EU referendum
Bought off by Brussels
Many of the worthies urging us to stay 'in' are on the EU payroll
Long life
Forgive me if I feel a little depressed at the moment. There are a lot of contributory factors — among…
Can anyone stop Boris?
Most MPs greet the parliamentary recess with a sense of relief. But Conservatives are welcoming this Easter break like the…
The Spectator’s Notes
You might expect that the murder of Christians would excite particular horror in countries of Christian heritage. Yet almost the…
Referendum rage
Scots know all too well how it feels. The rest of Britain is about to learn
The Conservative crack-up
Months after a historic election victory, party unity is in pieces. What can Cameron do about it?
Feminists for Brexit
Britain is trapped in a bad marriage with the EU. It’s time to leave
Directions your phone can’t give you
In many ways a satnav is a miraculous device. A network of US military satellites more than 10,000 miles above…
Portrait of the week
Home In the Budget, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, kept talking of the ‘next generation’. He outlined cuts…
Budget brings the focus back to Britain
George Osborne used to tell his aides to prepare every budget as if it were their last: to throw in…
Vote for freedom!
‘Out’ campaigners picture leaving the EU as a liberation. It wouldn’t be
The Amber express
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd on ending green rackets, supporting Scottish oil and staying in the EU
Governor Cameron and the Brussels empire
Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the EU Commission, made a typically brilliant intervention in the EU referendum debate by arguing that…
Osborne can still see off Boris
When George Osborne last stood up to deliver a budget, he had reached his post-election apotheosis. His economic (and political)…
Want to leave the EU? You must be an oik like me
If you need to know how properly posh you are there’s a very simple test: are you pro- or anti-Brexit?…
This great commodity rally doesn’t mean that spring has arrived
All in all, this is an odd moment for an outburst of high spirits: not from me — I’m as…
Americans for Brexit
President Obama thinks it’s in all our interests for you to remain part of the EU. This is why he’s wrong
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…
Letters
What might have been Sir: Harry Mount points out that Boris Johnson is two years older than David Cameron (Diary,…
Will Cameron pull his punches to help the Tories reunite?
If Downing Street’s calculations are correct, next week will see politics begin to return to normal. We’ll all move on…
Of course the old Tory hatreds are back. That’s referendums for you
Of course it’s vicious. It was always going to be. Sure, they’ve spent decades living peacefully side by side, but…
A conservative case for staying in
Europe has enjoyed an exceptional three decades of freedom and prosperity. Why risk that?
Leap in the dark
‘They all laughed at Christopher Columbus,’ sang my husband flatly, ‘when he said the world was round.’ I wasn’t going…
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…
