What the government doesn't yet know about the coronavirus
I understand a bit more than I did about what the prime minister, the chief medical officer Chris Whitty and…
The price we'll pay for halting coronavirus
As I have repeatedly mentioned, the view of the chief medical officer Chris Whitty, which has shaped the Government’s response…
China's coronavirus victory might be short-lived
I’ve just been talking to a Government official about ‘how the market is being sounded out’ about the cost and…
Inside the relationship between politicians and the media
Global system breakdown has defined all our lives for 13 years. From the banking system’s boom and bust to the…
Will Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings be knocked off course by Sir Philip Rutnam’s resignation?
There are a handful of big things to watch out for following Sir Philip Rutnam’s resignation as Home Office Permanent Secretary:…
Are we heading for a no-deal Brexit in January 2021?
There is a recurring and important phrase in the 36-page document published this morning setting out “the UK’s approach to…
Boris Johnson’s Blairism is bamboozling Labour
Is Boris Johnson the Blairite who may not speak his name? All the PM’s talk of levelling up rather than levelling down?…
Why Huawei may be allowed in the UK 5G network
Brandon Lewis, the security minister, is something of a genius at winsomely saying next to nothing. Even so I emerged…
On Brexit, no one quite knows where Boris is taking us
I am not going to lie: I am bored sick with Brexit. Like so many of you, I have become…
Boris Johnson will block the Brexit transition being extended in law
Those who thought Boris Johnson would exploit his huge majority to be flexible on the end-2020 deadline for negotiating a…
The three ‘C’s’ that explain Boris’s historic election win
This was an election as important and as divisive for the UK as Margaret Thatcher’s victory in 1979. Vast numbers…
Could this be the defining moment of the election campaign?
An interview earlier today with my colleague Joe Pike captures the contradiction at the heart of Boris Johnson’s campaign. He…
Boris Johnson has gambled big by pledging to spend small
Boris Johnson just took a very big political risk, by not making any serious attempt to compete with Labour on…
Corbyn has all but declared class war with this manifesto
I am not sure if it is class war exactly but something very like it is back. Perhaps it is…
Are Boris and Corbyn both playing us all for fools?
A question I don’t expect my colleague Julie Etchingham to put to the two party leaders in ITV’s debate is…
Is a vote for the SNP really a vote for prime minister Corbyn?
Nicola Sturgeon says she wants to form a “progressive alliance” after the election to evict Boris Johnson from 10 Downing…
SNP and LibDems join forces to pursue 9 December election
The Scottish National Party and Lib Dems have joined forces to attempt to force a general election in early December,…
Should we be blaming Balliol, rather than Eton, for our political woes?
In our house, the biggest source of tension is that I think there is an important difference between deferring a…
Tomorrow will be the make-or-break day for Boris Johnson’s Brexit
The important vote on Tuesday will be on the timetable, or programme motion, for the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, the law…
Boris sends three letters to the EU – and says he does NOT want a Brexit extension
The Prime Minister will today send, but not sign, a letter requesting a Brexit delay till January 31 2020, and will…
Twelve Brexit lessons from today’s drama in the Commons
Here are the important points about today’s emergency vote on Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal – which turned into a vote on…
The DUP is caught on the horns of a Brexit dilemma
There is a magnificent paradox – the Taj Mahal of paradoxes, let’s hope NOT the RMS Titanic of paradoxes –…
Boris Johnson’s path to victory
The Saturday vote on Boris Johnson’s deal will be closer than people think. Around 18 or 19 of the Tory…
The biggest risk with Boris Johnson’s Queen’s Speech
This is more an election manifesto launch than a conventional Queen’s Speech, because Boris Johnson simply does not have the numbers in…
Why Boris Johnson’s Brexit offer is probably dead
The word habitually used by EU negotiators to characterise Boris Johnson’s Brexit offer is “uncertainty”. They talk of “uncertainty” about how the…
