UK politics
The smoking ban will be back
Has Rishi Sunak’s surprise summer election spared Britain some nanny state interventions? At first glance it seemed so, as it…
Michael Gove leads the Tory exodus
When Rishi Sunak told cabinet colleagues about his decision to call a general election, Michael Gove sought to raise spirits…
Why are Scottish nationalists so thin-skinned?
Scottish nationalists are not happy. What’s new, I hear you ask. Did they lose another leader? Has Sainsbury’s been selling…
Who are ‘the blob’?
Liz Truss calls them the ‘deep state’, Dominic Cummings ‘the blob’ and for Sue Gray they are simply former colleagues.…
Keir Starmer is ashamed of his party
Questions from backbenchers dominated PMQs. Sir Edward Leigh is keen to end unfettered immigration and he announced a way to…
Tories aren’t panicking – they expected a drubbing
Unsurprisingly, the overnight results from the local elections have been very bruising for the Conservatives. Local election results day is…
Lindsay Hoyle is a hooligan
How does it feel to wake up and discover that you’re a socialist? We got the answer at PMQs where…
Brexit has not made food unaffordable
Imagine that for the past 30 years all food entering Britain from EU countries had been subject to stringent sanitary…
Humza Yousaf quits – sparking SNP leadership contest
Humza Yousaf is stepping down as first minister of Scotland. After feverish speculation over the weekend, Yousaf has announced this…
Rishi Sunak vows to boost defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP
After finally getting his Rwanda legislation through the Lords, Rishi Sunak is in Warsaw today to meet with Nato Secretary-General…
Will there be a summer election?
It’s less than a fortnight till the local elections where Rishi Sunak will face his last major electoral test before…
Never forget the politicians who pushed gender politics
The great trans hoax is coming to an end. The idea of thousands of people being ‘trapped’ in the wrong…
Can David Cameron charm the Americans?
David Cameron is stateside today as the Foreign Secretary tries to muster up support for the US to send aid…
Dowden: UK position on arms sales to Israel ‘has not changed’
Dowden: UK position on arms sales to Israel ‘has not changed’ Israel and Hamas are expected to hold a new…
The Tories are resigned to an almighty defeat
The herd of Conservative MPs is on the move again, this time obediently setting off towards the abattoir in which…
Why did the SNP make allowances for Spain during Covid?
The Covid Inquiry’s recent Scottish sojourn brought several weeks of bad headlines for the SNP. One revelation got less attention…
Will Sunak renege on ‘foreign powers’ owning newspapers?
Last week, a rebellion in the Lords drew a government pledge to ban foreign governments and their proxies from owning…
Hunt: Tories will keep the triple lock on pensions
Jeremy Hunt: Russian government creating a ‘smokescreen of propaganda’ On Friday night, a terrorist attack at a large concert in…
Shapps: Netanyahu’s rejection of a two-state solution is ‘very disappointing’
On a call with Joe Biden this weekend, the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated Israel’s demand for security control…
Can we trust Hunt’s tax cut promise?
More tax cuts are on their way, according to the both the Prime Minister and Chancellor who have written comment…
Cameron says ‘military action was only option’ in Yemen
David Cameron: western strikes on Houthi rebels are ‘a very clear message’ This week the US and UK launched military…
Keir Starmer’s morning of U-turns
Another day, another U-turn from Keir Starmer. Or to be precise, two new U-turns from the Labour leader before midday.…
Britain is not a technocracy
The term ‘technocracy’, or more often ‘technocrat’, is found everywhere. Both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are referred to as…
Humza Yousaf has irreparably damaged the independence project
As the SNP gathers for its conference in Aberdeen this weekend, Humza Yousaf faces a sea of trouble. But worst…
Starmer faces tough questions as Labour’s conference begins
Keir Starmer began his big conference interview with the BBC talking about the story that has dominated the weekend –…
