All you need is Gove – a Rats in a Sack special
Our digest of the worst of Westminster welcomes the slippery charmer to the Spectator editor’s chair
Our digest of the worst of Westminster welcomes the slippery charmer to the Spectator editor’s chair
If Donald Trump wins a second term, it could give Europe’s right wing populists a headache
The Trump campaign plays on the deepest fears and instincts of the US electorate – making rational arguments against him will not work
Owned by an oligarch and run by an editor who seems suddenly out of his depth, the London Evening Standard has been subjected to a slow, cruel death
Johnson says that his new book on Harold Wilson isn’t meant as a message to the current PM. But it is
The PM has promised to put country before party. None of his Tory predecessors did, so why should he?
The government should be tackling the roots of populism, not scoffing at ‘unelectable’ opponents who embrace it
He has no charisma, intellectual consistency or distinguishing features of any kind. Other than being very, very right wing, who – or what – is he?
Something about the shadow chancellor makes broadcasters reach for the Chaucer
UK consumers may face a limited supply of Christmas trees this year, with Brexit-related challenges casting uncertainty over their import
The loss of jobs has been a disaster and blown a £1bn hole in Britain’s tax revenues
The Green party risks being dismissed as a hard left protest vote – how can it broaden its appeal?
A series of questions on China gave the PM much-needed breathing space
The England football team’s new coach is German – and for some that outweighs his winning record and a real coup by the FA
The vice president went on the Call Her Daddy podcast to reach out to her core support – but why does she need the help?
Labour failed to look at the maternity allowance before publishing the Employment Rights Bill
Giving a police escort to a woman who has been a terror target was the right thing to do
The social media platform has become so vile and corrupted that no politician should be anywhere near it
Why do oligarchs – and their defamation lawyers – still have the power to silence all criticism?
The paper loathes Labour and its PM – and that won’t change. So why are they still so keen to please it?
There are far too many questions over the former first minister’s behaviour towards women for warm eulogies
Is AI really science, or just hi-tech number crunching?
The Labour prime minister has said the way to kickstart the British economy is to cut red tape. What the hell is he thinking?
The private equity industry – a wealth-extracting machine – is swallowing up UK businesses and stripping them of their assets while our politicians stand by
The PM is running out of time to change the narrative around his government’s shaky start
Boris Johnson sounded more unhinged than unleashed while defending his pet project
The IFS delivers a gloomy verdict that will put pressure on the chancellor for tax rises and spending cuts
His attempts to pin the Brexit blame on David Cameron say everything about this egotistical inadequate
The leadership race increasingly looks like the last hurrah before the party’s long descent
If Labour can restore a sense of community, it will reap as much political benefit as any amount of good economic data
By the time another election looms, Conservative MPs will sniff potential doom and ditch their leader for a more Machiavellian individual
All eyes are on vice-chancellor Habeck as his plans for the party fail to pay off
Brussels is frustrated by Keir Starmer’s red lines – and baffled by the same old talk from his new government
As US citizens, we can no longer physically return to the ‘land of our birth’, because it no longer exists except in our memories
Now stoking rumours about Keir Starmer’s private life, the right wing activist uses her journalistic platform to push her political agenda
The Russian leader remains an agent of chaos, and as Iran may soon find out, he only has one issue in mind – his own self-interest
Remainers are facing up to the need for a change of tack to push the PM further towards Europe
Putting a cherished but broken NHS at the centre of a complex moral argument is fraught with danger
Is her forthcoming memoir’s defence of abortion an indication that Republicans won’t be so hardline on this issue if elected?
Scientific American magazine has endorsed Kamala Harris, but many in the science community have their concerns
Most people in the European capital city don’t want to talk about the war – ignoring the horrors of the Eastern Front is the only way to get by
Pressure is on John Swinney’s government as price rises are doing little to stop teenage drinking habits
Ninety-nine-year-old Anna Possi and her bar have put Nebbiuno on the map
In Fanø, a tiny island off Denmark’s west coast, signs of the second world war endure for residents today
We live in a time of conflict. Stuck in this doom loop of grievance and warfare, is the idea of peace in our time now little more than an impossible dream?
Rachel Reeves will have less to spend – but will argue the rise in applications vindicates her strategy
Leaving the EU has caused huge tensions on Gibraltar. Now the creators of the mess are campaigning against its solution
It’s in Israel and the rest of the wider region’s best interest to bring Netanyahu under control