I’m sorry because I failed: An interview with David Cameron
‘How have you been?’ David Cameron asks, bounding up to meet me. Fine, I say, then make the mistake of…
Battle begins
What makes Boris Johnson an improvement on Theresa May? Those of us who cheered him on into 10 Downing Street…
Labour’s losing its old heartlands. Backing Remain could make things worse
A moderate, halfway-competent Labour party could crush the Tories. But given that Labour members are Corbynite in inclination, what are…
Gove, Javid and the point of a backstory
Michael Gove’s launch was, easily, the strongest of any candidate yesterday and he deserves the plaudits he’s getting now. Even…
The big Tory leadership question: what happens on All Saints Day?
If the EU is unable to make a Brexit offer that is acceptable to Parliament by the Brexit deadline on…
Fraser Nelson: The biggest myth is that editors have control over their columnists
The power of editors is comically overstated. I’m struck by the number of politicians who imagine that there’s a hierarchy:…
My evening with Jacob Rees-Mogg — live at the London Palladium
A woman dressed as a nun is standing outside the London Palladium with a placard, warning about ‘an evening with…
Justin Welby: Catholic or Protestant – who cares?
Justin Welby is working in Thomas Cranmer’s old study in Lambeth Palace, a room that looks as if it hasn’t…
Trump vs Nato: the trade war is becoming a security crisis
For Theresa May, the most worrying part of Donald Trump’s talks with Kim Jong-un came two days before the two…
The wrong Brexit: what happened to ‘Global Britain’?
A few months ago, Britain’s most senior ambassadors gathered in the Foreign Office to compare notes on Brexit. There was…
The mind of Donald Trump, as explained by Anthony Scaramucci
When Anthony Scaramucci announced that he was writing a book about his time with Donald Trump, the joke was that…
“I’ll eat you alive” – Angela Rayner interview
Angela Rayner is perhaps the only Labour MP who works with a picture of Theresa May hanging above her desk.…
Norway is hard on migrants – but tough love works
When Angela Merkel invited refugees to Germany in 2015, tearing up the rules obliging migrants to seek asylum in the…
How Britain fell for Saudi Arabia’s reforming Crown Prince
There are two ways of seeing the extraordinary rise of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince: the blood-stained debut of a new…
The art of persuasion
It’s hard to admire communist art with an entirely clear conscience. The centenary of the October revolution, which falls this…
What are the Tories for?
It’s time for the Conservatives to rediscover conservatism
Diary
In such gorgeous weather the best part of Scotland to visit is not (as so many seem to think) the…
Red Theresa
Never has the Conservative party been more confident about winning a general election. Theresa May’s popularity ratings have broken all…
Save aid!
Bill Gates is worried about Britain. For years, the UK government has been one of the world’s largest donors in…
Javid’s home truths
Just before Christmas, Sajid Javid performed a ritual he has observed twice a year throughout his adult life: he read…
Don’t ask the experts
Michael Gove never intended to make his most famous remark. In an interview during the EU referen-dum campaign, the then…
Jolly good show
It’s tempting for a Brit to look over the Atlantic and smugly conclude that, after 240 years, the American experiment…
The pollster who called it wrong. Again
A few hours after voting started in the European Union referendum, Populus released its final opinion poll showing a ten-point…
Cameron's sinister purge of the posh
Should employees be judged by their parents’ income?
Iain Duncan Smith on how to save Conservatism
Iain Duncan Smith on the fallout from his shock resignation
