Should Huw Edwards be stripped of his BBC pension?
With the Huw Edwards court case complete – and the disgraced BBC News presenter given a six-month prison sentence, suspended…
Labour’s flirtation with price fixing won’t end well
Almost everyone is aware of the concept of peak hours pricing. If you buy a train ticket to travel during…
Does the UK really need an immigration deal with the EU?
There is talk, yet again, of the UK and EU agreeing some kind of youth mobility scheme, increasing the opportunities…
The problem with clamping down on ‘fake news’
In the aftermath of misinformation spread via tech platforms during the recent riots, there is talk of the government requiring…
Should voters punish Labour for its lockdown stance?
One perfectly valid reason for voting is to reward past success and punish past failures. We have no guarantees about…
It isn’t true that elections are always won from the centre
Last week, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt argued that the Tories shouldn’t pitch to the right in response to Nigel Farage…
Why the Bank of England must cut interest rates
As the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announces its interest rate decision today it has the chance to…
What’s Rishi Sunak’s pitch?
Rishi Sunak has passed the 100 publicly-declared supporters which, it if is converted to nominations when Sunak officially declares, will…
What Liz Truss should do now
Markets are nervous and they are right to be. The government has announced a huge, open-ended package of energy subsidies…
Kwasi Kwarteng’s growth gamble is a risk worth taking
New Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng’s first ‘fiscal event’ was always going to be quite provocative and exciting. But in the end…
Vaccines disguised the errors of our lockdown policy
Liz Truss’s statement that she would never authorise another lockdown and The Spectator’s interview with Rishi Sunak have triggered a…
Politicians should let the market solve the energy crisis
What policies should the government adopt in response to the energy crisis? When thinking about any policy, the correct place…
There is no point nationalising the energy sector
Household energy bills are rising very rapidly, and are now expected to be over £4,000 per year by October and…
In defence of Liz Truss’s ‘fairytale economics’
One of the key dividing lines of the current Tory leadership contest concerns economic policy. The gap between the candidates…
The case for Liz Truss
The past six years have been a turbulent and controversial time in British politics. Through them all, one person consistently…
What the Tories should look for in their next leader
The Conservatives are selecting a new leader, who will become Prime Minister. What sort of a person should that be?…
How Boris Johnson squandered his premiership
Boris Johnson has been given so many second chances. He hasn’t taken any of them. Let’s start with his voting…
Boris will keep losing until he tackles inflation
The Tories took a serious beating in Thursday’s by-elections. Whilst Boris Johnson and his government refuse to take responsibility for the…
What Boris needs to do to survive
Most people date the beginning of Boris Johnson’s current woes to the start of the partygate scandal, and especially to…
Sunak, not Bailey, is to blame for inflation
Inflation has hit a 40-year high. The cost of household utilities rose by an average of £700 last month. We are…
In defence of Boris: would his replacement be any better?
Keir Starmer, aided and abetted by Boris Johnson’s many internal enemies within the Conservative party, has managed to get into…
The tyranny of Boris Johnson’s mask mandate
Today the government has said that for the next three weeks it will be mandatory to wear masks in shops…
