Leading article
No left turn
It would be easy to dismiss Jeremy Corbyn’s launch of the Labour party’s election campaign this week on the grounds…
The art of the deal
If elections were decided on voter enthusiasm rather than on plain numbers, Marine Le Pen would win this weekend’s battle…
Uniting the kingdom
When launching the Scottish National Party’s election campaign, Nicola Sturgeon said the word ‘Tory’ 20 times in 20 minutes. For…
May’s manifesto
Never has the Conservative party entered a general election campaign feeling more confident about victory. Much of that confidence is…
Parting on good terms
Many EU officials would like to present the Brexit negotiations as a case of one nervous member, weak at the…
Regressive Conservatism
Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of the Labour party is coming to resemble a drunk trying to get home on a bike.…
Moving on
Most people are glad to see the end of a referendum campaign, but the losing side always wants to keep…
Saving the children
When a humanitarian tragedy disappears from our newspapers, there are two possibilities: that the crisis is over and life for……
Hammond’s humiliation
After Philip Hammond delivered his Budget last week, he went to speak to a meeting of Conservative backbench MPs. Several…
Ambition deficit
Some Budgets are historic, most are boring and a small number can be remembered as a disaster. After just a few months, Philip…
Ambition deficit
Some Budgets are historic, most are boring and a small number can be remembered as a disaster. After just a few months, Philip…
Carry on, Major
As Prime Minister, John Major was intolerant of opposition from within the Conservative party over the EU — memorably calling…
Carry on, Major
As Prime Minister, John Major was intolerant of opposition from within the Conservative party over the EU — memorably calling…
Lost boys
For a body supposedly committed to eliminating inequality between the sexes, the Women and Equalities Select Committee don’t exactly lead…
Lost boys
For a body supposedly committed to eliminating inequality between the sexes, the Women and Equalities Select Committee don’t exactly lead…
Labour’s love lost
Just as it seems that Labour has reached the bottom of the abyss, Jeremy Corbyn and his party somehow manage…
Labour’s love lost
Just as it seems that Labour has reached the bottom of the abyss, Jeremy Corbyn and his party somehow manage…
Labour’s love lost
Just as it seems that Labour has reached the bottom of the abyss, Jeremy Corbyn and his party somehow manage…
Trump fever
Throughout John Bercow’s political career he has felt the need to atone for his student days when he was a…
Trump fever
Throughout John Bercow’s political career he has felt the need to atone for his student days when he was a…
Trump fever
Throughout John Bercow’s political career he has felt the need to atone for his student days when he was a…
Victims of hysteria
This week, 49,000 gay men were granted posthumous pardons. Had Harold Macmillan’s government taken notice of this magazine in 1957…
Victims of hysteria
This week, 49,000 gay men were granted posthumous pardons. Had Harold Macmillan’s government taken notice of this magazine in 1957…
Victims of hysteria
This week, 49,000 gay men were granted posthumous pardons. Had Harold Macmillan’s government taken notice of this magazine in 1957…
Trading places
President Trump dislikes multilateral trade deals, preferring nation-to-nation ones
