Top US pollster: don't ditch Boris
To the CPS, the think-tank home of Thatcherite free-thinking. On today’s agenda: a sermon from Frank Luntz, the onetime populist Republican…
China's secret property empire
The Russian bear might be back but the Chinese dragon waits in the wings. Moscow’s spectacularly mismanaged invasion of Ukraine…
Ukraine triumphs on Russia's turf
‘Jaw jaw’ remarked Churchill ‘is always better than war war.’ And some of London’s finest jaws were being put to…
Former Tory chief whip calls for Boris to quit
It never rains for No. 10 but it pours. After both Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak were last week fined…
Partygate cuts through with voters
The Tory task at the next election is enormous. No party in the democratic age has ever won a fifth…
Six times Boris and Rishi denied breaking the law
Well, that’s that then. This afternoon the Metropolitan Police fined the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of Exchequer for breaking…
CCHQ's unfortunate Jimmy Savile link
Oh dear. Just last week, on the day that Boris Johnson raised National Insurance, it was pointed out to the bright…
The Guardian goes for J.K. Rowling
It seems that taking gratuitous swipes at J.K. Rowling has become something of a competition for liberal broadsheets on both sides…
Five ways for Rishi to bounce back
Four weeks ago, Rishi Sunak was riding high, Boris Johnson was on the slide and the Chancellor’s daughter was proudly…
Five hysterical reactions to Channel 4's sell-off
Roll up, roll up! The great Channel 4 sell-off is now on. The Culture Secretary, Nadine Dorries, is pushing ahead with…
Six Biden-Harris howlers on Ukraine
It’s 15 months since President Biden swept into the White House, where, judging by his current poll ratings, his tenure…
Ian Blackford's six step guide to untold riches
Inflation. Energy spikes. Tax hikes. Low growth. It’s a tough time for hard-pressed Britons at present. The cost of living…
Now the statue-topplers come for abolitionists
Susan Aitken, we meet again. The worst council leader in Britain is back in the news. What, pray, is it…
David Cameron gets an honour
When you’ve held the highest elected office in the land, subsequent honours might all seem a bit trivial. Gongs, trophies,…
Gary Neville moans about taxes
The political journey of Gary Neville continues to delight and astound. The former England right back now finds himself on the…
Hacks in uproar about Nazanin briefing
Welcome home Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, released after six years imprisonment. The 43-year-old returned to the UK last week after the government settled a…
Operation Ark returns to haunt Boris
Boris Johnson is doing rather well on Ukraine at the moment, thanks to Britain’s role in sending arms and training…
Parliament full of vermin: official
It was Nye Bevan who claimed that the Conservative party was ‘lower than vermin.’ But in today’s House of Commons,…
Does Twitter think Trump is worse than Russia?
Who decides what gets counted as ‘misinformation’? For the increasingly large number of people who get their news from social…
Why do Russian tennis stars need to condemn Putin?
Nigel Huddleston is Under-Secretary of State for Sport, Tourism, Heritage and Civil Society, hardly the biggest job in government. Yet…
Macron, the reverse Zelensky
Which Western leader has been the most shameless when it comes to Ukraine? America’s Vice President ‘Calamity’ Kamala Harris is another…
Mail man changes his 'Russian-sounding' name
Sanctions, boycotts, bans, penalties of all kind: there’s no end to the punishments being slapped on Moscow. But amid the…
Labour flounders to define the word 'woman'
Happy International Women’s Day! To mark this auspicious occasion, the Radio 4 programme Woman’s Hour today hosted a conversation between…
Now JK Rowling takes on the critics
Away from the scenes in eastern Europe, a very different terf war was playing out on Twitter yesterday between JK…
KitKat-loving MPs consume £250k in snacks
After surviving his Covid scare in spring 2020, Boris Johnson was positively evangelical about the importance of weight loss. Launching…
