Goldsmith family struggle with rejection
Last night the Liberal Democrats managed to overturn Zac Goldsmith’s 23,000 majority in Richmond Park. While Goldsmith was visible downcast…
Liberal Democrats oust Zac Goldsmith in Richmond Park by-election
It’s happened. Early this morning the Liberal Democrats managed to do the unexpected and overturn Zac Goldsmith’s 23,000 majority in the Richmond…
Where are the government going on immigration?
Today’s net migration figures are still at their record level of just over a third of a million a year.…
Italy’s own populist revolution may be about to begin
Golden boy, Luigi Di Maio, is the 30-year-old, slickly dressed leader of the Parliamentary Italian Five Star Movement (M5S), Italy’s…
David Davis sets the cat among the pigeons at Brexit questions
David Davis put the cat among the pigeons in the chamber today. The Brexit secretary — who takes a more relaxed approach…
Revolutionary Cuba’s racism problem
You can tell a lot about a country from its sexual politics. Out one night at La Fabrica, a state-funded arts…
Bob Geldof: I led the booing of Mike Pence at Hamilton
Last month, the president-elect declared war on Hamilton — the broadway musical — after his vice-president elect Mike Pence was booed and…
The Booker prize has triggered a bout of literary protectionism
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The Spectator podcast: Brexit on trial
On this week’s Spectator podcast, Isabel Hardman talks about the landmark Supreme Court ruling and whether it is putting ‘Brexit…
Immigration reaches record high – but what does that really tell us about Brexit Britain?
How much do the net migration figures mean these days? The Office for National Statistics released its latest migration estimates…
Brexiteers won’t now admit it, but removing EU citizens was a key part of Vote Leave’s campaign
Who could have predicted that the fate of millions of people from EU member states presently residing in the United…
OBR chief ignores critics to heap more Brexit gloom upon MPs
Last week the Office for Budget Responsibility revised down its forecasts, suggesting the economy would only expand by 1.4pc in the…
PMQs Sketch: Striking attitudes in the Chamber
Sometimes PMQs is about policy. Sometimes it’s about posturing. Today everyone was striking attitudes like mad. Jeremy Corbyn over-stated the…
The animal rights revolution is coming
Some will scoff when I say that we are in the first wave of an animal rights movement which will…
Labour’s Matt Damon problem
One of the crueller caricatures in the 2004 satirical film ‘Team America: World Police’ is a little puppet of Matt…
This St Andrew’s Day, Scottish Tories should count their blessings
As is traditional, St Andrew’s Day will be marked in the proper style by expatriate Scots gathering to bless what…
Watch: Douglas Murray gives Richard Gott a history lesson
With Emily Thornberry en route to Cuba to attend the funeral of Fidel Castro, back in Blighty landbound socialists —…
The Syria debate has become dangerously partisan
The collective hysteria about the impending fall of eastern Aleppo to government forces strikes me as understandable and laudable only…
PMQs gets interesting as Tory Eurosceptics coordinate their activities
A rare event at PMQs as Jeremy Corbyn went on the economy. The Labour leader had some well-crafted questions but…
With populism on the rise, Erdogan can now blackmail the EU
President Erdogan is no stranger to blackmailing the EU. He has previously used migrants as a ‘loaded gun’ with which…
Listen: Stephen Kinnock grilled on Labour’s immigration policy on Today
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Rust Belt rallies and Twitter spats: it’s business as usual for President-elect Donald Trump
After three weeks as the president-elect, we are starting to get a sense of what a Trump presidency will look…
Theresa May’s boardroom crackdown asks more questions than it answers
In recent weeks, Theresa May has attempted to perform a balancing act between looking after the interests of ‘just about…
Why wait for Merkel? Theresa May should guarantee the status of EU nationals now
The news that Theresa May offered to do a deal on expats – only to be rebuffed by Angela Merkel…
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