Nigel Farage
‘He’s either the Messiah – or the Antichrist’: on the campaign trail with Nigel Farage
‘We love you, Nigel!’ In Clacton-on-Sea, there is little sign that the Reform leader’s star has waned. Campaigning with Farage…
I was targeted by a killer – but I’m still against more security for MPs
Reason, David Hume noted, is a slave of the passions. Arguments, especially political crusades, are often rooted in emotional responses,…
Restore’s unstoppable rise to power
As seen on X ‘Subversive.’ With this word I sign off my vitriolic X reply to Beth Rigby, who has…
Does Nigel Farage think he’s above scrutiny?
If Nigel Farage is so confident that the £5 million donation he received from a friend is entirely kosher, why…
Letters: bring on devolution
The right kind of devolution Sir: Your leading article ‘The Burnham Question’ (11 July) suggests that the putative prime minister’s…
Prince Harry and Nigel Farage have more in common than they might like to admit
At about 2 p.m. on Tuesday, two cases with a common characteristic coincided. One was Nigel Farage’s long statement about…
Why doesn’t my daughter enjoy bonking?
As seen in the Times ‘You young people, I don’t even know where to start!’ My phone call to my…
What Farage can learn from the anti-Trump playbook
In January this year Dominic Cummings – once of this parish – warned The Spectator’s editor and assistant editor that…
Reform is right to fear the return of Boris
The man from Reform had barely sat down at our table at the French bistro when he leant forward conspiratorially…
The death of two-party politics has been greatly exaggerated
Every twist in the winding road of our politics brings a latest thing to say. These wisdoms usually survive a…
The rise and rise of Australia’s Nigel Farage
Sydney For three decades, Australia’s political Establishment has been predicting Pauline Hanson’s demise. But whenever critics tried to administer the…
‘Rupert Lowe turns up for work; Nigel Farage doesn’t’: an interview with Kemi Badenoch
There was a moment backstage, before I interviewed Kemi Badenoch for a Spectator event this week, when I felt like…
Why gentlemen relish Kemi
As seen in the Telegraph Two thoughts on the sad and controversial death of Henry Nowak. The first is about…
Why does Farage care if he’s on Desert Island Discs?
The big revelation in Lord Ashcroft’s forthcoming biography of Nigel Farage is that he’s been banned from Desert Island Discs.…
Henry Nowak’s murder isn’t about Farage and the ‘far right’
While Britain is still reeling from the horrific murder of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak, an astonishing article has appeared in El…
Farage’s plan to win over the left
The loudest man in politics knows when to keep his silence. Nigel Farage held his tongue on Monday as Keir…
18 ways to save your political career
Dear wannabe leaders of Britain. What a lot of you there are! I’ve been writing about leadership and the craft…
Can our democracy survive the ‘bad chaps’?
What is the greatest threat to British democracy? Zack Polanski’s call for ‘building a society’ that ‘doesn’t include’ people who…
What is the supply side of Britain and Europe’s decline?
In his new book Why Populists Are Winning: and How to Beat Them, British MP Liam Byrne argues that it’s…
‘We’ll wake up on 8 May and realise that the Conservative party’s gone’: Inside Reform’s plan to devour the Tories
When Zia Yusuf first walked into the headquarters of Reform UK, he gestured at the empty room and asked: ‘Where’s…
Is my book about Meghan and Harry a ‘deranged conspiracy’?
‘Deranged conspiracy’. That’s the Sussexes’ verdict of Betrayal, my second blast at Harry and Meghan, after the serialisation was in…
Has Reform peaked?
Murton is a rather frowsy former pit village in County Durham, about half a dozen miles down the A19 from…
Did I ever really stand a chance in the by-election?
Four weeks after I decided to upend my life by standing as the Reform UK candidate at the Gorton and…
The thinking behind Nigel Farage’s shadow cabinet
There is an old joke about Nigel Farage, put about by former colleagues. ‘Why is Nigel like a beech tree?……
