I read recently that Britain is the second-fattest industrialized nation, and gaining fast, so a little humility is probably called for here.
I don't read the Spectator all that much, but from what little I've seen it appears to be a more classically European Tory sort of conservative journal, with all of the skepticism of/contempt for the common man and the democratic leveling of opportunity that makes him possible that is such a feature of American conservatism. This article appears to be of that type.
I'm a subscriber. You ought to be tenured.
Old joke:
Q: Where are the most beautiful women in the world?
A: Wherever you go after leaving Britain.