Fraser Nelson

Things couldn’t get worse? Oh yes they could. Wait till a new tax-and-spend prime minister starts testing the markets

The dangerous development after the Peter Mandelson sleaze inquiry is how few members of Labour were minded to come to the prime minister’s defence

Local elections will prove the potency of Nigel Farage’s crypto-funded populism — but it’s more elite than insurrection

How did Nigel Farage manage to rustle up £215,000 to invest in Kwasi Kwarteng’s crypto company? When I was investigating Reform’s financial ties a few months ago, drawing up a map of who was connected to whom, this was the biggest mystery. Nine years ago, aged 53, he declared himself “skint” because “there’s no money in politics”. Only two years ago he was telling friends that he could not afford to run in the coming election. Then suddenly, his fortunes seemed to change — and change utterly. How?

He trousered £5 million. His voters won't care. Here's why:-

These elections show that UK politics is wide open — but can any party bring the change demanded since Brexit?

Westminster’s addiction to regicide with prime ministers has become a 21st-century disease. Rather than fixing problems it perpetuates instability

Politicians seem happy to run the country down but let’s not ignore some of the success stories enabled by Brexit

Britain actually began spending more on incapacity and disability benefits than on defence in 2010

Scale of harm caused by a life without work is clear — now the challenge to all parties is to incentivise jobs, not benefits