Patience Wheatcroft
17 September 2024
What’s the point of buying the Spectator?
A little influence over a national publication may be enough to keep Sir Paul Marshall, yet another would-be media mogul, happy
Read the full article11 September 2024
The neverending Tory leadership race
The next leader will be unlikely to take the Tories into the next election
Read the full article04 September 2024
Reeves needs to be a bit braver with her accounts
If Rachel Reeves wants to be a truly reforming chancellor, she should embrace a more radical approach to accounting
Read the full article28 August 2024
Tone-deaf Tory six are leading the party towards oblivion
The new crop of MPs are faced with a Hogwarts-style parliament as the Tories’ leadership crisis rumbles on unabated
Read the full article21 August 2024
Shame in public life seems to have vanished
The government has demonstrated a conviction that dangerous behaviour has to have consequences
Read the full article07 August 2024
The Tories are finished for good if they lurch any further right
If Labour fails in its declared missions, the Conservatives could have another chance – but not if they veer to the right
Read the full article31 July 2024
A cull of hereditaries and elders in the Lords is not the answer. So what is?
A term limit, rather than an age limit, is key to reforming the upper house
Read the full article24 July 2024
It’s the contradictions that may trip up the PM
Legislating is the relatively easy part, particularly given a massive Commons majority. Implementation is another matter entirely
Read the full article17 July 2024
If you’ve got it, share it – or else we’ll come for you
After the election, Rachel Reeves is in the perfect position to exert a little gentle blackmail
Read the full article17 July 2024
Can Keir Starmer’s government find a new role for Britain?
With action rather than empty words, the new government could make Britain into a happier country, content to enjoy its advantages
Read the full article10 July 2024
The Conservatives’ long game of thrones begins
The election rendered a moderate Conservative Party redundant
Read the full article03 July 2024
Parliament has a chance to be relevant again
There must be something better than the juvenile name-calling that has come to characterise our way of government
Read the full article26 June 2024
Freezing out Farage
The best way to fight the Reform leader’s populism is to produce a united front
Read the full article19 June 2024
Farage and the politics of anger
With an overdose of incompetence, Rishi Sunak has driven right wing Tories back to Nigel Farage
Read the full article16 June 2024
It’s time to talk Brexit
Our political leaders will barely utter the B-word – but they can’t avoid it forever
Read the full article12 June 2024
The strange death of the Conservative Party
On July 4, I will be celebrating the defenestration of the Tory party, but not without regrets over what has been lost
Read the full article05 June 2024
Britain has had enough of political gimmicks
Voters want stability, rather than novelty, from the next government
Read the full article29 May 2024
What Starmer should say about Brexit
Skilled European workers are deserting the UK and Starmer could find a route to bring them back
Read the full article22 May 2024
Demonising a Labour moderate didn’t work in ’97. It won’t work now
The electorate will see through any attempt to frighten them into yet another period of government by the doomed Tories
Read the full article15 May 2024
Forget the Garrick, what about the Freemasons?
The secretive group seems more worthy of scrutiny than a club for elderly thespians
Read the full article08 May 2024
The UK’s private equity sector is ready to implode
If the Bank of England is right, the reverberations will be felt around the country
Read the full article05 May 2024
The Tories could be heading for extinction
Defeat is certain, a total wipe-out possible – and don’t underestimate the role of Brexit in this meltdown
Read the full article30 April 2024
A stubborn and stupid betrayal of British youth
Younger generations are paying the price for Rishi Sunak’s stubbornness and pride
Read the full article24 April 2024
The country has had enough of amateurs
David Cameron’s return to frontline politics resembles a grown-up arriving at a children’s party
Read the full article17 April 2024
Humpty Dumpty logic is setting the PM up for a great fall
The words integrity, professionalism and accountability mean what the Tories want them to mean, rather than what a dictionary might say
Read the full article10 April 2024
A tourist tax would help save our crumbling creative sector
Change is needed for the UK’s much-vaunted creative sector to live up to its name
Read the full article01 April 2024
Can Britain be honest with itself?
Rachel Reeves will need to confront failures that others have ignored
Read the full article20 March 2024
The heart of Starmerism
The Labour leader’s plan for a fairer country where the government is trustworthy and delivers public services is one we can all get behind
Read the full article13 March 2024
The Swiss show how we can have a better budget
Hunt’s grandstanding demonstrates the craziness of our current system
Read the full article06 March 2024
Sunak is in hock to his own mob… Britain needs an election now
The country doesn’t deserve his pointless mud-slinging. There are massive problems in need of immediate attention
Read the full article28 February 2024
While Badenoch blusters, who is going to save the Post Office?
The Post Office has an important role as an arm of government; its ownership must be taken seriously
Read the full article21 February 2024
Abused MPs deserve better.. but we deserve better MPs
Parties need to take greater care when selecting their candidates
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