Boris Johnson
Portrait of the week: Truss in, Johnson out and Nord Stream 1 off
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
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
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?
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?
Boris Johnson has so dominated politics for the past few years that it is hard to imagine things without him.…
My Ibiza diary
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?
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
The Tory leadership race is almost over and at last a new PM will be announced. Most expect that next…
Who will Liz Truss forgive?
Liz Truss has always been more popular with Tory party members than with Tory politicians. The moment of greatest peril…
The article that made Boris 'hang my head in shame'
Boris Johnson has written more than his fair share of controversial stuff over the years. Whether it’s jibes at Islam,…
The Dane gets an interpretive dance makeover: Ian McKellan's Hamlet reviewed
Ian McKellen’s Hamlet is the highlight of Edinburgh’s opening week. In this experimental ballet, Sir Ian speaks roughly 5 per…
Do Conservative members miss Boris?
Boris Johnson is very much the elephant in the room of this leadership race, looming large over both Rishi Sunak…
Where will Boris write his column?
With just four weeks left in No. 10, rumours are swirling about Boris Johnson’s future plans. Will he quit the…
Boris Johnson's warning from history
After a long period in office, it’s natural for any political party to lose their zeal for governing. As problems…
Boris 'wants to carry on' as PM
Faced with the choice of Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss, some Tories are experiencing something close to sellers’ remorse. Was…
Will Boris be back?
‘Hasta la vista, baby’ Boris Johnson told the Commons at his final PMQs. But could the fallen leader be seeking…
My debt to Boris Johnson
Back in 1997 when I was narked on by a fellow journalist (Simon Walters, currently of the Times, then of…
Who can read Penny Mordaunt?
Whitehall is telling ministers that this is a ‘caretaker’ government and so, by convention, cannot take decisions. This is not…
The global elite and me
Here come the global elites. They love it here. Their spiritual second home. The heat, the rosé, the food, the…
Advice to my successor
Boris Johnson completed his final PMQs this afternoon, offering some ‘final words of advice’ to his successor. Spectator readers may recall his…
Letters: In defence of Boris Johnson
Boris’s legacy Sir: It is grossly unfair to assert that Boris Johnson’s legacy was the lockdown (Leading article, 9 July).…
‘Our’ by ‘our’, Boris’s resignation speech
There was a word I didn’t understand in Boris Johnson’s resignation speech (in which he did not resign). He spoke…
Theresa revels in Boris's downfall
Of all those revelling in Boris Johnson’s downfall last week, few probably enjoyed it more than Theresa May. It would…
Why Rishi Sunak quit
Why Rishi Sunak quit
Portrait of the week: Boris on the brink, petrol price protests and a £3,000 swear word
Home Rishi Sunak resigned as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Sajid Javid as Health Secretary. (Nadhim Zahawi accepted the post…