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What is Tony Blair up to?
Tony Blair is making waves in Westminster today after his institute published a report on net zero that appears to undermine Ed Miliband and Labour’s green agenda. In his foreword – while not directl…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Revenge of the centrists: Carney wins in Canada
Mark Carney has won the Canadian election, leading the Liberal Party to a fourth term. Having only been Prime Minister for 6 weeks, succeeding Justin Trudeau, this is an impressive achievement when y…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
'The spring of discontent'
Are we looking at a spring of discontent? It’s the final push ahead of this week’s local elections, and what Keir Starmer wants to talk about is expanding the NHS app – which he says will cut waiting…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
‘An era of five-party politics’: John Curtice on the significance of the local elections
Legendary pollster Prof Sir John Curtice joins the Spectator’s deputy political editor James Heale to look ahead to next week’s local elections. The actual number of seats may be small, as John point…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Is Robert Jenrick on manoeuvres?
Despite this being the week that Kemi Badenoch finally showed some steel in PMQs, it’s Robert Jenrick who has been stealing the headlines. That’s for lots of reasons – mainly his comments about a pot…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago
Who do voters trust most on the economy?
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been in Washington D.C. this week at the IMF’s spring meetings, and will meet US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tomorrow. Cue the ususal talk of compromising on chlorin…
Published on 8 months ago
St George’s Day: who is the most patriotic leader?
Happy St George’s Day! To celebrate, we thought we would discuss who is the most patriotic political leader — and why some struggle to communicate their love of country.
Keir Starmer declared in an …
Published on 8 months ago
Does Starmer know what a woman is?
Parliament is back after the Easter holiday and the Supreme Court ruling over 'what is a woman' continues to dominate talk in Westminster. The Prime Minister has changed his tune on trans, declaring …
Published on 8 months ago
How the Liberal Democrats conquered Middle England
The Liberal Democrats’ foreign affairs spokesperson Calum Miller, elected as the new MP for Bicester and Woodstock last year, joins James Heale to talk about the ambitions of the party that became th…
Published on 8 months ago
10 years of politics as Balls bows out
Katy Balls joins Coffee House Shots for the last time as the Spectator’s political editor. Having joined the magazine ten years ago – or six prime ministers in Downing St years – what are her reflect…
Published on 8 months ago