As Spectator readers know, James Forsyth is the most insightful and best-informed political columnist around. Today, he also becomes the best-read – starting a column in The Sun, the country’s favourite newspaper. It has dropped its paywall, so you can now read it here. His column is, as you’d expect, a mixture of his brilliantly-sourced insights into what’s really being said at the top table of British politics, along with the the freshest gossip.
In his debut, he explains why the saying ‘Raqqa before Christmas’ is now going around the government, and the calculations that the Prime Minister is making ahead of a very risk vote. He reveals the Chancellor’s choice of karaoke song (Bills by Lunchmoney Lewis: I’d have gone for the Glee version, but never mind) and why the Tory leadership contest is turning into an episode of ‘Come Dine With Me’ with Boris now starting his own dinner parties to rival those being thrown by George Osborne.
I am obviously biased when I say that his recruitment is a smart move by Tony Gallagher, the new editor of the Sun. If nothing else, James’s column now gives Spectator readers the perfect excuse to pick up another world-class red-top at the weekend.
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