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What hath Matt Gaetz wrought by tipping over the House apple cart?
What’s worse than chaos? How about a power vacuum? All the beautiful people are bewailing the ouster of Kevin McCarthy as speaker…
Rishi Sunak’s conference speech gamble
After spending most of his conference refusing to say much at all, Rishi Sunak used his speech to make three…
Rishi Sunak vows to end the ‘30-year status quo’ in Tory conference speech
Rishi Sunak pitched himself as the change candidate at the next election in his speech to Conservative party conference this…
Sunak’s smoking ban is a terrible policy
What, you might ask, has Rishi Sunak been smoking? There is no way to spin as conservative the idea of…
The Republican party is a mess
In comparison to the Republicans in the United States, the British Conservative party is a model of unity and discipline.…
Overseas prisons will be disastrous for British inmates
Our prisons are overcrowded, dangerous and out of control. The prison population is rising faster than we can build new…
Why does the BBC think we need a Today programme podcast?
Is there really room in the crowded market for a new podcast about politics, presented by two male Oxbridge graduates?…
Matt Gaetz pulls the fire alarm
Matt Gaetz pulled the alarm but, unlike the stunt by fellow House member Jamaal Bowman, there really was a fire.…
Kevin McCarthy ousted as US Speaker
Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as the House speaker after losing a vote 216-210, becoming the first speaker ever to lose…
Matt Gaetz catches the car
An admission of personal bias: I have little to no respect for academics or intellectuals who write about the Congress…
Sunak set to scrap HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester
Rishi Sunak will tomorrow confirm he is scrapping the HS2 link between Manchester and Birmingham, Coffee House understands. The prime…
Steve Barclay turns to AI to save the NHS
The NHS is struggling to cope with an ageing population. Disputes over pay have created a stand off between doctors…
Jeremy Hunt: we underestimated the impact of money-printing
Speaking at the Centre for Policy Studies fringe event at Conservative party conference this afternoon, Jeremy Hunt reiterated once again…
The great Tory dilemma: try to win or prepare for defeat?
What are the Conservatives putting the most effort into: winning the next election, or life after defeat? While Rishi Sunak…
We need trans-only wards
The Health Secretary Steve Barclay is expected to announce plans to ban transwomen like me from female hospital wards today. Let’s be clear, the…
Does Germany want to bring down Giorgia Meloni?
Is there a plot afoot to oust Giorgia Meloni as Prime Minister and replace her with someone more to the…
A school phone ban is long overdue
Around the time my eldest son started secondary school, I had a worrying glimpse into his private life. We’d put…
RFK goes rogue
A week from today, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to make an announcement in Philadelphia that will almost certainly entail…
Tom Ford is back (without Tom Ford)
What happens to a fashion brand when the founder leaves? Or, to be more direct, what is Tom Ford without…
Why Dame Sharon White failed at John Lewis
There are lots of plausible explanations for Dame Sharon White’s failure at the department store and grocery chain John Lewis.…
What you won’t learn from Channel 4’s Partygate drama
Partygate has morphed from a half-forgotten scandal into a new drama-documentary which airs on Channel 4 tomorrow night. This rehash…
Is this year’s Tory conference slogan the worst ever?
Boris Johnson got plenty of things wrong as prime minister but he at least knew how to come up with…
Does Rishi Sunak hate dogs?
Every world leader these days needs to have a pet. Joe Biden has a pair of out-of-control German Shepherds that…
What went wrong with Billy Bragg?
An online ding-dong is like a full complement of condiments at lunch; you wouldn’t want to live off it, but…
Rishi outlines Keir Starmer’s five ‘pledges’ in 1922 speech
Rishi Sunak’s first Conservative party conference as prime minister is off to a roaring start. Never one to miss a…
