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Peter Oborne

Peter Oborne is associate editor of The Spectator and chief political commentator at The Daily Telegraph.

The case for keeping Chris Grayling in the Cabinet

Peter Oborne 24 July 2019 10:43

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

Peter Oborne 16 June 2019 13:55

The entire subcontinent will be transfixed by today's glorious, historic and all-too-rare event

The ballad of Conrad Black

Peter Oborne 16 May 2019 10:58

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?

Peter Oborne 23 February 2019 7:30

 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

Peter Oborne 15 June 2018 13:26

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

Peter Oborne 6 May 2018 9:00

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

Peter Oborne 19 April 2018 7:52

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?

Peter Oborne 5 November 2017 8:30

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

Peter Oborne 14 December 2016 8:33

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

Peter Oborne 12 April 2016 9:40

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

Peter Oborne 11 March 2016 17:04

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

Peter Oborne 29 December 2015 18:30

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?

Peter Oborne 4 June 2015 17:53

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

Peter Oborne 2 June 2015 10:40

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

Peter Oborne 8 October 2014 13:32

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

Peter Oborne 1 May 2013 16:23

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

Peter Oborne 25 April 2013 12:25

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

Peter Oborne 22 September 2011 12:08

Very rarely in political history has any faction or movement enjoyed such a complete and crushing victory as the Conservative…

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