Steve Hilton

Swalwell

Swalwell’s fall was electoral math not morality

14 April 2026 3:44 pm

Eric Swalwell’s fall from viable gubernatorial contender to political casualty was swift and surgical. He was among the frontrunners to…

Steve Hilton

Will Republicans blow California Governor’s race?

14 April 2026 3:22 pm

Eric Swalwell has dropped out of the race for California Governor after a series of sexual misconduct allegations. Republicans may…

‘I don’t want this state that I love to become the country I left’: Steve Hilton on why he’s running to be California governor

28 March 2026 9:00 am

‘I don’t want this state that I love to become the country I left,’ Steve Hilton tells the lunch meeting…

This referendum has shown us the real Cameron

28 May 2016 9:00 am

Westminster has a tendency to get ahead of itself. MPs want to discuss the aftermath of an event long before…

The Spectator’s notes

28 May 2016 9:00 am

Obviously there is no such thing as ‘Cameronism’, as there is ‘Thatcherism’; but once upon a time, David Cameron did…

Glastonbury Festival, where the absence of authority results in order, not anarchy

Elysian fields

20 June 2015 9:00 am

Glastonbury is a model for radical policy reform, says Steve Hilton

Promising more than he delivers

28 March 2015 9:00 am

In 2001, Tony Blair took Sir Michael Barber from his perch as special adviser in the Department for Education and…