/15 11:44
You may not have heard of the Croatian island of Losinj. But you soon will. A huge wave of investment in hotels and villas is turning it into the next Euro hotspot. Freddy Gray grabs a sun-lounger.
Vintage Portugal: Sipping port and playing golf (very badly) on a great sunshine escape
01/07/14 04:43
It is a world away from the Algarve - and in many ways, that is a good thing. Freddy Gray heads to northern Portugal to ruin its golf courses (not intentionally), sip a little port, and ponder the role of an Englishman abroad.
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Chipping: the new name for gazundering - buyers reneging on an agreed sale price. And it's plain wrong
23/08/13 11:20
The only way to relieve the stress of buying a property is to have a good moan. The other day, I was only halfway through a long whine about the outrageous cost of this house I’m purchasing, when my friend Sam stopped me short.
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