Leading article
A rotten windfall
It’s strange that, even now, the Brexit vote is routinely referred to as an expression of anger or frustration —…
Better together
This time two years ago, the United Kingdom stood on the brink of dissolution. The referendum on Scottish independence hung…
Better together
This time two years ago, the United Kingdom stood on the brink of dissolution. The referendum on Scottish independence hung…
Defending Brexit
One of the many incorrect predictions about this year’s referendum was that those who voted for Brexit would soon regret…
China syndrome
The Chinese government is unlikely to give Theresa May a panda in the near future. This week the country’s ambassador…
China syndrome
The Chinese government is unlikely to give Theresa May a panda in the near future. This week the country’s ambassador…
Saving refugee lives
How should a country deal with refugees? This week the British government received an important legal vindication of its approach:…
Saving refugee lives
How should a country deal with refugees? This week the British government received an important legal vindication of its approach:…
Hope vs gloom
For all Gordon Brown’s economic mistakes, he at least tried to build confidence in the British economy. In the build-up…
Hope vs gloom
For all Gordon Brown’s economic mistakes, he at least tried to build confidence in the British economy. In the build-up…
Theresa’s first mistake
Helga Hunter met her husband Michael when he was a Scots Guardsman serving in Münster in 1968. She moved back…
Theresa’s first mistake
This week’s lead article, as read by Lara Prendergast Helga Hunter met her husband Michael when he was a Scots…
Cameron’s Legacy
Midway through his final cabinet meeting, David Cameron realised — with some horror — that it had turned into a…
Cameron’s Legacy
Midway through his final cabinet meeting, David Cameron realised — with some horror — that it had turned into a…
The shame of Iraq
‘If it falls apart, everything falls apart in the region’ — Note from Tony Blair to George W. Bush, 2…
The shame of Iraq
‘If it falls apart, everything falls apart in the region’ — Note from Tony Blair to George W. Bush, 2…
A vote of confidence
During the referendum campaign, it seemed at times as if a competition was on to issue the most hyperbolic claim…
A vote of confidence
During the referendum campaign, it seemed at times as if a competition was on to issue the most hyperbolic claim…
Can you forgive him?
David Cameron bet everything on winning this European Union referendum. He lost. His resignation was inevitable, but the timing was not.…
Can you forgive him?
David Cameron bet everything on winning this European Union referendum. He lost. His resignation was inevitable, but the timing was not.…
Out – and into the world
The Spectator has a long record of being isolated, but right. We supported the north against the slave-owning south…
Out – and into the world
The Spectator has a long record of being isolated, but right. We supported the north against the slave-owning south…
The leap
This week the Prime Minister devoted a speech to what he regarded as six lies being told by his opponents…
France is now the sick man of Europe
It is a long time since the term ‘sick man of Europe’ could be applied to Britain. France is now…
Continental drift
It is a long time since the term ‘sick man of Europe’ could be applied to Britain. France is now…
