UKIP
The deal Dave didn’t do
Ukip tried to play fair with Cameron. But he wouldn’t even talk to us
Mondeo Man votes Ukip now
An opinion poll to be published next week will reveal that Labour leader Ed Miliband is slightly less popular with…
Unintelligent design
Now that the conference season is over, we can compare not just the party policies, but their logos too. Last…
Will Osborne’s tilt against Double Dutch tax dodgers play into Farage’s hands?
George Osborne’s promise to crack down on multinational companies’ avoidance of UK taxes by the use of impenetrable devices such…
Nigel Farage’s class war
I initially thought Nigel Farage had made a mistake in unveiling Mark Reckless on the final day of his party…
Cameron must reunite the Tories or lose next year’s election
No one goes to Birmingham to revive a marriage. But that is what David Cameron and the Conservative party must…
The Spectator’s Notes
This must be the worst reshuffle since Mrs Thatcher demoted Geoffrey Howe in 1989. Unlike that one, its errors are…
It’s time to address the English question
Before David Cameron heads off for his summer holiday, he’ll be presented with a first draft of the Tory manifesto…
Caesar and Farage
Our politicians are desperately keen to turn the toast of the people, Nigel Farage, into toast himself. But is that…
Farage the moderniser
There are many words that you might associate with Nigel Farage, but moderniser probably isn’t one. Yet the Ukip leader…
Ukip needs an ‘-ism’ – and I know just the one
I’m worried about Ukip. It’s possible that my concerns are entirely misplaced but let me give you some examples of…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, responded to the triumph of the UK Independence Party in the European elections (which…
Diary
My trips to meet Russians in Russia these days are a little less controversial than my encounter with them in…
Barometer
Escape committees An LSE/Institute for Government report estimated the cost of Scottish independence at £2.7 billion, a sum arrived at…
Labour has proved that it speaks for London – and nowhere else
So, now almost all the votes have been counted — except for those in the Islamic Republic of Tower Hamlets, where…
Portrait of the week
Home Demand for housing posed ‘the biggest risk to financial stability’ according to Mark Carney, the governor of the Bank…
The Spectator’s notes
I write this before the results of the European elections, making the not very original guess that Ukip will do…
Reasons to love your German neighbours
Should we be worried about the vast numbers of German-born people living covertly in the United Kingdom? The Office for…
The kids are all right
Ukip’s young supporters are oddly normal
The lives of others
Tucked away in the schedules, just before midday, just after midweek (on Thursday), just four lines in the Radio Times,…
Letters
Why girls do better Sir: Isabel Hardman notes that girls now outperform boys at every level in education (‘The descent…
Portrait of the week
Home The British economy grew by 0.8 per cent in the first quarter of 2014, disappointing hotheads who’d expected 1 per cent. It…
The Spectator’s Notes
The conviction of Max Clifford for indecent assaults feels like a vindication of the jury system, as did the acquittal…
Ukip isn’t a national party. It’s a Tory sickness
It can happen that something ought to feel wrong yet somehow doesn’t; and you wonder whether this means that in…
