Russell Brand’s heart is in the right place – but it’s not the place he talks out of
I write at a difficult time. The balls are in the air, but we know not where they will land.…
Russell Brand is the future, like it or not
I write at a difficult time. The balls are in the air, but we know not where they will land.…
Warning: you may be about to vote for more than one government
For the last five years, I’ve been trying to get people interested in the Fixed Term Parliaments Act. No, don’t…
Warning: you may be about to vote for more than one government
For the last five years, I’ve been trying to get people interested in the Fixed Term Parliaments Act. No, don’t…
Why are so many men on diets? I blame feminists
According to Jenni Russell, my colleague at the Times, David Cameron has lost 13lb since Christmas, mainly by giving up…
Why are so many men dieting? I blame feminism
According to Jenni Russell, my colleague at the Times, David Cameron has lost 13lb since Christmas, mainly by giving up…
The real threat to Britain (and it’s not the SNP)
What a load of mendacious balls everybody talks about Scotland. It’s like a disease. It’s like, you know how they…
Why no one’s telling the truth about Scotland
What a load of mendacious balls everybody talks about Scotland. It’s like a disease. It’s like, you know how they…
It’s now clear: David Cameron was never a real moderniser
I have a friend who was a Young Conservative. Just the one, I promise, and he’s grown out of it…
Did Cameron ever really want to be nice?
I have a friend who was a Young Conservative. Just the one, I promise, and he’s grown out of it…
How Alex Brooker made political interviews interesting again
The other night on Channel 4, I watched the best political interview I’ve seen all year. It was with Nick…
With one push of a button, political interviews have become interesting again
The other night on Channel 4, I watched the best political interview I’ve seen all year. It was with Nick…
Maybe it’s a problem when all artists are like James Blunt. But it’s worse when Labour MPs are like Chris Bryant
What should we do with James Blunt? This is what I have been asking myself. And I am not looking…
Let posh people run the arts – if it means they stop running the country
What should we do with James Blunt? This is what I have been asking myself. And I am not looking…
So the near collapse of A&Es around the country is all my fault?
Oh, I see. So it’s my fault. There I was, thinking that the general swamping and near collapse of accident…
I guess I have to apologise for the state of the National Health Service
Oh, I see. So it’s my fault. There I was, thinking that the general swamping and near collapse of accident…
Twentysomethings: you won’t miss being poor. But you will miss not knowing what you’re doing
What I miss most about being very young is the cluelessness. It’s enormously liberating, cluelessness. The boundaries of life are…
The good old days when I had no idea what I was doing
What I miss most about being very young is the cluelessness. It’s enormously liberating, cluelessness. The boundaries of life are…
Google vs governments - let the new battle for free speech begin
Freedom of the press still matters when the presses are virtual
You shouldn’t watch Dapper Laughs. But you really shouldn’t let the likes of me stop you
As you’ll know by now, I’m big on thinking the right things. Should a thought strike me that m’colleague Rod…
You shouldn’t watch Dapper Laughs. But you really shouldn’t let the likes of me stop you
As you’ll know by now, I’m big on thinking the right things. Should a thought strike me that m’colleague Rod…
I’ll take Jeremy Clarkson over a howling mob any day
Perhaps it’s a glaring and personal flaw in my observational skills, but if somebody tried to insult me via a…
Six weeks after numberplategate, and Argentina’s still going on about it
Perhaps it’s a glaring and personal flaw in my observational skills, but if somebody tried to insult me via a…
Ukip is in the middle of the most cynical political repositioning ever
I think I’ve cracked it. If you want to springboard your minor political party into the mainstream and take British…
Ukip has turned itself into a confidence trick
Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_16_Oct_2014_v4.mp3 I think I’ve cracked it. If you want to springboard your minor political party into the mainstream and…
