Why I’m coming round to the idea of Prime Minister Truss
The prospect of Liz Truss becoming the United Kingdom’s third female prime minister is antagonising all the right people. Almost…
Kemi Badenoch will be the new Tory leader's secret weapon
There was an unmistakable whiff of an Addams Family portrait about the cabinet photocall that marked the final gathering of…
Liz Truss was the biggest loser of last night’s debate
Enid Blyton made a lot of money out of the Famous Five. Maybe she could have invented a brand called…
The triumph of Tory mediocrity
Every loser wins, once the dream begins. So sang the EastEnders actor Nick Berry in a godawful mid-1980s pop song…
Could Sunak implode?
There are few positions so perilous as being the frontrunner in a party leadership contest. Just being the heir apparent when…
The case for Kemi
At the very top end of politics there is a vital distinction that is underappreciated whenever the case for change…
There is no way out for Boris Johnson
Just after 6 p.m. yesterday it seemed like the Boris Johnson regime was in total, house of cards style collapse.…
Starmer should never be allowed to forget his Brexit betrayal
Keir Starmer has set down Labour’s Brexit red lines: if his party wins power, he will not take the UK back into…
How the Tories can bin Boris
There are not very many good things to say about the Conservative party in Parliament these days. Barely a month…
Tories shouldn't bin Boris yet
If only they had waited until today. Had Tory MPs cleared the threshold for a confidence vote in Boris Johnson…
Boris versus the unions
In politics, a leader sometimes needs to be ruthless and mean, patiently soak up the public opprobrium directed his way…
Is Boris willing to make the Rwanda plan work?
Priti Patel’s first go at deporting migrants to Rwanda is turning before our eyes into one of those answers from…
Will the government stand up to mob rule?
A very big week is in store for the government’s strategy to tackle illegal immigration with all eyes on the…
The Tories are becoming ungovernable
Today’s no-confidence vote in Boris Johnson is best seen as the next stage of a determined long-term plot to bring…
Is the fall of Boris inevitable?
A funny thing happened on the way to the cathedral for the service of thanksgiving to the Queen on Friday.…
Did Jeremy Corbyn win the general election?
Almost five years ago to the day, Amber Rudd had her finest hour in politics. Standing in for the frit…
Starmer’s partygate hypocrisy
Awarding themselves the unearned prize for moral superiority and assuming that the electorate will do so too is a crippling…
Why Channel crossings are starting again
For a week and a half no migrants at all crossed the Channel in dinghies. A theory began to take…
The Rwanda plan could save Boris
If you want to see what explosive growth looks like then I invite you to eschew all the old Covid…
It's time to clamp down on militant protesters
The right to protest against the policies of the government of the day, the system in general or even just…
Sulky Sunak has scuppered himself
There is a scene in one of the Lord of the Rings films in which kindly Bilbo Baggins becomes contorted…
Does Rwanda offer the answer to Britain's Channel migrant crisis?
Away from the well-merited focus on Ukraine, normal politics carries on in Britain. One has to poke around a bit…
Starmer is playing into Iran's hands
Who was to blame for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being held captive in Iran? It shouldn’t take a professor of ethics to…
Why is Britain reluctant to open its doors to Ukrainians?
Among opposition politicians there is a new question being asked of the war in Ukraine: why has the UK not…
Is Rishi Sunak any good at politics?
Is Rishi Sunak any good at politics? In recent days Labour sources have been putting it about that they no…
