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Editorship of The Spectator is traditionally a route to high office in the British Conservative Party, and past editors include Iain Macleod and Nigel Lawson. The current editor is Boris Johnson and the magazine is currently owned by the Barclay brothers, who also own The Daily Telegraph, and published by the American Kimberly Quinn. Following the revelations of her affairs and Boris Johnson's comments about people from Liverpool the owners have installed Andrew Neil as Chief Executive, but he has no formal editorial role. Iain Macleod (1913 - 1970) was a UK Conservative politician. ... Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, PC (born March 11, 1932), British politician, was Chancellor of the Exchequer between June 1983 and October 1989. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Boris Johnson on the cover of his 2002 book Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born June 19, 1964), better known as Boris Johnson, is a British Conservative politician and journalist. ... Sir David and Sir Frederick Barclay (both born 27 October 1934) are British businessmen. ... The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ... Kimberly Quinn (born 1961 as Kimberly Solomon, also formerly known as Kimberly Fortier) is an American journalist, commentator, and magazine publisher. ... Boris Johnson on the cover of his 2002 book Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (born June 19, 1964), better known as Boris Johnson, is a British Conservative politician and journalist. ... Liverpools skyline, as seen from the River Mersey. ... Andrew Neil (born May 21, 1949) is a British journalist and broadcaster. ...

Like The Daily Telegraph, The Spectator is Atlanticist in outlook, favouring close ties with the United States rather than with the European Union, and is strongly supportive of Israel. However, it has expressed strong doubts about the Iraq war, and some of its contributors, such as Matthew Parris and Stuart Reid, express a more Americosceptic, old-school conservative line. Atlanticism is a philosophy of cooperation among European and North American nations regarding political, economic, and defense issues. ... The 2003 invasion of Iraq, also called Operation Iraqi Freedom, was launched by the United States and the United Kingdom on March 20, 2003, with minor assistance from a loosely defined coalition. ... Matthew Parris (born August 7, 1949 in Johannesburg) is a politician and journalist in the United Kingdom. ...

Editors

• Robert Stephen Rintoul 1828, as founder, to 1861 when the position was shared with Hutton
• R. H. Hutton 1861 – 97
• John St. Loe Strachey 1897-1925
• Wilson Harris in 1930s
• Ian Gilmour 1954-9
• Iain Hamilton
• Iain Macleod 1963-5
• Nigel Lawson 1966-70
• George Gale 1970-73
• Harold Creighton 1973-75
• Alexander Chancellor 1975-84
• Charles Moore 1984-90
• Dominic Lawson 1990–5
• Frank Johnson
• Boris Johnson 1999-

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External link

• The Spectator official site