Theresa May’s 2018 resolution should be to look beyond Brexit
The last full year before Britain leaves the EU has been foretold by some as a time of increasingly desperate…
A portrait of 2017: Brexit stumbled forward, Big Ben was silenced and sexual allegations swept the world
January ‘No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain,’ Theresa May, the Prime Minister, declared in…
Barometer: 2017’s missed targets
Slipping behind Some things which were supposed to happen in 2017: — Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. In 2007…
Barometer: How much do we throw away over the Christmas period?
Festive waste: How much do we throw away over the Christmas period? — 1 billion Christmas cards. — 83 sq…
Christmas splurge: How much extra do households spend at Christmas?
Christmas splurge How much extra do households spend at Christmas? — £500, according to the Bank of England. Over the course of…
Returning jihadis must be brought to justice
At first sight, the evidence presented in David Anderson’s report into the four terror attacks committed between March and June…
Even at £50 billion, the ‘divorce’ bill from the EU is a price well worth paying
There will be howls of outrage in some quarters if it is confirmed that the government has offered the EU…
Royal engagements: A Spectator history, 1839 – 2010
A Royal engagement is dominating the headlines once again. Here is how The Spectator has marked royal engagements over the years, from…
Hope in Zimbabwe
With Robert Mugabe’s departure goes one of the caricatures of late 20th-century Africa: the tinpot dictator who brutalises his opponents,…
John McDonnell’s Today interview, full transcript
Mishal Husain: Let’s start with that economic picture. Do you agree with what the OBR said about growth; essentially that…
Philip Hammond is not the man to take the battle to Jeremy Corbyn
Philip Hammond began his first Budget, in March, by playing down its importance — for his big ideas on fiscal…
Live: Autumn Budget 2017
Philip Hammond avoided any disasters in his second budget of 2017. Here are the headline announcements: Growth forecasts downgraded: Britain’s economy…
Does Theresa May’s zombie government even want to survive?
Dealing with a hung parliament was never going to be easy, but no one quite foresaw the decay which now…
Gordon Brown’s memoirs show he is good at blowing his own trumpet – but nothing else
Gordon Brown has pitched his memoirs as the honest confessions of a decent man. He failed to win the one…
The Kurds are on their own
The routing of Isis in northern Iraq ought to be a time of international celebration, but as ever in the…
The Conservative party’s existential crisis
Theresa May’s conference speech — interrupted by coughing fits and with part of the set falling apart behind her —…
Liam Fox’s Conservative conference speech, full text
OK. It’s time for some optimism. It doesn’t seem like a year since we last met together in Birmingham. When…
David Lidington’s Conservative conference speech, full text
“Yesterday morning, as Lord Chancellor, I joined our country’s senior judges and lawyers in Westminster Abbey to mark the opening…
Jeremy Hunt’s Conservative conference speech, full text
“We have a great team at the Department of Health so let me start by thanking them: the wise Philip…
Ruth Davidson’s Conservative party conference speech, full text
It’s great to be here in Manchester. Or as I call it, the Southern powerhouse. I want to talk to you…
Is being green good for business?
On Monday 11th September, The Spectator hosted a round table discussion over lunch about whether being green is good for…
Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour conference speech, full text
We meet here this week as a united Party, advancing in every part of Britain, winning the confidence of millions…
Tom Watson’s Labour conference speech, full text
Conference, thank you for being here. Thanks for your enthusiasm, for your passion, for all your hard work on behalf…
Sadiq Khan’s Labour conference speech, full text
Conference, it’s great to be back in Labour Brighton. And it’s great to see our Labour Party so fired up…
John McDonnell’s Labour conference speech, full text
I’d like to thank Ken Loach for that wonderful film and thank Ken for his incredible contribution to our movement.…
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