Fraser Nelson

In forcing down net migration, home secretary recognised a model that had to be fixed — she is what the Treasury needs

Sir Keir Starmer’s efforts to fix prisons, industrial strategy, youth services and cancer care (among other things) went awry. Jam tomorrow won’t satisfy voters

On the evidence of Manchester, no we can't. So why make such a promise on day one?

Violent crime and immigration are the lowest for years — selling those successes could put Labour back in the game

Tax cuts, North Sea drilling, abolishing ID cards - what's not to like?

Rod Liddle has died at the age of 66. In 2019, Fraser Nelson, then-editor of The Spectator, wrote about the foolishness of those who thought he could tell Rod what to say: The power of editors is comically overstated. I’m struck by the number of...

Rod Liddle has died at the age of 66. In 2019, Fraser Nelson, then-editor of The Spectator, wrote about the foolishness of those who thought he could tell Rod what to say:

The Sunday Times columnist, who has died aged 66, was joyfully transgressive and there will be nobody else like him, his former editor at the Spectator writes

It was in Westminster Magistrates’ Court, where I was sitting waiting for the judge’s verdict, that I decided I needed a better way of handling Rod Liddle’s column. As editor of this magazine, I had inherited one of the greatest writers; a force of...

It was in Westminster Magistrates’ Court, where I was sitting waiting for the judge’s verdict, that I decided I needed a better way of handling Rod Liddle’s column. As editor of this magazine, I had inherited one of the greatest writers; a force of nature loved by his readers for his bravery and candour. But