Boris Johnson
Is the fall of Boris inevitable?
A funny thing happened on the way to the cathedral for the service of thanksgiving to the Queen on Friday.…
The Spectator’s Notes
Like many people who do not share his views, I have felt intermittent admiration for Peter Tatchell over the past…
Boris could be toppled by accident
Every Tory leader fears a plot against them. Their paranoia isn’t helped by the layout of Westminster, which lends itself…
Portrait of the week
Home The Jubilee for the Queen’s 70 years on the throne was marked by two days of public holiday, 16,000…
Partygate is not going away
Tory MPs just want partygate to go away. The hope that the Sue Gray report would be the end of things…
Johnson’s guilt
An ability to survive narrow scrapes has been one of Boris Johnson’s defining qualities. The pictures of Downing Street’s lockdown…
Now for the hard bit
Boris Johnson has been plunged back into the mire of partygate. The publication of a photograph of Johnson raising a…
Are the Australian election results a bad sign for the Tories?
Scott Morrison’s Liberals were absolutely thrashed in the Australian elections this weekend. The party’s vote collapsed, and there were big-name…
Boris’s fighting talk
Boris Johnson has never quite been able to decide whether he wants to be a great unifier or a great…
Britain’s national character flaws
Before we start, let’s firmly establish my long-standing affection for the United Kingdom. Why, some of my best friends are…
After Keir
What’s next for Labour – and the Tories?
The quiet dignity of Angela Rayner
In those gentle days before internet pornography there was a book you could buy which listed the precise moment in…
Portrait of the week
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, told the House of Commons that it did not occur to him that the…
Workshy Whitehall
Too few civil servants are returning to the office
Why does India get a free pass for supporting Russia?
When Russia invaded Ukraine the Indian government rapidly launched ‘Operation Ganga’. This was not a military operation, nor did it…
French lessons
In just over a week’s time, Emmanuel Macron will most likely win a second term. He has the opponent he…
Portrait of the week
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, travelled to Kyiv in secret and joined President Volodymyr Zelensky for the cameras in…
Rishi Sunak’s political naivety
Before the war in Ukraine, ministers and Tory MPs believed a fixedpenalty notice for the Prime Minister would mean the…
Boris isn’t safe yet
It is worth thinking back to late January when Boris Johnson’s premiership seemed in the greatest danger. As I say…
The problem with Boris’s Rwanda solution
Is the Prime Minister’s plan to divert some asylum seekers to Rwanda racist? Is it inhumane? Is it a dead…
Partygate cuts through with voters
The Tory task at the next election is enormous. No party in the democratic age has ever won a fifth…
Why I resigned over partygate
This is an edited version of Lord Wolfson’s resignation letter, following the Met’s decision to fine Boris Johnson and Rishi…
Boris’s crazy defence
‘I was very busy. The party was crap. I’m sorry you’re angry. Now leave me alone.’ That was the gist…
Boris thinks he can ride this scandal out
Boris Johnson has now apologised for receiving a fixed penalty notice for attending a lockdown-busting party. In a clearly very…
Six times Boris and Rishi denied breaking the law
Well, that’s that then. This afternoon the Metropolitan Police fined the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of Exchequer for breaking…
