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Let May govern
It used to be said that loyalty was the Conservatives’ secret weapon. While other parties might descend into internecine warfare,…
Hope in Mosul
For the title of world’s most benighted city, Mosul takes some beating. Liberated from Saddam Hussein by US forces in…
The beginning is nigh
Just a few weeks ago, the Conservatives triumphed in the local government elections and Theresa May was hailed as an…
Stronger together
There is unlikely to be much of a legacy from Theresa May’s premiership, which could yet be truncated a short…
Opening gambit
The unexpected outcome of the general election has led some to hope that a weakened government will be forced to…
The thin blue line
The lessons to be learned from the Conservatives’ poor showing in the election could fill more pages than the national…
May needs her party
As if we needed reminding, this past week has shown that the Islamist threat is a truly global problem. In…
May’s mistakes
On the eve of the US presidential election, experts at Princeton university decided that Donald Trump had a 1 per…
Tackling terror
Until last week, it was thought that the jihadi threat was subsiding and the security services were increasingly able to…
Trump on the edge
Donald Trump has often wrong-footed the media. In last year’s election his campaign seemed to be always on the verge…
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…
