James Forsyth

James Forsyth is Political Editor of the Spectator. He is also a columnist in The Sun.

The next PM must be ready for Putin

20 July 2022 9:35 pm

Westminster is understandably obsessed with the question of who makes the final two of the Tory leadership race, but today…

The Tory leadership race is at its most unpredictable

19 July 2022 7:30 pm

The fast pace of this Tory leadership contest means that MPs are voting again in just a couple of hours.…

Where do the Tories go from here?

16 July 2022 9:00 am

The hardest thing for any political party to achieve is renewal in government. The Tories have managed it twice since…

Gove backs Kemi Badenoch for prime minister

11 July 2022 6:11 am

Michael Gove has endorsed Kemi Badenoch for Tory leader. Badenoch, who was one of his junior ministers at the Department…

Tories adopt American-style campaigning

10 July 2022 11:00 pm

We have seen two Tory Leadership bids this morning that aim to show they can bridge the party divides. Jeremy Hunt,…

The battle for the Tory right

10 July 2022 6:22 pm

Who will be the candidate of the right in this contest? There is this morning a mighty tussle on to…

After Boris: the leadership contest has begun

9 July 2022 9:00 am

Who are the Tories lining up to replace Boris?

Boris should leave No. 10 immediately

7 July 2022 9:24 pm

Boris Johnson should stand down with immediate effect. Yes, he has managed to fill various cabinet posts. But he will…

Boris Johnson will go down fighting

7 July 2022 6:49 am

Tonight it is clear that the only way Tory MPs can remove Boris Johnson is through the new 1922 executive…

Is the end nigh for Boris?

7 July 2022 1:49 am

Boris Johnson is now facing a situation where if he doesn’t resign he will face more cabinet resignations. Johnson is…

How Boris Johnson could be deposed

6 July 2022 8:29 pm

Late last night, Boris Johnson appeared to have stabilised the situation, albeit temporarily. He had managed to appoint a new…

Who will join Sunak and Javid in quitting the cabinet?

6 July 2022 3:25 am

The Chancellor and the Health Secretary have both resigned and at least one more cabinet minister is considering their position.…

Why tactical voting is so dangerous for the Tories

2 July 2022 9:00 am

Boris Johnson has always been a celebrity politician. It is one of the reasons why the normal rules of politics…

Nato is no longer 'brain dead'

29 June 2022 9:12 pm

Finland and Sweden will be formally invited to join Nato today. Them joining the alliance will bolster Nato’s presence in the…

British politics is stuck

25 June 2022 9:00 am

One of the favourite phrases of British political commentators is ‘oppositions don’t win elections, governments lose them’. As with all…

Is Boris heading for a 1997 moment?

24 June 2022 6:50 pm

Why was the Tory defeat in 1997 so heavy? One of the reasons was that the anti-Tory vote tended to…

Boris Johnson’s loss of authority

18 June 2022 9:00 am

There is an uneasy truce in the Tory party. The 148 MPs who voted no confidence in Boris Johnson last…

Boris's Protocol shake-up faces two major challenges

14 June 2022 4:23 am

The UK government has now published both the text of the Northern Ireland Protocol bill and a summary of its…

How the rebels plan to finish off Boris

11 June 2022 9:00 am

The rebels still plan to see off Boris

Boris's narrow win is bad news for the Tories

7 June 2022 6:17 am

Tonight’s confidence ballot has deepened the Tories’ problem. Yes, Boris Johnson won – but by nowhere near enough to resolve the…

Boris may be toppled by accident

4 June 2022 9:00 am

Every Tory leader fears a plot against them. Their paranoia isn’t helped by the layout of Westminster, which lends itself…

Biden's Ukraine policy should bolster the Western alliance

1 June 2022 8:30 pm

After the confusion about what weaponry the US would supply to Ukraine and growing talk of divisions within the Western…

Partygate is not going away

1 June 2022 3:51 am

Tory MPs just want partygate to go away. The hope that the Sue Gray report would be the end of things…

For Boris, the hard bit is just beginning

28 May 2022 9:00 am

Boris Johnson has been plunged back into the mire of partygate. The publication of a photograph of Johnson raising a…

Zelensky’s choice: can Ukraine force Russia to negotiate?

21 May 2022 9:00 am

What should his endgame be in any negotiations with Putin?