Isabel Hardman

Isabel Hardman is assistant editor of The Spectator and edits the Coffee House blog. She also presents Radio 4’s Week in Westminster.

Parliament votes to ban Boris

20 June 2023 7:47 am

MPs have just voted 354 to 7 in favour of the Privileges Committee report’s finding that Boris Johnson deliberately misled…

The Tories can’t escape partygate

20 June 2023 3:28 am

Is partygate all in the past? That’s what Rishi Sunak is hoping. He sent Penny Mordaunt to the Commons this…

The partygate report is damning for Boris Johnson

15 June 2023 7:10 pm

The Privileges Committee has published its report on whether Boris Johnson deliberately misled parliament over partygate. It is damning. The…

Boris Johnson quits parliament

10 June 2023 6:15 am

Boris Johnson has announced he will be standing down from parliament with immediate effect, after the Privileges Committee recommended a…

Sunak and Biden’s White House love-in

9 June 2023 7:45 am

Rishi Sunak and Joe Biden’s White House press conference started late, presumably to make a point that the two had…

Will Britons be injecting their way out of obesity?

8 June 2023 10:51 pm

Is it right that the government is going to let more people use weight-loss jabs on the NHS? Anti-obesity jabs,…

Labour’s AI attack strategy comes unstuck

7 June 2023 1:50 am

What’s wrong with the government’s AI strategy? Labour has been claiming today that it is ‘already out of date’, with…

The mystery of Boris Johnson’s missing WhatsApp messages

31 May 2023 6:30 pm

Where have Boris Johnson’s diaries and WhatsApp messages gone? The row over the demands of the Covid Inquiry for evidence…

What Suella Braverman needs to do to keep her job

23 May 2023 2:40 am

As luck would have it, the Home Secretary was down to answer departmental questions in the chamber this afternoon, and…

The myth of the beautiful green belt

18 May 2023 4:25 am

What a nonsense debate the fight over the green belt has become. Today Keir Starmer has been – rightly –…

Suella Braverman is making Rishi Sunak look weak

17 May 2023 10:32 pm

The National Conservatism conference is entering its third day in London, and has managed to grab more headlines than the…

Labour’s coronation policing muddle

9 May 2023 5:50 am

The political fallout from the coronation policing row shows us that if Labour does get into government after the next…

Can the Foreign Office avoid the mistakes of Kabul in Sudan?

25 April 2023 8:24 pm

A British evacuation of Sudan began last night after a 72-hour ceasefire was agreed. Ministers, however, are anxious about the…

Rishi Sunak distances himself from Raab’s resignation

21 April 2023 11:13 pm

Rishi Sunak seems keen to stand back from the row about Dominic Raab, offering more of a commentary on it…

What does the SNP leadership election mean for Scottish Labour?

27 March 2023 4:00 pm

Unionist politicians are warming up for what they hope will be one of the biggest opportunities of the past two…

It’s easy to become numb to the madness of Boris Johnson

23 March 2023 4:53 am

What was Boris Johnson up to at the Privileges Committee? The former prime minister has just finished more than three…

Rishi Sunak has a scrutiny problem

15 March 2023 3:46 am

Rishi Sunak is in a hurry to fulfil his ‘five priorities’, especially on small boats. He’s in a hurry because…

Tory hawks aren’t happy with Sunak’s China stance

14 March 2023 5:06 am

The tougher language on China in today’s refreshed Integrated Review hasn’t been enough for a number of Conservative MPs, who…

Does Sunak have enough time to stop the boats?

8 March 2023 6:44 am

Rishi Sunak has just finished a press conference on his flagship legislation to curb illegal crossings in the Channel. The…

The horrifying cost of Hancock’s Covid testing targets

1 March 2023 8:01 pm

The Telegraph’s splash of leaked WhatsApp messages about Matt Hancock and care home testing is a devastating reminder of the…

The secular inquisition: why must Christian politicians defend their beliefs?

25 February 2023 9:00 am

Why is it only Christian politicians who have to defend their beliefs?

Why Kate Forbes is apologising

24 February 2023 3:47 am

Somewhat inevitably, Kate Forbes has issued a lengthy apology for her rather forthright comments on moral issues in the early…

Time is ticking for Sunak to resolve the Protocol

22 February 2023 2:53 am

Today was supposed to be the day when Rishi Sunak presented an agreement which resolved the issues over the Northern…

Are we really seeing a ‘great resignation’?

21 February 2023 3:52 am

Do over-fifties need to get back off the golf course and into work? That’s the narrative that ministers have been…

How Nicola Sturgeon views her own legacy

15 February 2023 10:44 pm

Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed her ‘intention’ to resign as First Minister, staying in office until her successor is elected. She…