Two reasons Putin thinks he can weather sanctions
The nature of the Russian attack on Ukraine, striking across the country and not just concentrating on the territory claimed…
Putin launches full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Russia last night launched a full on assault on Ukraine, with cruise missile strikes reported on the airport east of Kiev…
Why we shouldn’t ban Russia Today
Nadine Dorries, the Culture Secretary, has written to Ofcom urging it to keep the situation with Russia Today ‘very carefully…
The seismic importance of Putin’s latest move
Vladimir Putin has tonight unilaterally recognised the two breakaway republics in Ukraine. In doing so, he has effectively ended the…
War and peace
How Putin bewilders the West
Putin may yet resist a full-on invasion
The west is still in the dark on what Vladimir Putin will do next. The Russian military build-up on the…
Boris in the bunker
Everything he now does is aimed at keeping Tory MPs onside
Ukraine’s plight paints a bleak vision of Europe’s future
It is tempting to view Vladimir Putin as a Cold War relic: a former KGB officer who hasn’t got over the…
Boris’s existential drift
Tory MPs only have one topic of conversation: the fate of Boris Johnson. They huddle together in offices in Portcullis…
Who would join Boris’s No. 10?
Munira Mirza’s resignation over Boris Johnson’s refusal to withdraw his Savile barb at Keir Starmer led to Downing Street bringing…
Boris Johnson’s fightback has been cut short
Tobias Ellwood, the chair of the defence select committee, has this morning announced that he is sending a letter to…
The Sue Gray report: what happens next?
It is Tory MPs who hold Boris Johnson’s fate in their hands. The key question now is how do those…
Mutiny on the Bounty
‘I can’t put into words how awful this is’ remarks one Tory MP. The party is split not on the…
The Met’s partygate probe has left the Tory party in limbo
The Metropolitan Police’s decision to investigate lockdown parties undoubtedly makes things more serious for Downing Street. It is now harder…
The battle to save Boris
Even ministers doubt whether he can recover
What happens if Boris wins a no confidence vote?
The Partygate drama is temporarily paused as Tory MPs wait for Sue Gray to deliver her report. But even once…
Can he survive?
Boris Johnson is in the worst trouble of his premiership
What Boris needs to survive
In recent years, the notion of cabinet government has been a polite fiction. In theory, the prime minister is merely…
Lord Frost’s resignation is a brutal blow to Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson’s premiership has been plunged into further crisis tonight by the resignation of the Brexit minister Lord Frost. Frost…
The Medici model
Michael Gove on levelling up, Plan B and the price of politics
Ben Wallace takes aim at the misuse of the military
On this week’s Spectator TV, Andrew Neil interviews the Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. The pair discuss Ukraine, Taiwan, Iran and…
Boris is in deep trouble
This evening feels eerily familiar to anyone who remembers the meaningful votes of Theresa May’s premiership. The Tory rebellion on…
The border terriers
One of this government’s favourite tactics is to act as if the beginning of its time in office was the…
Infected with doubt
Up until a few days ago, ministers could see how the government might regain its footing in the polls after…
The Tories at sea
Ever since Boris Johnson’s disastrous decision to try to stay the standards committee’s guilty verdict against Owen Paterson, things have…
