The Week
Letters
What might have been Sir: Harry Mount points out that Boris Johnson is two years older than David Cameron (Diary,…
The prying game
One of the marks of a good Home Secretary is a healthy wariness of those in authority who come begging…
People power then and now
It does seem extraordinary that the increasingly puce-faced Mr Cameron offered us an ‘in-out’ referendum and is now telling us…
Barometer
You can’t do that there ’ere Some of the things which have been banned under Public Spaces Protection Orders, according to…
Diary
Just as the presidential race in America started to get really crazy, I left for India. On the morning of…
The last of Henry James
From ‘Henry James’, The Spectator, 4 March 1916: Englishmen are not likely ever to forget the generous thought which inspired…
Letters
What might have been Sir: Harry Mount points out that Boris Johnson is two years older than David Cameron (Diary,…
Portrait of the week
Home An official analysis by the Cabinet Office said that if Britain left the EU it would lead to a…
Driven to extremes
Imagine if Nigel Farage declared that police should be ready to shoot migrants trying to make it from Calais to…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, having continued talks through the night in Brussels, announced that he had achieved a ‘special status’ for…
Diary
The Prime Minister is pretty angry with Boris. But the idea that they’ve competed with each other since school is…
Barometer
Vote no, vote often David Cameron scorned Boris Johnson’s idea that voting to leave the EU might result in further…
Seneca on bouncers
The papers are full of top stories about important people who cannot get into important parties because the doorman does…
What we’re fighting for
From ‘Justice and Security’, The Spectator, 26 February 1916: If the conditions upon which we are willing to make peace…
Australian letters
Maaaate Sir: The most remarkable feature of Scott Morrison’s address to the National Press Club last week was that he…
Driven to extremes
Imagine if Nigel Farage declared that police should be ready to shoot migrants trying to make it from Calais to…
Seneca on bouncers
The papers are full of top stories about important people who cannot get into important parties because the doorman does…
Barometer
Vote no, vote often David Cameron scorned Boris Johnson’s idea that voting to leave the EU might result in further…
Diary
The Prime Minister is pretty angry with Boris. But the idea that they’ve competed with each other since school is…
What we’re fighting for
From ‘Justice and Security’, The Spectator, 26 February 1916: If the conditions upon which we are willing to make peace…
Letters
In defence of the heads Sir: It is fair for Ysenda Maxtone Graham to criticise heads who garner publicity but…
Australian letters
Maaaate Sir: The most remarkable feature of Scott Morrison’s address to the National Press Club last week was that he…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, having continued talks through the night in Brussels, announced that he had achieved a ‘special status’ for…
The EU must change
David Cameron’s attempt to renegotiate Britain’s EU membership has served as a powerful reminder of the case for leaving. The…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, spent time in Brussels before a meeting of the European Council to see what…
