Finally, some justice for the infected blood scandal’s victims
Why has the greatest patient scandal in the history of the NHS rumbled on for so long before its victims…
Why cost of living talks will have to wait
The Tory leadership candidates will not be joining Boris Johnson in emergency talks about support for people struggling with the…
Is Liz Truss too comfortable?
After England scored their first goal last night, the team visibly relaxed and had a spell of playing happily until…
Sunak is running out of time
This could be the biggest week of the Tory leadership campaign: postal ballots will start arriving on members’ doormats in…
Sunak has his work cut out if he is to win over Tory voters
Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak barely have time to catch their breath after last night’s scrappy debate: today they’re back…
All the Keir and no idea: what’s Starmer up to now?
Keir Starmer has given another one of his speeches that seems aimed at his own party rather than the general…
The final three
The leadership candidates on taxes, net zero and freedom of speech
Boris Johnson’s final PMQs was a let down
Boris Johnson’s farewell Prime Minister’s Questions was rather like his premiership: full of the unexpected, rather chaotic and a bit…
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…
Boris isn’t ready to go
Boris Johnson’s final hours as Prime Minister have been undignified. We do not yet know quite how this will end,…
Who will tell Boris it’s over?
In the past couple of minutes, five ministers have resigned as a co-ordinated group and Michael Gove is reported to have…
The most brutal line in Sajid Javid’s resignation speech
Sajid Javid’s resignation in the Commons just now was coldly brutal. He’s had some practice, which he acknowledged, given this…
PMQs will only encourage further rebellion
At one point in today’s Prime Minister’s Questions, the Speaker called MPs to order and told them: ‘We’ve got to…
The most damning accusation against Boris Johnson
In the blizzard of letters by Tory MPs who want Boris Johnson to go, one stands out. Chris Skidmore has called…
The ministerial resignations keep on coming
More ministerial resignations are underway and the day has barely begun in Westminster. Will Quince, who had the humiliating job…
Boris appoints Steve Barclay as Health Secretary
Steve Barclay is the new Health Secretary. This is a fascinating move for both political and policy reasons. The first…
The silence of Nadhim Zahawi
One by one, cabinet ministers are confirming that they are not resigning this evening, leaving a very small group of…
Boris remains ‘bullish’ as his cabinet implodes
Shortly after he received the resignations of Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, Boris Johnson addressed around 70 Tory MPs who…
Boris’s desperate tearoom tour
This afternoon, a text message went out to certain Tory MPs telling them that the Prime Minister was going to…
Boris ‘forgot’ about Pincher allegations, claims minister
The government’s line yesterday on what Boris Johnson knew about Chris Pincher’s behaviour kept changing. Today, it’s quite hard to find…
Boost defence spending to prepare for Putin, Wallace demands
Ben Wallace is giving a speech this afternoon in which he will urge Boris Johnson to increase defence spending. The…
The Northern Ireland Protocol: the real fight is yet to come
Last night’s vote on the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill didn’t turn into an open revolt from Tory MPs – but…
Boris’s unapologetic by-election response
Boris Johnson has not accepted responsibility for the two by-election defeats. You could have written this line at any point…
How long can Boris hold the line on railway strikes?
Is the government’s approach to strikes and public sector pay too blunt? Today Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak took the…
Should Starmer be worried about the rail strikes?
Sir Keir Starmer has ended up in a very Starmer-esque pickle over the rail strikes this week. Yesterday he instructed…
