Tim Stanley

PM couldn’t reveal much about the Budget, other than it’s going to hurt

In his new book Living in Wonder, conservative writer Rod Dreher argues that humans are made to be spiritual, but are slipping into apathy

All that brown-nosing, washing his car and ironing his shirts in the hope that I might be best mates with a future PM has been in vain

Former PM has a philosophy and an analysis – and it’s no struggle to coax them out of her at Tory conference

As a childless man it’s hard to say, but something has gone very wrong with how we bring up our young

The introduction of VAT on private school fees has raised fears of closures and children being forced into the state sector

In his new film, satirist and podcaster Matt Walsh goes undercover to ask the question: Am I Racist? His answers may surprise you

As Phillipson cracks down on running in the corridor, it’s no wonder pupils are unhappy

The inept Tories have failed to realise many voters north of the border are crying out for an anti-woke party

Democrats tell us she is the new Lincoln, when only months ago she was ‘inept.’ Both can’t be true at once

Our leaders once quoted Homer, Larkin and Blake. But in the age of Twitter soundbites, rhetorical flair has all-but-vanished.

Trump’s decision to install the ‘hillbilly’ senator as his running mate will have huge repercussions for Maga, Republicanism and the world

Pundits have warned the US was ‘one inch away from civil war’ – rather like the 1960s when civil unrest was triggered by political killings

JD Vance is a man who will carry forward the populist revolutionary flame

Impeached, arrested, shot: who would bet against this man of destiny? He keeps coming back stronger

The PM faced ‘colourful’ candidates but managed to retain his seat

The story of how liberal-leaning reporters turned from enablers to critics of this administration is a tragedy of politics and ethics

Britain is already voting as if it has proportional representation. But the system is delivering Soviet-style majorities

Tories’ wacky race for power continues apace with trite manifesto event and Sunak in pole position but ready to reverse away at speed

Labour will form the next government. Right of centre voters must now decide what kind of opposition they want