Ed Miliband will be a liability as energy secretary
I know it has only just begun, but it is not too early to start wondering: what will it be…
Are the Lib Dems and Reform really right to feel happy?
It’s a disaster, a cataclysm, a wipeout. Half the cabinet will lose their seats, and Labour will be in power…
Why German carmakers don’t want EU tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
I recant. On a number of occasions I have asserted that the European Union is run by lobbyists acting on behalf…
Stanley Johnson and the trouble with Green Tories
I have a theory about intra-Johnson family politics. Some time in 2017 or 2018 Stanley agreed to shut up about…
What Labour gets wrong about inheritance tax
What is the primary purpose of a tax: to raise revenue to fund public services or as a tool to…
The shame of Royal Mail’s postal vote delay
Britain’s creaking infrastructure and frequent paralysis of public services deserved to be a bigger factor in the election campaign than…
Proportional representation won’t save the Tories
Members and supporters of the Conservative party do not generally speak in favour of proportional representation (PR) – which is…
The problem with Reform’s plan to scrap Net Zero money
Never mind net zero – let’s spend the money on the NHS instead. That, in an echo of the infamous…
The bookies must learn from the Westminster betting scandal
Nothing excuses the behaviour of the Conservative MPs, party officials and police protection officers who took a flutter on the…
The Greens’ heat pump plan won’t work
‘I’m literally in the process of getting quotes’ may well make it into the pantheon of feeble political excuses alongside…
How has Farage fallen for the idea that the West provoked Russia?
Nigel Farage enjoyed a combative exchange with Nick Robinson in his BBC Panorama interview this evening, and acquitted himself well…
How Keir Starmer plans to rule through the courts
Never mind Labour’s promise not to raise income tax, national insurance or VAT – the party will soon be jacking…
Economic recovery has come too late for Sunak
Today’s retail sales figures, showing that volumes increased by 2.9 per cent in May after a fall of 1.8 per…
The Surrey oil judgment undermines our democracy
The Conservatives are in favour of granting licences for new oil and gas extraction; Labour is against it. But what…
It shouldn’t be surprising that a Muslim son of immigrants is funding Reform
Should it really be a surprise that Zia Yusuf, a Muslim entrepreneur who made his fortune setting up a company…
What’s the real reason Jim Ratcliffe is backing Starmer?
On the face of it, there could hardly be a better example of a turkey voting for Christmas than the…
Why the Tories’ tax black hole attack on Labour will backfire
The Conservatives love trying to reduce their estimates for the cost of a Labour government down to a neat per-household…
David Cameron is driving voters into Farage’s arms
Who on earth at Tory campaign HQ thought it was a good idea to send Lord Cameron into battle to…
Starmer wants to go for growth – but will he end up like Liz Truss?
Keir Starmer, it turns out, was a secret Liz Truss fan all along. Launching his party’s manifesto this morning he…
When will the Greens get real?
There is something a little refreshing about the Green party. In contrast to Rishi Sunak, who has no option but…
Sunak’s National Insurance pledge could backfire
Two years ago, as Chancellor, Rishi Sunak chose to jack up National Insurance contributions. It is a mark of how…
Lib Dem policies are as barmy as their campaign
Ed Davey has finally taken a break from fooling around to launch some policies. But one of them, in particular,…
How many more houses will Labour actually build?
Is Labour really going to help get 80,000 people on the housing ladder over the next five years under its…
What happened to the ‘gigafactories’?
Remember all those ‘gigafactories’ that were going to decarbonise our road transport and create many thousands of green jobs into…
The trouble with the Tories’ ‘Family Home Tax Guarantee’
There is a very big problem with Jeremy Hunt’s Family Home Tax Guarantee, though which he promises a Conservative government…