The case for keeping Chris Grayling in the Cabinet
Fairness is not a concept known to political reporting. That’s not how the lobby works. I used to be a…
It’s not just cricket: India vs Pakistan is the greatest rivalry in world sport
The entire subcontinent will be transfixed by today's glorious, historic and all-too-rare event
The ballad of Conrad Black
Conrad Black, who was jailed in the US for fraud and obstructing justice, has been pardoned by Donald Trump. Here Peter…
Who’s really to blame for Pakistan’s terror attacks?
Islamabad Six months into Imran Khan’s premiership and the new Pakistan prime minister has been plunged into his first major…
Tariq Ramadan and the integrity of French justice
For the last four months, Oxford professor Tariq Ramadan has been rotting in a French jail, like Jean Valjean. He…
In defence of Olly Robbins
I dislike the attacks on Theresa May’s Brexit adviser Olly Robbins. Mr Robbins is a capable and patriotic official charged…
We have a moral duty to mistrust the government on Syria
Almost two years have passed since Sir John Chilcot produced his 12-volume report on the lessons of the Iraq war.…
Should we celebrate Balfour?
Should we celebrate Balfour? Britain has honoured the first half of Balfour’s letter, which promised to deliver a Jewish homeland.…
It’s time to judge Assad’s Aleppo campaign by the standards that we set ourselves in Mosul
For the past few weeks, British newspapers have been informing their readers about two contrasting battles in the killing grounds…
Revealed: UK government blocks foreign journalists from press freedom conference
On its website the Foreign and Commonwealth Office claims that ‘we’re strengthening the Commonwealth as a focus for democratic practice…
Barack Obama is right: David Cameron let Libya fall into the abyss
In their interview in the Christmas edition of The Spectator, Fraser Nelson and James Forsyth asked the Prime Minister whether he…
What Ed Miliband got right
We’re republishing our ten most-read articles of 2015 and no8 is from Peter Oborne in defence of Ed Miliband. The Spectator…
Did Yemen’s intelligence service collude with Al Qaeda?
Al Qaeda terrorists have never had good press. For sound reasons they are always represented as evil, nihilistic, faceless murderers.…
Fighting talk from a dove — Peter Oborne interviews Charles Kennedy
The former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy has died at the age of 55. He was the party’s…
The unbearable ingratitude of Kevin Pietersen
Seven years ago Kevin Pietersen produced his first attempt at autobiography, Crossing the Boundary: The Early Years in My Cricketing…
No, Iran does not posses nuclear weapons
In the course of a long career as a polemical journalist I have got thoroughly used to being insulted, libelled…
The Boston bombings should make ‘Real IRA’ supporters in the US stop and think
One of the first world statesmen to send a message of sympathy to Boston after last week’s outrage was Gerry…
In this week’s Spectator: The great euro swindle
Very rarely in political history has any faction or movement enjoyed such a complete and crushing victory as the Conservative…
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