Has Sunak’s Farage gamble just paid off?
Rishi Sunak’s election gamble has hit a little turbulence less than 24 hours in. Several members of the cabinet voiced…
Sunak’s snap election looks like a calamitous error
Until yesterday there was a fair amount of goodwill towards Rishi Sunak amongst his colleagues. Tory parliamentarians would not have…
Sunak’s summer election gamble is bound to backfire
The general election we’ve all been waiting for has finally been called. The Prime Minister announced the election date –…
It’s time for Nigel Farage to get off the fence
Rishi Sunak’s snap summer election means that Nigel Farage faces a decisive moment. For months if not years, Farage has…
The UK’s archaic court system is not fit for use
When I walked into court on 1 July 2022 to see my rapist Daniel McFarlane receive a sentence for his…
Don’t blame climate change for the crummy weather
It was climate change wot gave us such a wet and stormy winter – or so you may have gathered…
Sunak makes security central to his stump speech
Rishi Sunak tonight made his first stump speech, kicking off the Tory election campaign with an appearance at the Excel…
Will gas prices determine the election?
Ideally, responsible citizens would think big when deciding on a presidential candidate. But the election outcome may just be determined…
Sunak’s speech was embarrassingly bad
Let’s be fair. It wasn’t Rishi Sunak’s fault it was raining. But it was, a bit, his fault that as…
Are Labour really nailed on to win?
What happens when a resistible force collides with a moveable object? Such is the nature of the imminent battle between…
The general election has ruined prospects of an early rate cut
Would waiting another few months to call a general election have improved the Conservatives’ prospects? Rishi Sunak didn’t touch upon…
Starmer pitches stability
Within 20 minutes of Rishi Sunak announcing plans for a July election, Keir Starmer was up delivering his response. The…
Might Sunak actually win? A history of election miracles
Is it madness to call a general election when you’re 20 points behind in the polls? That depends on whether…
With this election we can stop the chaos
The Prime Minister has finally announced the next general election. A moment the country needs and has been waiting for.…
Why didn’t Rishi wait?
So there we have it. Westminster’s favourite parlour game has finally concluded. We now know the date of the general…
Why I’m calling a general election
In the last five years, our country has fought through the most challenging times since the second world war. As…
Sunak takes his biggest gamble yet: a July election
Rishi Sunak has chosen to go for a summer election. The Prime Minister has confirmed in an address to the…
The rebirth of the West, with Victor Davis Hanson
In some respects, the West is exhibiting similar symptoms to past civilizations that decayed, declined, or were completely wiped off…
Trump’s Reich stuff
Former president Donald Trump’s social media account shared a video Monday that sparked a Blitzkrieg among his harshest critics. The…
Stop children from suffering when their parents go to jail
Writing about the impact on children of having a parent in prison, you always hit the same brick wall: no…
Don’t deport little Aussie Luca
Life really can be bitter-sweet – it can throw up hurdles and roadblocks when they are least expected but sometimes, when all…
Cameron snubs Albania for impromptu cabinet meeting
Dear oh dear. Rishi Sunak failed to quash election speculation in this afternoon’s Prime Minister’s Questions and now lobby hacks…
PMQs: we saw a glimpse of Labour in power
The party leaders conformed to type at PMQs. Rishi Sunak declared that Britain is experiencing an economic boom. ‘Inflation is…
The ban on XL Bully dogs still doesn’t go far enough
On Monday, a woman was mauled to death in London by her own two ‘exempted’ XL Bully dogs. By the time…
Why is it acceptable to mock the working class?
You may laugh. You may have gasped in disbelief. But yes, it’s true, we now have a new socio-economic classification,…
