Give Nigel Farage a peerage
Almost half of Tory supporters think that Nigel Farage deserves a peerage, according to a new poll. And while some…
Don’t worry, Frans, Britain loves Europe back
As a lifelong Europhile, I rather liked the love letter to Britain from Frans Timmermans, vice president of the new…
Nine lessons from the election: Boris was lucky – but he also played his hand right
The 2019 general election will be remembered as one of the most consequential elections in Britain’s recent history. Aside from…
Spectator competition winners: ’Twas the night before Brexit…
This year’s Christmas challenge was to compose a poem entitled ‘’Twas the Night Before Brexit’. That seasonal classic ‘A Visit…
How the Tories plan to hold together their new electoral coalition once ‘Brexit is done’ and Corbyn gone
The thumping majority by which both the second reading and the programme motion for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill passed yesterday,…
Stormzy is the new Bono
Stormzy has a song called Shut Up. ‘Oi rudeboy, shut up’, he raps. I wish he’d take his own advice.…
The Tory war over Europe is finally over
Happy Christmas (War Is Over). John Lennon probably didn’t have the decades long Conservative dispute over Europe in mind when…
Why splitting the Home Office up makes sense
We won’t see the full scope of what Boris Johnson plans to do for life after Brexit until the new…
What Donald Trump must learn from Boris Johnson’s triumph
Donald Trump has reason to feel good about the British election. The success of the Brexit referendum in June 2016 was…
Boris Johnson couldn’t have done it without the Brexit party
Dear Boris Johnson, Friday felt like June 2016 all over again. The electorate voted Leave; in their droves. Remain reacted…
Today is an exciting and nerve-wracking day for Brexiteers
It’s tense for us Brexiteers, isn’t it? We know that if the Tories don’t secure a Commons majority today then…
Four key questions that will decide who wins this election
In the end it probably comes down to four things, most of them momentous, about the power of the people,…
