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Is Putin really in good health?
Soon after Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine in February a rash of stories appeared in the western media…
British Museum keeps the Chinese golden era alive
It’s been a bit of a bad week for the British Museum. High temperatures forced staff to close the site…
Do Truss and Sunak's spending pledges add up?
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have only a few weeks to make their case before postal voting begins on 1…
Dave Chappelle's latest cancellation should trouble us all
Comedian Dave Chappelle was due to perform a sell-out stand-up show last night. But just hours before he took to…
Why I’m coming round to the idea of Prime Minister Truss
The prospect of Liz Truss becoming the United Kingdom’s third female prime minister is antagonising all the right people. Almost…
The eurozone is having a terrible summer
A reforming prime minister has been ousted by a fractious, divided parliament. The central bank is raising interest rates to…
Mario Draghi’s fall and the death of Italian left-wing populism
So, another unelected Italian government is collapsing, and the putatively pro-democratic media are all calling it a ‘dark day.’ In…
The European Union can’t fix its gas problem
Over a 20 year period, former German chancellors Gerhard Schroder and Angela Merkel, handed Russian President Vladimir Putin a vice-like…
Biden in 'I have cancer' gaffe
You’re the American president on a visit to former coal plant in Massachusetts. You’re ostensibly there to deliver remarks about climate…
The Tories abandon fiscal conservatism at their peril
And then there were two. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss now go to the membership. There’s much talk today about how…
Liz Truss presents a serious challenge to Rishi Sunak
After all that, Sunak entered the final members’ round to be Tory leader and UK PM with a comfortable 24…
The economic battle between Sunak and Truss
The Tory grassroots have got themselves a real economic debate this summer: Rishi Sunak’s ‘Thatcherite’ economic philosophy vs Liz Truss’s…
The unedifying spectacle of Boris’s last PMQs
Today Boris gave his last performance at Prime Minister’s Questions. But was it his last? He left the House hanging…
Sunak and Truss make final two – as it happened
Britain’s next Prime Minister will be either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss. Refresh this page for the latest developments. 4.45…
Why expanding NATO is an America First idea
There is an open tug-of-war going on right now over the direction of foreign policy on the right. The attempts…
Advice to my successor
Boris Johnson completed his final PMQs this afternoon, offering some ‘final words of advice’ to his successor. Spectator readers may recall his…
Cold War: Is Germany caving to Putin’s gas blackmail?
After a summit in Tehran yesterday, Putin spoke about the massive Russia to Germany Nord Stream 1 pipeline – currently…
Boris Johnson's final PMQs was a let down
Boris Johnson’s farewell Prime Minister’s Questions was rather like his premiership: full of the unexpected, rather chaotic and a bit…
The next PM must be ready for Putin
Westminster is understandably obsessed with the question of who makes the final two of the Tory leadership race, but today…
Kemi Badenoch will be the new Tory leader's secret weapon
There was an unmistakable whiff of an Addams Family portrait about the cabinet photocall that marked the final gathering of…
Kemi Badenoch's role in the Tory leadership race isn't over yet
Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leadership contest’s Emma Raducanu, finally lost momentum. She put on just one vote to secure 59…
The Union is in trouble whoever wins the Tory leadership race
It’s not a question that has enjoyed much play in the Tory leadership election but it’s a pretty important one:…
The Conservative party has ceased to be serious
I’m not sure that the Conservative party wants to win elections. Tom Tugendhat was knocked out of the leadership contest…
Kemi Badenoch eliminated
Kemi Badenoch has been eliminated from the Tory leadership contest. Rishi Sunak came first with 118 Tory MPs backing him; Penny Mordaunt was…
Germany is at Russia’s mercy
While Britain bakes in a heatwave, politicians in Germany are worrying about the winter. The Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom…
