Rishi Sunak
Britain is no longer a functional country
No. 10 quickly asserted that the meltdown at National Air Traffic Services was a technical issue rather than a cyber…
Britain should not be nervous of India
Britain should not be nervous of India
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
Why weren’t police forces investigating every theft?
Police must investigate every theft. This is the message from the Home Secretary as the government heralds an agreement from…
Who’s more useless – the Tories or the England rugby team?
In a curious way the decline of English rugby mirrors that of the Conservative party. Four years ago there was…
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…
After Sunak, who?
Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens, the author Fay Weldon once declared. This observation about life’s tendency…
How the Tories plan to take the fight to Labour on the NHS
Brace yourselves for health week. After the rip-roaring success of the government’s ‘stop the boats’ week, you might forgive the…
Why do the Tories force asylum seekers to live on welfare?
Over decades of service as a floating hotel, the Bibby Stockholm has accommodated all manner of people. It has housed…
What is the point of Lee Anderson?
Who is the most divisive figure in politics? Last year the Daily Mirror claimed Lee Anderson was ‘the worst man…
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…
Will Sunak and Starmer now ditch their green promises?
Where do the by-election results leave Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer? The Labour leader had been hoping for a victory…
Labour’s reality check
Rishi Sunak goes into the summer holidays in the same position he began the year: 20 points behind in the…
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…
‘We’ve got to hold our nerve’: Rishi Sunak’s BBC interview
As mortgage rates surge and a new Opinium poll finds Labour’s lead has jumped to 18 points, Rishi Sunak appeared…
Judge, jury and executioner
‘Immediate Justice’, the government’s new policing initiative of pursuing petty criminals, reflects the black-clad law-enforcer’s 1970s methods exactly
Red Rishi: the Prime Minister’s political makeover
The Tories are trying on Labour’s clothes