Rishi Sunak

Britain is no longer a functional country

2 September 2023 9:00 am

No. 10 quickly asserted that the meltdown at National Air Traffic Services was a technical issue rather than a cyber…

Britain should not be nervous of India

2 September 2023 9:00 am

Britain should not be nervous of India

The Tories need a shake-up – and Sunak knows it

2 September 2023 9:00 am

When prime ministers sense the end is near, they tend to follow a similar pattern. They change senior civil servants…

India’s century: Sunak’s plan for a new Indo-Pacific alliance

2 September 2023 9:00 am

The PM’s visit to New Delhi could be a defining moment

Why weren’t police forces investigating every theft?

29 August 2023 6:55 am

Police must investigate every theft. This is the message from the Home Secretary as the government heralds an agreement from…

Who’s more useless – the Tories or the England rugby team?

28 August 2023 10:08 pm

In a curious way the decline of English rugby mirrors that of the Conservative party. Four years ago there was…

The problem with the Tories’ ‘local heroes’

26 August 2023 9:00 am

You know the Conservative party is in trouble when it does not dare use its name on leaflets. Instead, it…

After Sunak, who?

20 August 2023 5:54 pm

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens, the author Fay Weldon once declared. This observation about life’s tendency…

How the Tories plan to take the fight to Labour on the NHS

14 August 2023 1:58 am

Brace yourselves for health week. After the rip-roaring success of the government’s ‘stop the boats’ week, you might forgive the…

Why do the Tories force asylum seekers to live on welfare?

12 August 2023 9:00 am

Over decades of service as a floating hotel, the Bibby Stockholm has accommodated all manner of people. It has housed…

The Spectator's Notes

12 August 2023 9:00 am

Spinning

12 August 2023 9:00 am

What is the point of Lee Anderson?

11 August 2023 9:12 pm

Who is the most divisive figure in politics? Last year the Daily Mirror claimed Lee Anderson was ‘the worst man…

Supercops: the return of tough policing

5 August 2023 9:00 am

Old-school policing is back

Portrait of the Week

5 August 2023 9:00 am

Can the Tories come up with a tax offer in time?

5 August 2023 9:00 am

Last summer, all the Tory party could talk about was tax. It was at the heart of the leadership contest…

Portrait of the week

29 July 2023 9:00 am

Will Sunak and Starmer now ditch their green promises?

22 July 2023 7:45 pm

Where do the by-election results leave Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer? The Labour leader had been hoping for a victory…

Labour’s reality check

22 July 2023 9:00 am

Rishi Sunak goes into the summer holidays in the same position he began the year: 20 points behind in the…

Don’t write off Rishi

15 July 2023 9:00 am

Were I sure this was about me alone, I’d hardly bother to mention it: but I may be typical of…

Rishi’s Tory rating turns negative

5 July 2023 12:28 am

As the average mortgage rate for a five-year fixed deal rises to 6 per cent, Rishi Sunak can find little…

‘We’ve got to hold our nerve’: Rishi Sunak’s BBC interview

25 June 2023 8:52 pm

As mortgage rates surge and a new Opinium poll finds Labour’s lead has jumped to 18 points, Rishi Sunak appeared…

Judge, jury and executioner

24 June 2023 9:00 am

‘Immediate Justice’, the government’s new policing initiative of pursuing petty criminals, reflects the black-clad law-enforcer’s 1970s methods exactly

Red Rishi: the Prime Minister’s political makeover

3 June 2023 9:00 am

The Tories are trying on Labour’s clothes