How mass immigration is worsening the housing crisis
Sometimes, what matters in politics is how one issue merges with another to produce an explosive reaction. In the 2010s,…
It’s time to move on from Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson, so the joke goes, will always be remembered as the third prime minister to have been brought down…
Brexit regrets? Britain has a few
A creeping sense of Bregret is taking hold in Britain. A majority of Brits now say that the vote for…
Britain needs to take back control of its borders
Britain has lost control of its borders. Over the last four years, the number of asylum-seekers and illegal migrants who…
Boris won’t save the Tory party
In the aftermath of Trussfall, amid the victory of the lettuce, the Conservative party has today crashed to just 14…
Can the next Tory leader avoid John Major's fate?
The wheels are coming off the Conservative party. In recent days, in the polls, the party averaged just 31 per…
Boris Johnson’s coalition of voters is falling apart
Boris Johnson enters the third year of his premiership in a much weaker position than when he started it. Alongside…
Boris Johnson could quickly come unstuck
The Conservative party is no longer the party of the rich, while the Labour party is no longer the party…
Will coronavirus revive liberalism — or deliver it a fatal blow?
Politicians, said the historian A.J.P. Taylor, do not create the current of events. They can only float along with them…
The death of populism has been greatly exaggerated
Have we reached peak populism? This is the question being asked after a recent regional election in Italy delivered a…
Brexit party voters will decide Boris Johnson’s fate
The fate of Boris Johnson’s premiership will be determined by Nigel Farage and the Brexit party. Even if a Brexit…
Ukip is back thanks to the Chequers backlash
The UK Independence Party might be about to make a comeback. Ever since Theresa May’s Chequers deal on Brexit, which…
