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The trouble with ‘centrist’ Tories
‘Elections are won from the centre ground,’ the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said. Perhaps he should have a word with…
Sorry Sunak can’t muster much of a fight in BBC interview
A clash of the razor-blades. That’s how it started. Nick Robinson’s grey jowls were dotted with stubble as he sat…
Sunak splutters in BBC interview, but Starmer won’t do much better
Rishi Sunak has started to move on from his D-Day blunder. He probably won’t recover from the electoral damage he…
Lib Dem policies are as barmy as their campaign
Ed Davey has finally taken a break from fooling around to launch some policies. But one of them, in particular,…
Fighting over the Tory manifesto begins a day early
On Tuesday morning, Rishi Sunak will unveil the Conservative party’s 2024 manifesto. So far, there is talk of tax cuts,…
Reform candidate apologises for his Hitler neutrality comments
Oh dear, it seems like the election scandals are coming thick and fast at the moment. Today, it was the…
CNN’s moderators must ask Biden the tough Hunter question
The upcoming June 27 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will be the first of its kind — a…
Will the Lib Dem manifesto win over the ‘Blue Wall’?
Sir Ed Davey kicked off manifesto week by launching his party’s document this afternoon in East London. In true Lib…
The establishment triumphed in Spain’s elections
Spain’s Conservative Popular party (PP) came first in Sunday’s EU elections, upping its share of seats in the European parliament…
The Scottish Tories won’t accept Faragism
Douglas Ross was not a game-changing leader of the Scottish Conservatives in the way Ruth Davidson was but he announces…
The EU may struggle to find its way out of this election crisis
It is said that the EU thrives on crises. These are what spurs it on to the ultimate goal of…
Douglas Ross has made things even worse for the Tories
You thought things couldn’t get worse for the Conservative party in this election? They just did. The Scottish Conservative leader, Douglas…
Is the Lib Dems’ election campaign silly or savvy?
General elections are strange things, particularly for the Lib Dems. For a few weeks, broadcasters are compelled to actually give…
Sinn Fein’s immigration stance has blown up in its face
It’s been three days since Ireland went to the ballot box to decide the local and European elections and, much…
The truth about the rise of the ‘far right’ in Europe
‘The rise of nationalists and demagogues is a danger for our nation but also for Europe,’ said Emmanuel Macron as…
Labour could make Britain’s prison crisis worse
On Saturday night, Labour announced its plans to ‘fix the prison crisis and keep criminals behind bars’. If this announcement…
Starmer’s shadow cabinet split on private schools
Labour have made much of their VAT raid on private school fees, proudly trumpeting the policy as one of the…
France can’t afford a Le Pen government
It is possible that President Macon had some clever plan when he called a general election in the wake of…
Douglas Ross resigns as Scottish Tory leader
Just when you thought this election campaign couldn’t get any more tumultuous, Douglas Ross has announced he will resign as…
Olaf Scholz’s party suffers worst EU election defeat as AfD surges
The mood in Olaf Scholz’s SPD party headquarters in Berlin is despondent this morning. The German Chancellor’s party won just…
French voters have delivered a damning verdict on Macron
I sensed something significant was going to unfold on Sunday as I took my morning coffee at our village café.…
Can Sunak get his election campaign back on track?
As a general rule, you know your election campaign has gone off track when politicians are being asked on the…
Gantz’s resignation from Israel’s war cabinet spells trouble for Netanyahu
Benny Gantz, leader of the Israeli Resilience party and a member of the war cabinet, has resigned from Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
Macron is trying to scare French voters into rejecting Le Pen’s party
The French presidential list score in the European elections ‘is not a good result for the parties which defend Europe’.…
The European elections and the ascent of the right
Can the ‘far right’ still really be called the ‘far right’ if it becomes the mainstream? That’s a question for…
