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Could Sunak implode?
There are few positions so perilous as being the frontrunner in a party leadership contest. Just being the heir apparent when…
Are some Tory candidates about to be ruled out?
The Tory leadership contest is a very crowded place – with Liz Truss overnight becoming the tenth candidate to declare…
The fatuous idea that politicians must be ‘in touch’
I was in Hyde Park on Friday watching an open-air Pixies show with very great delight when somewhere between ‘Vamos’…
Live blog: Truss declares, Gove for Kemi, rule change?
MPs are returning to Westminster after a long weekend in their constituencies. What are they returning to? Yesterday, three more candidates…
Who will stand for free speech?
The primary feeling is a sense of dread. The oily scent of torches set aflame is in your nostrils, and…
Liz Truss enters the leadership contest
Liz Truss has become the tenth candidate to enter the Tory leadership race. Announcing her intentions in an op-ed for…
Gove backs Kemi Badenoch for prime minister
Michael Gove has endorsed Kemi Badenoch for Tory leader. Badenoch, who was one of his junior ministers at the Department…
Penny Mordaunt's trans problem
The Tory leadership contest is yet to officially begin, but things are already turning nasty. As well as reports in…
The Tories are showing Labour how it's done on diversity
The elephant isn’t just in the room. It is trumpeting loudly but it is greeted with bemusement, denial, or polite…
Full text: leaked Tory memo attacking Sunak
The Telegraph has got hold of a zinger of a private memo currently doing the rounds on Tory MPs’ WhatsApp groups. The…
Tories adopt American-style campaigning
We have seen two Tory Leadership bids this morning that aim to show they can bridge the party divides. Jeremy Hunt,…
The case for Kemi
At the very top end of politics there is a vital distinction that is underappreciated whenever the case for change…
Sunday show round-up: Boris was 'too loyal'
Sajid Javid – I gave Boris the benefit of the doubt again and again The starting gun has been fired…
Penny Mordaunt's embarrassing start
Penny Mordaunt, the second-favourite to be the next Prime Minister, has declared that she’s running – via a video where…
Will the next Tory leader tackle sleaze?
All the candidates in this Tory leadership contest will have to pay tribute to the importance of standards in public…
The battle for the Tory right
Who will be the candidate of the right in this contest? There is this morning a mighty tussle on to…
Penny Mordaunt changes tack on trans rights
Penny Mordaunt has had a good start to the leadership race, storming into second place with 16 names, even though…
Why does the police force attract so many sex abusers?
Growing up, I didn’t really think about the police until I got caught shoplifting at the age of 14. Separated…
Can Oxford’s new Vice-Chancellor fix the university?
There’s a new Vice-Chancellor taking over at Oxford later this year. She’s Irene Tracey, warden of Merton College, and an…
The culture war over the Middle Ages
There is a war afoot, here in late civilization, over the meaning and legacy of the Middle Ages. Two distinct…
Rise of the anti-woke weirdos
I’m going to do something that will likely annoy you, dear reader: I am going to make an argument about…
My plan to fix Britain
Thanks to Brexit, we are now a free nation. But let’s not just talk about the opportunities that follow: let’s…
Latest: Zahawi, Javid & Hunt declare, Wallace out
Nadhim Zahawi, Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt have declared their candidacy this evening. Ben Wallace, who had topped the poll among…
Shinzo Abe and the long history of Japanese political violence
Shinzo Abe, perhaps the most significant Japanese politician of the last 50 years, has been assassinated. The killing was carried…
Why the Tories should gamble on Kemi Badenoch
There’s only one candidate for prime minister with the guts to dismantle the self-loathing culture of identity politics that is…
