Immigration
Meet the intellectuals leading France to the right
The nation’s intellectuals are being roiled by issues of immigration, sovereignty and freedom of expression
What the Great British Bake Off really says about Britain
There was an interesting news item on the television the other day. A transgendered chap was hoping to become the…
Class War are fatuous idiots, but at least they hate some of the right people
I was unable to join the violent protests held by Class War at the Cereal Killer Café in London last…
Just what Tom Watson needs: a Bananarama tribute band
Available for parties Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said that leaving his party to join the Liberal Democrats would be…
A non-dom speaks: ‘The Swiss, Hong Kong, the Singaporeans, they are all saying “Come”!’
Indian magnate Nirmal Sethia on what the English get wrong about tea – and the other countries seeking to recruit our discontented non-doms
The birth of the plastic bag (blame Sweden)
Old bags The government announced details of a compulsory 5p charge for single-use plastic bags in shops. Plastic bags have…
How ancient Rome turned immigrants into citizens
In the migration crisis, the EU is currently acting just like the ancients, as if border controls did not exist,…
Turning back refugee boats saves lives - as Australia found out
Turning back boats saves lives
Millions of us honestly don’t know what our duty is to migrants – and Christianity doesn’t help
Proximity shouldn’t make a difference — should it? We were on a beach on the European side of the Mediterranean,…
Think ‘migrant’ is an insult? ‘Refugee’ can be too
Al Jazeera, the Qatari broadcaster, is going to use refugee instead of migrant in its English output. ‘The umbrella term…
How to help black boys afraid of ‘acting white’
Black British boys are being held back by fear of betraying their background. Immigrant children know how to deal with that
To defend the NHS, stop health tourism
Speaking after the Stafford hospital scandal in 2010, the then newly appointed Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, grandly announced plans for…
Illegal workers do sometimes get caught (including at the Home Office)
Caught working The government announced a crackdown on illegal workers. How many illegal workers are caught in Britain? — From…
Cameron’s talking to the wrong Libyan government. He should call my old driver
Certainly not the government that Cameron hopes will help fix the migrant crisis. He’d be better off talking to my old driver
Let’s read the riot act to the kleptocrats who are buying us out
I have signed an affidavit for a hearing in the High Court stating that Janan Harb was, to my knowledge,…
Ali Baba and the 300 hostages: the kidnappers who prey on desperate migrants in Europe’s border badlands
The kidnappers who prey on desperate migrants in Greece’s border badlands
Fraser Nelson’s Diary: Spotting the miscreants at Jeremy Clarke’s drunkenness-themed book launch
‘Hello. I’m lesbian threesome,’ the young lady tells Taki. ‘And I’m Mongolian rampage,’ says the young man beside her. We’re…
Merkel's crisis is Cameron's opportunity
Merkel’s crisis is David Cameron’s opportunity
Shunned, slighted and starving in Sheffield — the Indian immigrants who have become Britain’s untouchables
Novels of such scope and invention are all too rare; unusual, too, are those of real heart, whose characters you…
The subject of immigration has become a means of entrapment
When I founded the American Conservative 13 years ago — the purpose being to shine a light on the neocon…
Jonathan Portes, master of the political correction
Jonathan Portes, master of the political correction
Eritrean migrants face many dangers. Are we one of them?
A few weeks ago someone very dear to me passed on a question about The Spectator, asked them by a…
Like every referendum ever, this EU vote will solve nothing
I suppose, if you could look deep into the mind of somebody who was passionately keen that Britain should leave…
Why Viktor Orban could be David Cameron’s new best friend
Hungary’s Viktor Orban could be the PM’s most influential ally in EU renegotiations. So what does he want – and what can he get?
What Labour needs to do is estrange its awful voters
And so now we have to suffer the epic delusions, temper tantrums and hissy fits of the metro-left. They simply…
