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James HealeThe Spectator |
In Scotland, a changing of the guard is near. But while Hearts are set to break the duopoly of Celtic and Rangers this season, there is no sign of the...
Of all Labour’s heartlands, none has more mythos or magic than Wales. Its history of pits and pulpits produced Nye Bevan and Neil Kinnock; a quarter...
Keir Starmer is enduring perhaps his most uncomfortable afternoon in the Commons since being elected Prime Minister. He promised in his opening...
Keir Starmer is enduring perhaps his most uncomfortable afternoon in the Commons since being elected Prime Minister. He promised in his opening...
Here is a fun one: what do Giorgia Meloni, Pope Leo XIV, Ed Miliband and the Cato Institute all have in common? The answer is that they have each been...
The Mandelson scandal claims yet another victim. Late on Thursday night, Olly Robbins was sacked rom his post as the Foreign Office’s Permanent...
It is the cardinal rule of British politics: never lie to parliament. For, as Boris Johnson found to his cost, the political penalty for ‘misleading...
Here is a fun one: what do Giorgia Meloni, Pope Leo XIV, Ed Miliband and the Cato Institute all have in common? The answer is that they have each been...
With three weeks to go until the local elections, Reform are back campaigning on their favourite subject: migration. Having talked up deportations in...
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded election victory in Hungary after 16 years in power, with the opposition on course for a landslide win....
Nigel Farage likes a gamble. Crypto bros and hedge-fund managers bankroll his enterprises; his social circle is filled with traders, bridge players...
It is one of the world’s most remote corners – but Greenland is playing an increasingly important role in global affairs. In January last year,...
One of the great gifts in politics is the capacity to surprise. Kemi Badenoch, again, demonstrated her ability in this respect when she chose to...
The Tories launched their local election campaign this morning, with a beaming Kemi Badenoch surrounded by rows of flag-waving party members. The...
Shabana Mahmood made an impressive start as Home Secretary. Within her first 100 days, she had set out a tough new plan to ‘stop the boats’,...
Is any party having a ‘good war’ on Iran? After Donald Trump’s first strikes, I suggested that the Prime Minister had few appealing options. A...
After Gorton and Denton, where next? The scale of the Green triumph in Manchester has sent shockwaves through Sir Keir Starmer’s party. Much has...
Today’s Spring Statement was intended to be the anti-Budget: no rabbits, no leaks, no lengthy speeches. After last November’s disaster, the Office...
Next month marks forty years since the United States bombed Libya. Ronald Reagan requested the use of British air bases for F-111s to retaliate...
In the end, it was not even that close. The Green party has stormed to victory in Gorton and Denton, winning their first ever parliamentary...
No TV show better encapsulates the nexus between money and power than Industry. The HBO drama sees investment bankers screwing, snorting and slogging...
One intriguing element of the battle on the right is the arms race for donations. Twelve months ago, Kemi Badenoch’s supporters could point to her...
James Heale has narrated this article for you to listen to. There is an old joke about Nigel Farage, put about by former colleagues. ‘Why is Nigel...
There is an old joke about Nigel Farage, put about by former colleagues. ‘Why is Nigel like a beech tree?… Because nothing grows under him.’ The...
It has been a busy few days for Reform UK. Having dominated the last summer recess, this week they are determined to do the same. This morning, the...
It is parliamentary recess and once again, Reform is making all the running. Having successfully rebuffed Labour’s plans to cancel council elections...
The parliamentary recess ought to buy Keir Starmer a bit of much-needed breathing space. But the Prime Minister has suffered an unwelcome rebuff today...
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