Where is Keir Starmer’s joy?
‘Thank you for bringing back the joy’. So effused Tim Walz to Kamala Harris whose new-found position as Democratic nominee…
Looking to the past won’t help the Tories navigate their future
These are going to be dark days of introspection for Conservatives. And, as they try to make sense of the…
Does the fate of Foot’s Labour show what could happen to the Tories?
The party is floundering. Its leaders are at odds with their activists about what are their core beliefs. It is…
Has Starmer really changed the Labour party permanently?
In his first speech of this election campaign, Keir Starmer made what is likely to become an extremely familiar claim.…
How Starmer wants to reverse Thatcher’s legacy
Members of Labour’s frontbench have recently fallen over themselves to acclaim Margaret Thatcher. Hot on the heels of Rachel Reeves…
Starmer doesn’t need to be loved to win the next election
Conservatives are currently reassuring themselves that a general election defeat is not inevitable because, as Nadine Dorries put it recently,…
Why Starmer praised Thatcher
In an event that almost forms part of Britain’s unwritten constitution, if not quite as regular an occurrence as Big…
Why Keir Starmer should be wary of Blair
During his successful 2020 leadership campaign Keir Starmer claimed he was his own man, saying, ‘I can think for myself,…
Can Labour’s ‘no money’ note still work magic for the Tories?
It’s back! The scrap of paper left in 2010 by Labour’s outgoing chief secretary to the Treasury Liam Byrne for…
Starmer is more brutal than he is boring
On the day he unveiled Gordon Brown’s 153-page report into renewing Britain’s democracy Keir Starmer showed his steely side and…
Could Boris Johnson ever make a comeback as PM?
The big hope for Boris Johnson, according to Dominic Cummings, was that Liz Truss’s likely implosion as Prime Minister might…
Liz Truss has a Boris Johnson problem
Can a honeymoon be over before the Wedding March has even begun? Liz Truss might be about to find out.…
Thatcherism is a cult the Tories should not follow
Friedrich Nietzsche may not be the most fashionable member of the conservative canon, but doubtless he wouldn’t care much. He…
Could Boris return?
Asked recently whether Boris Johnson, Britain’s soon-to-be-ex-Prime Minister, would ever return to the highest elected office in the land, super-loyalist…
Which Tory leader does Labour fear the most?
Ask any Labour politician which of the Conservative leadership candidates they fear most and they will most likely say: none…
Boris's attempt to become a second Churchill
On his way up the greasy pole Boris Johnson was keen to claim an affinity with Winston Churchill. Clearly, associating…
Boris Johnson's fate is to be forgotten
Boris Johnson divides Britons in a way few other politicians manage. To his dwindling group of supporters, he is the…
Is Britain heading for a summer of discontent?
With workers across the economy looking set to go on strike during the next few months there is talk of…
Keir Starmer isn’t working
Silence. That is what we heard during Gloria de Piero’s recent focus group which she held for her GB News…
Should Thatcher fall?
It didn’t take long for the first egg to hit. Just a few hours after Margaret Thatcher’s statue was delicately placed on…
Tory MPs have a point about not removing Boris now
According to the Metropolitan police, Boris Johnson broke his own lockdown rules during the Covid crisis and, according to almost…
Ukraine isn't Boris's ‘Falklands moment’
What should we make of Boris’s response to war in Ukraine? The verdict from one Tory MP is already in: ‘History…
Will the Ukraine crisis finally end Stop the War's hold over Labour?
For weeks, discussion about partygate dominated Britain’s newspapers. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put paid to that. But Boris Johnson…
Can Labour members ever learn to love Keir Starmer?
Keir Starmer is the master of all he surveys. Thanks to partygate, Labour now enjoys a consistent poll lead over…
Does Keir Starmer really want Boris Johnson to step down?
It’s time for Boris Johnson to go, says Keir Starmer. Angela Rayner agrees: ‘Fundamentally the British public are starting to see that…
