Immigration
Barometer
Available for parties Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said that leaving his party to join the Liberal Democrats would be…
Trouble brewing
Indian magnate Nirmal Sethia on what the English get wrong about tea – and the other countries seeking to recruit our discontented non-doms
Barometer
Old bags The government announced details of a compulsory 5p charge for single-use plastic bags in shops. Plastic bags have…
Livy on immigration policy
In the migration crisis, the EU is currently acting just like the ancients, as if border controls did not exist,…
The Australian way
Turning back boats saves lives
Christianity is silent on my great moral dilemma
Proximity shouldn’t make a difference — should it? We were on a beach on the European side of the Mediterranean,…
Migrant
Al Jazeera, the Qatari broadcaster, is going to use refugee instead of migrant in its English output. ‘The umbrella term…
Don’t act white, act migrant
Black British boys are being held back by fear of betraying their background. Immigrant children know how to deal with that
Stop health tourism
Speaking after the Stafford hospital scandal in 2010, the then newly appointed Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, grandly announced plans for…
Barometer
Caught working The government announced a crackdown on illegal workers. How many illegal workers are caught in Britain? — From…
Who’s running Libya?
Certainly not the government that Cameron hopes will help fix the migrant crisis. He’d be better off talking to my old driver
High life
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 Greece’s border badlands
Diary
‘Hello. I’m lesbian threesome,’ the young lady tells Taki. ‘And I’m Mongolian rampage,’ says the young man beside her. We’re…
Europe’s great game
Merkel’s crisis is David Cameron’s opportunity
Dick Whittington for the 21st century
Novels of such scope and invention are all too rare; unusual, too, are those of real heart, whose characters you…
High life
When I founded the American Conservative 13 years ago — the purpose being to shine a light on the neocon…
Pedant’s revolt
Jonathan Portes, master of the political correction
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…
Does anyone really expect the EU referendum to resolve anything?
I suppose, if you could look deep into the mind of somebody who was passionately keen that Britain should leave…
Cameron’s friend in Brussels
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?
Labour must 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…
Miliband’s tablet of stone may cost him my vote
You have the advantage over me. You know the result of the general election, whereas I do not — a…
Start-up culture in Ancient Greece
Honduras wants to establish start-up cities to experiment with alternative economic, regulatory, and legal systems. Could this concept help stop…
The people from the sea
Encounters with those who have risked their lives to cross the Mediterranean
