Conservative party
Can Sunak establish himself as a radical?
The Conservatives gather in Manchester this weekend for what may well be their last hurrah as a governing party. Bookmakers…
‘The zealots are turning people off’: Claire Coutinho on net zero and her bond with Rishi Sunak
The new Energy Secretary on net zero and her bond with the PM
At least Britain isn’t that corrupt
Long-time readers may recall that I take a special interest in the art of corruption. And this week America has…
Sunak’s new strategy: hard truths
The last time Tory activists and MPs gathered for their annual party conference, it didn’t end well. Liz Truss had…
Broken Britain: what went wrong?
Who broke Britain?
Britain has an entitlement problem
An Institute for Fiscal Studies paper, published at the end of last month, makes grim reading. Through the prism of…
The Tories need a shake-up – and Sunak knows it
When prime ministers sense the end is near, they tend to follow a similar pattern. They change senior civil servants…
India’s century: Sunak’s plan for a new Indo-Pacific alliance
The PM’s visit to New Delhi could be a defining moment
Is Ulez too fashionable to fact check?
Next Tuesday, London’s Ulez scheme will be expanded. A new network of cameras filming the traffic movements of millions of…
The problem with the Tories’ ‘local heroes’
You know the Conservative party is in trouble when it does not dare use its name on leaflets. Instead, it…
The covert campaign against field sports
The renewed war on rural pursuits
Supercops: the return of tough policing
Old-school policing is back
Can the Tories come up with a tax offer in time?
Last summer, all the Tory party could talk about was tax. It was at the heart of the leadership contest…
I sledged Steve Smith for England
In this summer of sporting dramas, every patriotic sports fan likes to think he’s done his bit to help. I…
Tory floundering over China is a gift to Labour
The government’s floundering over China is a gift to Labour
Rishi Sunak is right about illegal migration
The Illegal Migration Bill is having a distorting effect on the Tory party. It has put Theresa May and Iain…
Don’t write off Rishi
Were I sure this was about me alone, I’d hardly bother to mention it: but I may be typical of…
Rishi’s Tory rating turns negative
As the average mortgage rate for a five-year fixed deal rises to 6 per cent, Rishi Sunak can find little…
John Major has learned nothing over Brexit
Rishi Sunak’s government is sometimes compared to that of John Major, the man who succeeded Margaret Thatcher in 1990, went…
