Europe
Why flee France?
Among starry-eyed migrants, Britain’s reputation for soft-touch social policy could be exaggerated
A populist surge in the May 2019 elections could change the face of the EU forever
Not so long ago, populists were banging on the door of Europe. Now they’re inside and calling the shots
The beginning is nigh
20 predictions for 2019
The Prague delusion
The Central European city is the last stop for the resistance fantasy
How terror changed Europe’s Christmas markets
Europe’s public buildings and major infrastructure are positively surrounded by bollards and steel barriers
Should George Soros be Person of the Year?
It depends on which year
Who does Leo Varadkar think he is?
He thinks that what is good for his government is more important than what the British people voted for
Are we really going to abandon Brexit because of a chocolate bar shortage?
We know that we have to be lighter on our feet and more agile, if we are to take advantage of all the freedoms we will gain
‘Theresa May has failed Pakistan’s Christians’: An interview with Asia Bibi’s lawyer
Saif ul-Malook on fearing for his life and defending Asia Bibi from blasphemy
The confusion of the Confucians
Kissinger is right about Trump, of course
Theresa May has boxed herself in
She stays because she has promised to go
After a day of high drama in Westminster, nothing has changed
Inside Parliament as Theresa May wins a confidence vote
The confidence vote was not a win in any real sense for Theresa May
Ministers are keen to put to The Spectator that 200 is a respectable figure – even if it is on the low end of respectable
Have the Tory rebels’ methods scuppered their chances of success?
The heavy-handed confidence vote operation is deterring Conservative MPs
Ditching Theresa May achieves nothing
Changing the pilot right now does not mean a change in direction
What will happen for Theresa May in today’s confidence vote?
One long-time backbench ally of the Prime Minister predicts that she’ll win by 200 to 115
The lies and liars of Brexit
The politicians I’ve spent my adult life talking to, writing about and often defending, have failed in their first responsibility: to tell people the truth
May’s delay has made a leadership challenge more likely
It has become a received wisdom that the British PM has somehow has stayed the executioner’s axe. Yet the opposite is true
If Brexit is blocked, will it ever be worth voting again?
Although we were offered two choices in 2016, only one of those choices was ever ready to be implemented
Why Theresa May has decided to postpone the Brexit vote
Pressure from Cabinet ministers appears to have been effective
Emmanuel Macron has succeeded only in uniting his country against him
The gilets jaunes have become his Waterloo
My Saturday in Paris with the gilets jaunes
The gilets jaunes were diverse in age, sex, class and color. We could have been off to a music festival
Steve Bannon goes to war with the Pope
He’s setting up Hogwarts for culture warriors in Italy
The gilets jaunes have become a symbol of resistance worn with pride by the downtrodden
A progressive President has pushed his people too far
Britain is heading towards a soft Brexit or a second referendum
If May’s deal is defeated, we’ll enter the most uncertain period in recent British political history
