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WEB EXCLUSIVE: What fuels China's Africa policy

Heidi Kingstone

13th February, 2008

Heidi Kingstone on the motivation behind China's relations with Africa

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Meet the minister for selling the unsellable - uncut

Fraser Nelson

13th February, 2008

An extended version of Fraser Nelson's interview with Jim Murphy

Brown’s reputation for economic competence has gone. The Tories should seize the chance

Fraser Nelson

23rd January, 2008

Fraser Nelson reviews the week in politics

British politicians should learn from the American primaries: authenticity wins votes

James Forsyth

16th January, 2008

James Forsyth on the key quality which may determine the result of both the US Presidential election and the next general election

Cameron is making the intellectual running now — with a little help from the Blairites

Fraser Nelson

9th January, 2008

Fraser Nelson reviews the week in politics

Who can beat Hillary?

John O'Sullivan

12th December, 2007

The battle for the Republican nomination

Diary of a Notting Hill nobody

Tamzin Lightwater

12th December, 2007

Tamzin's look-back at a tipsy-turvy year for Project Cameron

Fraser Nelson

12th December, 2007

The Potemkin Chancellor might be found out now that he is Prime Minister

Lloyd Evans, The Spectator’s theatre critic, reviews last night’s Spectator / Intelligence Squared debate on the future of Iraq which featured Tony Benn, William Shawcross, Sir Christopher Meyer, Ali Allawi, Rory Stewart and Lt Peter Hegseth.
Full audio of the debate is available here.

Will Labour get rid of Gordon?

Fraser Nelson

5th December, 2007

There is conspiring in the corridors once again in Westminster. Who could replace Gordon, they ask. Labour’s problem is that the young pretenders are too young and the idea of caretaker leader seems slightly ridiculous, it would look absurd for the government to change Prime Minister twice in the same Parliament. So, Brown will solider on while the battle of succession rages just beneath the surface.

Gordon is right about one thing

Irwin Stelzer

5th December, 2007

He is spot on about anti-competitive practice in business

Politics

Anne McElvoy

5th December, 2007

The Brown camp are playing a dangerous game in trying to push the blame for donor-gate onto the Blair era.

Politics

Peter Oborne

28th November, 2007

What the Labour fundraising scandal reveals

Take France seriously

Denis MacShane

28th November, 2007

The new French ambassador is a figure of significance

Will Blair become a true Catholic?

Fraser Nelson

28th November, 2007

Tony Blair’s coming conversion to the Catholic faith will not be welcomed by all Catholics. There are many in the Vatican, and the Catholic church in this country, who wonder how a politician with his voting record can be admitted to the church.