Politics
The Conservatives admit they have a problem – but can they solve it?
For those who don’t want Jeremy Corbyn to be prime minister, the Tory conference was half encouraging and half depressing.…
Can anyone unite the Tory tribes?
One of the reasons that coalition governments are so unusual in Britain is that both main parties are coalitions themselves.…
May’s exit strategy
Nearly all Tory MPs now agree Theresa May should stay on as Prime Minister. She must get the party through…
From ‘America first’ to ‘pragmatic realism’
So much for Donald J. Trump, ‘America first’ isolationist. Gone is the man who, as a civilian, repeatedly endorsed a…
The phoney Tory leadership war
When a new MP is offered a job as a parliamentary private secretary for a cabinet member, it’s often a…
Parliament’s new tribe
Politics is such a fickle game that it’s perfectly acceptable to believe six impossible things before breakfast without ever having…
Parliament’s new tribe
Politics is such a fickle game that it’s perfectly acceptable to believe six impossible things before breakfast without ever having…
Parliament’s new tribe
Politics is such a fickle game that it’s perfectly acceptable to believe six impossible things before breakfast without ever having…
Parliament’s new tribe
Politics is such a fickle game that it’s perfectly acceptable to believe six impossible things before breakfast without ever having…
Parliament’s new tribe
Politics is such a fickle game that it’s perfectly acceptable to believe six impossible things before breakfast without ever having…
Parliament’s new tribe
Politics is such a fickle game that it’s perfectly acceptable to believe six impossible things before breakfast without ever having…
The dark clouds threatening Brexit
It’s summertime and the living is easy… unless you’re a civil servant working on Brexit. Whitehall has recognised that the…
The Tories need a ‘what’ as much as a ‘who’
Theresa May has made it to the summer. In the aftermath of the election, Downing Street’s immediate aim was to…
Corbyn can be beaten – here’s how
The Tory party is suffering from an intellectual crisis of confidence. Before 8 June, its collective view was that Jeremy…
Why May must stay
Sometimes crises end simply because all of the participants are exhausted. Essentially, this is what has happened with the post-election…
Labour’s happy surprise
‘Science,’ wrote Jules Verne, ‘is made up of mistakes, but they are mistakes which it is useful to make, because…
Why hasn’t the Remain dog barked in this election?
The hopes of those who want Britain to stay in the EU have been dashed by this election. There has…
Why hasn’t the Remain dog barked in this election?
The hopes of those who want Britain to stay in the EU have been dashed by this election. There has…
Will Theresa May ever resist a backlash?
Elections matter. They are fundamental to our way of life. So, while it is appropriate that the campaigns stopped on…
Twelve months of May
Normally, the first anniversary of a prime minister taking office is the occasion for a lot of opinion polls and…
Never mind the election – Corbynism isn’t going away
General elections are meant to produce a government and an opposition — ideally, a decent version of both. It is…
Why Tories are talking up Labour
Considering that their party is expected to win by a landslide, the Tory spin doctors sound unusually panicked. They are…
If Trump’s listening to his generals, that’s great news for Britain
‘Great Britain has lost an Empire and not yet found a role’. Fifty-five years on, Dean Acheson’s remark has not…
A way for both sides to claim Brexit victory
Theresa May doesn’t do drama. She regards order as both a political and personal virtue. And this goes a long…
A Budget to keep Brexit off the rocks
Chancellors often enjoy a Budget for the chance it gives them to show off. They enjoy wrong-footing their opponents with…
