How the Tories lost their way
Do you pack up the flat or not? That’s the question that everyone who lives in Downing Street faces as…
Why the fuss over The Spectator’s sale?
This diary is late. Two months late. The columnists who missed my Evening Standard deadlines often had elaborate excuses. Mine…
Boris’s final days in No. 10
‘So what did he say?’ I asked the ministerial friend who went to tell Boris last week he had to…
My encounter with Sue Gray
I only voted in one no-confidence motion. The leader was Iain Duncan Smith, and it was a bit awkward. I…
My night of nostalgia with Boris and co.
Rishi Sunak had a pre-game Twix and a Sprite to prepare for this week’s impressive Budget. I used to have…
George Osborne: Why I’m going into banking
Spring in Somerset — again. If someone had told me last February that I’d spend seven of the next 12…
What I miss about general elections
One thing I miss about taking part in a general election is the travel. Really. I loved it. In 2015,…
George Osborne: The temptation of voting Lib Dem
Going to Pizza Express is a very usual thing for me to do, unlike Prince Andrew. I grew up in…
George Osborne: I tried to swap jobs with William Hague
I could be that rare thing: a former chancellor who is still a member of the Conservative party. Philip Hammond…
George Osborne: My campaign to Make Hancock Great Again
The best thing about the Evening Standard going to print at lunchtime is that we can be first to a…
George Osborne: Davos diary
We Citizens of Nowhere have made our home in Davos this week. Where else? Those who think we’re a remote…
Australian Notebook
To Sydney for the first of three G20 meetings in Australia this year. It’s a long way to travel, but…
