Boris Johnson

How my brother-in-law Boris got me cancelled

8 July 2023 9:00 am

How Boris made me a threat to Mexico

Boris Johnson’s peculiar conservative conversion

27 June 2023 4:00 pm

In his most recent column for the Mail, Boris Johnson fires a shot at, among other things, ‘the leftie twittersphere’.…

Portrait of the week: Boris locked out, mortgage misery and Titanic submarine search

24 June 2023 9:00 am

Home Boris Johnson, the former prime minister, was ritually buried by the House of Commons voting by 354 to seven…

Is Boris Johnson a great man of history?

12 June 2023 4:00 pm

Boris Johnson has always been an enthusiastic proponent of the long unfashionable ‘great man’ theory of history. As he argued…

The Spectator's Notes

3 June 2023 9:00 am

The Tories would be lost in opposition

21 May 2023 12:15 am

It is widely observed that many Conservatives are preparing to lose power at the next general election.  The Conservative Democratic…

My search for a Matt Hancock impersonator

20 May 2023 9:00 am

I’m trying to organise an event in Westminster with the journalist Isabel Oakeshott and it’s proving a bit of a…

Why Boris Johnson might escape a partygate punishment

24 March 2023 1:10 am

After several months of anticipation, two contentious legal submissions from Lord Pannick KC and a bumper 52-page witness statement, Boris…

The problem with Boris’s honours list

10 March 2023 9:33 pm

There are plenty of Boris Johnson hangovers to give Rishi Sunak a headache these days. The privileges committee investigation into…

Boris Johnson fires a warning shot to Sunak

19 February 2023 10:28 pm

Rishi Sunak is once again facing an unhelpful intervention from one of his predecessors. As the Prime Minister attempts to…

Boris: Tories must unite

11 January 2023 7:55 pm

To the Carlton Club, that Palladian monument to power. Last night it hosted the unveiling of Boris Johnson’s new portrait,…

Is Boris going to do the chicken run?

4 January 2023 10:16 pm

Is 2023 going to be the year of Boris? Much of the commentariat seems to think it’s possible, with the…

Will the Tory truce hold?

29 October 2022 9:00 am

During the summer leadership race between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, Sunak’s team were braced for a bloodbath if he…

What everyone knows but no one says about Brexit

29 October 2022 9:00 am

Theresa May’s premiership is now a memory. Boris Johnson’s time in office assumes the status of a rather brief, if…

Why the Lib Dems want Boris back

21 October 2022 10:26 pm

Suddenly, out of the blue, comes a saviour. The Lib Dems have failed to capitalise on the downfall of Liz…

Penny reign: why Mordaunt is the kingmaker

21 October 2022 9:27 pm

Tory MPs will likely have three candidates to vote for in Monday’s leadership race: Boris Johnson, Penny Mordaunt and Rishi…

Will Boris get the numbers he needs?

21 October 2022 5:20 am

The question on everyone’s lips tonight is whether Boris Johnson can get 100 MP nominations by Monday. This is the…

Portrait of the week: Truss in, Johnson out and Nord Stream 1 off

10 September 2022 9:00 am

Home Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, said in a speech outside 10 Downing Street: ‘Boris Johnson delivered Brexit, the…

Boris Johnson was a terrible strongman

6 September 2022 11:32 pm

The ejection of Boris Johnson from Downing Street today proves that the UK has not gone the way of Donald…

What Boris should do next

6 September 2022 5:25 pm

Just what do you do with the rest of your life if, aged 58, you have been prised out of…

Will Liz Truss kill levelling up?

5 September 2022 7:40 pm

Levelling up is probably not even in the top tier of Liz Truss’s intray for this week, given the pressure…

After Boris: what will politics look like?

3 September 2022 9:00 am

Boris Johnson has so dominated politics for the past few years that it is hard to imagine things without him.…

My Ibiza diary

3 September 2022 9:00 am

You wait 11 years for a Tory leadership election and then three come along in quick succession. The first in…

Who will fill the Boris void?

2 September 2022 3:09 am

Boris Johnson’s last set piece speech today was typical him. There were references to Ladybird books, attempts to blame the…

Poll: voters don't want Boris in Truss's Cabinet

1 September 2022 11:59 pm

The Tory leadership race is almost over and at last a new PM will be announced. Most expect that next…