Jeremy Hunt thought he was being pranked
When Jeremy Hunt received a message early yesterday morning from a ‘Liz Truss’ wanting to talk to him, he assumed…
The Bank of England has no good options
How will and how should the Bank of England, and the Treasury, react to this morning’s continued fall in the…
Kwasi Kwarteng is a politician from a different age
Liz Truss doesn’t waste energy on unnecessary emotion. At the announcement of her victory at the QE2 Centre, she ditched…
Will the Bank of England say sorry?
Months ago I said the Bank of England would face a barrage of criticism and a challenge to its independence…
Liz Truss presents a serious challenge to Rishi Sunak
After all that, Sunak entered the final members’ round to be Tory leader and UK PM with a comfortable 24…
Kemi Badenoch's role in the Tory leadership race isn't over yet
Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leadership contest’s Emma Raducanu, finally lost momentum. She put on just one vote to secure 59…
Labour won the Tory leadership debate
That was quite a debate.I’ve never seen senior Tory ministers and MPs lay into each other so publicly. Rishi Sunak…
The Conservative party is in a terrible state
There was only one lesson to be drawn from last night’s Peston show: the Conservative party is in a right…
Will Sunak's polished campaign harm his chances?
Rishi Sunak has launched a slick, well organised leadership campaign very early. It is impossible to escape the conclusion that…
Could Boris Johnson last until November?
The prime minister is resigning today, and staying on as caretaker till the autumn, but that leaves very big decisions…
The meeting tonight that will decide Boris Johnson’s fate
The 1922 Committee – the organising body for Conservative MPs – faces a momentous decision on Wednesday night. If its…
Is Starmer trying to have his Brexit cake and eat it?
There are three big questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘five point plan to make Brexit work’. First is whether it…
Nicola Sturgeon has put Boris Johnson in a tight corner
Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she will not contemplate breaching the rule of law by holding an independence referendum was pretty blatant…
Boris Johnson’s inflation contradiction
As Boris Johnson tries to limit pay rises to bring down inflation, ministers have no explanation for why planned rises in…
The Northern Ireland Protocol is a problem Boris created
If Boris Johnson was elected on a single slogan, it was ‘Get Brexit done’. He then claimed it was done…
Boris's moment of maximum danger is yet to come
Much as Boris Johnson wants to ‘bash on’, deliver popular populist policies, and characterise Monday’s confidence vote as the catharsis…
I’m not exaggerating partygate
A veteran Tory MP, who I’ve known for almost 30 years, just laid into me – and my colleagues in…
Boris is gearing up for a new round of the Brexit wars
As prime minister, Boris Johnson does not follow the normal rules. To put it mildly. And this year’s Queen’s Speech,…
What's wrong with the Rwanda plan?
There are many unanswered questions about the government’s new policy of compelled expulsion to Rwanda of uninvited asylum claimants. Here…
How Boris misled MPs over partygate
The significance of today’s announcement by the Met Police that 20 individuals who unlawfully attended parties in Downing Street and the…
Putin's war is pushing Finland towards Nato
There is important precedent for a small, determined, patriotic army saving a nation from falling under the sway of Russia.…
Has Rishi Sunak just destroyed his relationship with Boris?
I said yesterday that I expected the Chancellor to increase universal credit by more than planned. I was misled. I was…
What to expect at the spring statement
The big story of Wednesday’s spring statement by the Chancellor will be the impact of inflation – which has soared…
Is the government in denial about the looming economic crisis?
The priority for the UK and other rich democracies is to protect the people of Ukraine from the depredations of…
Why did Boris prioritise Lebedev's peerage during the pandemic?
Like me, you probably remember the third week of March 2020 as though it were yesterday. Covid-19 was on these shores…
