UK politics
Sunak avoids large Tory rebellion on Brexit deal
Rishi Sunak’s Windsor Framework has won support in the House of Commons at 515 ayes to 29 noes. As expected,…
The Lineker row isn’t about free speech – it’s a moral coup
So the cancel-culture set believes in free speech now? What a turnaround. People who have spent the past decade turning…
The Illegal Migration Bill will define the next election
The government’s Illegal Migration Bill is finally here. Speaking in the House of Commons this lunchtime, the Home Secretary unveiled…
What Miriam Cates gets right – and wrong – about declining fertility
Fulfil your civic duty. Get married. Have children. That was the message from Miriam Cates, the increasingly prominent Conservative backbencher, to guests…
Rishi risks another asylum outcry
With the likelihood of a deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol fading this week, a new issue has emerged to…
The DUP has a right to be difficult over the Northern Ireland Protocol
It’s easy to take an unsympathetic view of the Democratic Unionist Party. For many, its politicians are caricatures of the…
The SNP leadership race has turned into the mother of all culture wars
Bring back Nicola Sturgeon. The race to replace her as SNP leader and first minister has turned into the mother…
Sunak is taking a gamble on the Protocol
Westminster is back to the Brexit wars this week. Once again, a Conservative leader is trying to finalise a deal…
Boris Johnson fires a warning shot to Sunak
Rishi Sunak is once again facing an unhelpful intervention from one of his predecessors. As the Prime Minister attempts to…
It’s time for ‘reality-based’ politicians to start addressing Brexit
Praise be. A day or two ago, something potentially quite exciting took place in Ditchley Park in Oxfordshire. It was a two-day…
The Westminster Holocaust memorial ignores Jewish suffering
It’s groundhog day all over again for the long-planned Holocaust memorial and learning centre in Westminster’s Victoria Tower Gardens. This…
Liz Truss, Brexit and the petulant anger at reality
The time it takes to mount a political comeback gets shorter and shorter, doesn’t it? The last prime minister but…
Three years on, is Brexit worth celebrating?
Today, if you feel so inclined to celebrate it, is Brexit Day: the date on which, three years ago, Britain…
Rishi Sunak is no John Major
As the skies darken over Rishi Sunak’s embattled government, with ministers being fired or placed under investigation, opinion polls dire…
Government borrowing hits £27.4 billion
Rishi Sunak ruffled his own party’s feathers last week when – in reference to last autumn’s market turmoil – he…
Is Sunak heading for trouble on the Protocol?
There has been excited chatter in recent days that a breakthrough on the Northern Ireland Protocol could be imminent. Last…
Why won’t the Conservatives stand up for conservatism any more?
Is it supposed to be enough for those of us of a culturally and socially conservative persuasion to know that some Tory…
Trade talks between the UK and the EU are heading for a blow-up
‘The reality is the talks will blow up shortly’. As I say in the Sun this morning, this is the…
The Budget will show how the Tories plan to win the next election
It’s only a few weeks until Budget day and the papers are filled with reports of the various revenue-raising measures…
Boris Johnson’s lead Brexit negotiator sets out his red lines
What are the UK’s red lines in the upcoming trade talks with the EU? Although Boris Johnson has said publicly…
Is the Labour leadership contest already a done deal?
Labour’s leadership contest has been attracting less and less media interest as it goes on. Despite this, Jeremy Corbyn’s successor…
The motivation behind the government’s plans for the BBC
Since Boris Johnson returned to No. 10 with a majority of 80, there’s been a growing sense that the Prime…
Emergency terror laws set to end early prisoner release
The government has this afternoon unveiled its response to the Streatham terrorist incident on Sunday – which saw a man recently…
Why Australia-style deal is the new Brexit buzzword in government
As the second round of Brexit negotiations loom with the EU, there’s already talk of an early bust-up coming up…
The UK has left the EU
In practical terms, little has changed tonight. Businesses and citizens here will not feel any real difference in the coming…
