Cuts
Boris, Biden and the era of big government
Bill Clinton’s declaration that ‘the era of big government is over’ summed up the late 1990s political zeitgeist. Centre-left political…
The ringfence cycle
By now, George Osborne had hoped to have completed his austerity programme. Instead, he finds himself making what is, still,…
Portrait of the week
Home David Cameron, the Prime Minister, outlined four changes he sought in Britain’s membership of the EU. He wanted to…
Britain’s armed forces no longer have the resources for a major war
Our armed forces have been cut too far to fight a meaningful war – and the coming defence review looks unlikely to change that
Evan sent
Evan Davis’s series on business life, The Bottom Line (made in conjunction with the Open University), has become one of…
There will be blood
If you’re in the least bit squeamish you’d better stop reading now. What follows is not for those who blanch…
Jail break
In the past two years, our prisons have gone from places of rehabilitation to pits of despair
The radical centre
In almost a decade as Conservative leader, David Cameron has tended to avoid talking about his political philosophy. He has…
Liberté, égalité, austérité
How France learned to love cuts
The Spectator’s Notes
MPs are incomparable. This may seem an odd thing to say in the current climate of opinion, but I mean…
