UKIP
Was I abused by Jimmy Savile?
‘Twenty-six million people in Europe are looking for work. And whose jobs are they after?’ asks the Ukip poster for…
Nigel Farage’s diary: Comfort for Cameron, and the wonders of German traffic
What a week! I was thrilled to have a chance to confront Nick Clegg but my excitement was tempered with…
White, blue-collar, grey-haired rebels
In the 2010 general election, Ukip gained nearly a million votes — over 3 per cent — three times as…
Has Ed Miliband's luck finally run out?
Ask anyone in Westminster about the obstacles to a Tory victory in next year’s election and you’ll hear a well-rehearsed…
Death brings out everyone’s inner Mary Whitehouse
Shortly after Bob Crow’s death was announced on Tuesday, Nigel Farage sent the following tweet: ‘Sad at the death of…
Tim Rice’s diary: From Eternity to here
Last October, in these very pages, I wrote with what is now annoying prescience, ‘Like almost everyone else in the…
Why Boris is wrong to say that the children of jihadis should be taken into care
Do your children have a bleak and nihilistic view of the world? It’s hard to tell, really, when they spend…
David Cameron is sending me begging letters
A letter arrives from David Cameron, asking me to vote by post in the European elections. Presumably he means vote…
Welcome to the age of four-party politics
Two things will make the next general election campaign quite unlike any previous election in this country. The first is…
The Tory rebels have two choices: shut up or lose the election
Things could scarcely be going better for the Conservatives. Every week seems to bring more news of the recovery. High…
Portrait of the week
Home Six months of talks in Northern Ireland, chaired by Dr Richard Haass, a retired American diplomat, ended without resolving…
Toby Young: Join my campaign to save the country
This is going to be the year I do my Flash Gordon routine and launch a campaign to save the…
James Forsyth: Insurgents are remaking British politics
Next year will decide the fate of the United Kingdom. The Scottish independence referendum on the 18th of September could…
David Cameron has lost the countryside
The shires feel deeply abandoned by Cameron and the Conservatives
Matthew Parris: The Tories mustn't cuddle up to Ukip — just imagine if it happened on the left
Such is my respect for Spectator readers that I offer you a column whose subtext is in Latin. Ours is…
Letters: Alan Sked on party politics, and how to win a pony show
Party politics Sir: I don’t think it is true that I would be unhappy in any party, as Ross Clark…
The importance of not being called Nigel
The importance of not being Nigel
Ukip are playing it safe – so they’ve rejected me
So farewell then £80,000 salary, £150,000 expense account, secretary, team of assistants, constituency office, first-class travel, immunity from prosecution, Brussels…
