Rishi Sunak’s manifesto is thin gruel
Rishi Sunak today launched a manifesto that might suffice for a governing party polling at level pegging with the opposition…
Rishi Sunak is bad at politics. Who knew?
Everyone is finally noticing that Rishi Sunak is rubbish at politics. Given the scale of his faux pas in bailing…
Nigel Farage knows the Tories are there for the taking
The one thing that had gone right for Rishi Sunak in the election campaign to date has now gone wrong.…
The Tories have handed Starmer a gift on immigration
To turn Keir Starmer, of all people, into someone who can credibly promise to bring immigration down is an act…
How does Sunak solve a problem like Farage?
In the classic comedy Blackadder II the late, great Rik Mayall was responsible for one of the most memorable cameo…
This national service plan is a patronising gimmick
The idea of bringing back national service to knock into shape teenage tearaways and long-haired layabouts was a staple of…
Rishi’s Rwanda row back shows he is hopeless at politics
Rwanda removals policy, for so long an anticipated cornerstone of the Tory re-election effort, has today officially become an ‘over…
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…
Voters want safe streets, not small changes to inflation
For Rishi Sunak, today amounts to another instalment of the fantastic success story of his premiership: that ‘the plan is…
Could Farage save the Tory right?
Talk to almost any right-wing Tory MP these days and one of the first things they raise – with me…
Keir Starmer won’t stop the boats
Labour’s new ‘stop the boats’ policy is a risible exercise in deception that will only ever fool the truly gullible.…
There’s nothing noble about Natalie Elphicke’s defection
With the best will in the world, it is hard to see the defection of Natalie Elphicke MP to the…
After Street’s loss, the Tories have one strategy left
Tory supporters went to bed on Friday night believing that their man Andy Street would hold on handily in the…
The local election results hold few crumbs of comfort for Sunak
Given the universal forecasts of the Tories taking a proper pasting in yesterday’s elections, it is quite something for Rishi…
Rwanda could still be Rishi’s saving grace
There is an old Rowan Atkinson joke about the secret to good comedy timing in which Atkinson says the word…
Whisper it, but Rishi Sunak has had a good week
If you have been doing as badly as Rishi Sunak has as prime minister, then it doesn’t take much to…
Sunak’s bungled Rwanda scheme won’t save him
Like a cowboy builder sucking his teeth about unanticipated complications on the job, Rishi Sunak has just pushed back another…
Why a Labour super-majority is unlikely
In economic, there is a phenomenon known as ‘automatic stabilisers’, which kick in at the onset of a recession. Without…
Never forget the politicians who pushed gender politics
The great trans hoax is coming to an end. The idea of thousands of people being ‘trapped’ in the wrong…
The Tories are resigned to an almighty defeat
The herd of Conservative MPs is on the move again, this time obediently setting off towards the abattoir in which…
Rishi Sunak’s empty human rights threat
Is there anyone in Britain who believes that Rishi Sunak will take us out of the European Convention on Human…
Farage at 60: there’s more to come
Were I to tell you that the most significant political figure of his age celebrates a landmark birthday this week,…
Rishi Sunak only has himself to blame for the rise of Reform
By their rugby analogies shall ye know them: when Boris Johnson was asked about his chance of becoming prime minister,…
Why did a judge fall for Abdul Ezedi’s lie that he was a Christian?
Abdul Ezedi is dead and gone. The Clapham acid attacker was laid to rest in a Muslim burial at a…
Why Labour secretly fears the Rwanda scheme
When Boris Johnson and Priti Patel first launched the Rwanda scheme, in the Spring of 2022, there seemed every chance…
