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James HealeThe Spectator |
‘We love you, Nigel!’ In Clacton-on-Sea, there is little sign that the Reform leader’s star has waned. Campaigning with Farage here is a burst...
The Tories are stepping up their seat selections, amid increased speculation that a new Prime Minister will mean an early election. Kemi Badenoch has...
Andy Burnham’s third day in office tells us much about the man. This morning he unveiled his latest proposal to help on the cost of living: a...
Nigel Farage has always been keen to emphasise his status as a global figure. Whether it is his friendships with America’s Donald Trump or...
One of the key traits of a successful politician is the capacity to surprise. Andy Burnham has proved he has that ability in his first big call of the...
No one quite yet knows what Andy Burnham will be like as Prime Minister. But a preview of the coming Tory critique is offered by Neil O’Brien, the...
Tomorrow, Andy Burnham will become Britain’s 59th Prime Minister. The team around him has been strikingly circumspect when it comes to setting out...
No one quite yet knows what Andy Burnham will be like as Prime Minister. But a preview of the coming Tory critique is offered by Neil O’Brien, the...
It was Napoleon who said that ‘To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.’ Nigel Farage is nothing...
For almost a century, first the Liberals and now the Liberal Democrats have had to consign themselves to being the third force of British politics....
On the terrace of parliament, only two stories dominate this evening. The first is the end of Keir Starmer, who this lunchtime faced Prime...
It has been a difficult time for Reform. A kind of malaise has hung about the party since the local elections. There have been a raft of internal...
The investigation into Ann Widdecombe’s death continues to astound. Counter terrorism police have now taken the lead on the probe after ‘new...
Nigel Farage has announced he is resigning from the House of Commons to fight a by-election in Clacton. In a 16-minute live statement from Milbank...
With less than three weeks to go until he enters No. 10, Andy Burnham has adopted a ‘Ming vase’ approach to public appearances. With victory...
War! What is it good for? A ding-dong political row. The Defence Investment Plan (DIP) continues to dominate Westminster, following its unveiling by...
At today’s Prime Ministers’ Questions there was only one subject anyone was discussing. The Defence Investment Plan is supposed to be Keir...
This morning Andy Burnham has set out his devolution agenda for government. At the People’s History Museum in Manchester, the new MP for Makerfield...
In the end, it was not even close. Andy Burnham has won the Makerfield by-election by a landslide, putting him firmly on course to be Britain’s next...
Nigel Farage has always prided himself on being able to see off any threat from his right flank. But now a new force has emerged in the form of his...
To lose one defence minister might be regarded as misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness. Al Carns has followed John Healey out of the door...
As the Labour government continues to tear itself apart, Thursday 18 June has assumed a much greater significance than any normal by-election. If Andy...
The great and the good of the Conservative party turned out last night to mark the opening of the new building for Tory high command. For nearly two...
Nigel Farage has always prided himself on being able to see off any threat from his right flank. But now a new force has emerged in the form of his...
James Murray, who replaced Wes Streeting as health secretary 13 days ago, is facing a fresh round of strikes by resident doctors next month. The...
The loudest man in politics knows when to keep his silence. Nigel Farage held his tongue as Keir Starmer’s premiership floundered. Aside from a few...
The loudest man in politics knows when to keep his silence. Nigel Farage held his tongue on Monday as Keir Starmer’s premiership floundered. Aside...
After days of deliberation, Wes Streeting has finally quit Keir Starmer’s government. At the stroke of 1 p.m., the Ilford MP resigned as Health...
The loudest man in politics knows when to keep his silence. Nigel Farage held his tongue on Monday as Keir Starmer’s premiership floundered. Aside...
The loudest man in politics knows when to keep his silence. Nigel Farage held his tongue on Monday as Keir Starmer’s premiership floundered. Aside...
This King’s Speech will live long in the memory: not for its contents, but for its context. The long-planned state opening of Parliament today was...
This morning’s cabinet meeting will be one for the ages. At 9.30 a.m. Keir Starmer will have been greeted by his senior ministers, almost all of...
Things are moving very fast in Westminster this evening. More than 60 Labour MPs are publicly calling on the Prime Minister to announce a date for his...
Things are moving very fast in Westminster this evening. More than 60 Labour MPs are publicly calling on the Prime Minister to announce a date for his...
By inclination, tradition and design, the Labour Party is much less prone to toppling leaders than their Conservative counterparts. There is no...
In the aftermath of Thursday’s shellacking, a steady stream of Labour MPs have been coming out and calling on Keir Starmer to quit. Their tone has...
In the aftermath of Thursday’s shellacking, a steady stream of Labour MPs have been coming out and calling on Keir Starmer to quit. Their tone has...
After a century of hegemony, Welsh Labour is set for an historic wipe out tonight. Results for the 96-man Senedd are still coming in but all signs...
Results are pouring in from across the country, in what Nigel Farage is calling ‘the British midterms’. Swathes of council seats across England...
There are numerous election stories playing out today. But one that unites both Labour and the Conservatives is the disappearance of their supposed...
‘Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they...
It was a little before 3 a.m that Nigel Farage sauntered in to the spin room at Millbank Tower, where an overnight election party was being hosted for...
After a wildly successful first eight months, Zack Polanski is facing a chronic case of boom and bust. The Green leader has endured a fairly torrid...
It is 11:26 a.m. and Kemi Badenoch is on her second drink of the day. The Tory leader is out visiting a craft brewery in Suffolk. ‘I’m not a beer...
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...
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