Isabel Hardman

Isabel Hardman is assistant editor of The Spectator and edits the Coffee House blog. She also presents Radio 4’s Week in Westminster.

Boris hasn’t seen the last of the Tory lockdown rebels

3 December 2020 8:03 am

Boris Johnson is wrong if he thinks this week’s Tory rebellion on the tiered system marks the end of his…

Have Boris and Starmer worked out each other’s weaknesses?

26 November 2020 3:12 am

Sir Keir Starmer is continuing to use his Prime Minister’s Questions to build a narrative about the government’s lack of…

Corbyn’s Labour party suspension lifted after just 19 days

18 November 2020 6:00 am

Jeremy Corbyn has been readmitted into the Labour party just 19 days after he was suspended for saying that anti-Semitism…

Boris set to unveil ‘Ten Point Plan’ for a green industrial revolution

16 November 2020 9:30 am

Boris Johnson wants to use this week to relaunch his leadership after a torrid few days in his top team.…

Does Boris have a supporters’ club left in Parliament?

16 November 2020 3:19 am

Boris Johnson needs to use the departure of Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain to repair relations with his Parliamentary party.…

Boris’s ‘Captain Hindsight’ attack backfires

2 November 2020 2:50 am

Boris Johnson may be able to explain his U-turn on imposing a second national lockdown on England in policy terms,…

Angry Burnham takes on No. 10

16 October 2020 6:42 am

Keir Starmer has made life difficult for Boris Johnson this week with his demand for a circuit-breaker lockdown. But the…

MPs can no longer stomach government by decree

29 September 2020 7:13 am

This evening’s Commons debate has shown the extent of Tory backbench frustration over ministers refusal to consult them on increasing…

Can Rishi Sunak win back the Tory backbenches?

4 September 2020 3:52 am

It’s not going to be an easy autumn for the Tories, which is why the top brass have started holding…

The real test for Starmer will come post-Covid

2 September 2020 12:44 am

Labour is gearing up for its first big Commons clash since returning from recess this afternoon, with shadow education secretary…

Boris’s back to work campaign is strangely un-Conservative

29 August 2020 5:21 am

If you want a measure of how in control of things the government currently feels, look no further than today’s…

Domestic terror

22 August 2020 9:00 am

Ministers have failed to help abuse victims in lockdown

The hidden costs of Covid

13 August 2020 5:37 pm

We do not know what the long-term impact of coronavirus will be on mental health. We are still not through…

Stripping Julian Lewis of the Tory whip could backfire on Boris

16 July 2020 6:23 am

Boris Johnson hasn’t had as much authority over his MPs as he might have expected over the past few months.…

Force of nature

9 May 2020 9:00 am

Spending time outside is vital for mental health

Who is in charge of the government?

21 April 2020 10:52 pm

Boris Johnson is still officially recuperating from coronavirus at Chequers and is ‘not doing government work’, according to No. 10.…

Behind closed doors

18 April 2020 9:00 am

Domestic abuse sufferers are the hidden victims of lockdown

Prime Minister taken into intensive care

7 April 2020 5:29 am

In the past few minutes, Downing Street has announced that Boris Johnson is now in intensive care at St Thomas’…

How will Keir Starmer use his ‘huge mandate’ to lead?

4 April 2020 10:34 pm

After both his victories in the two Labour leadership elections he faced, Jeremy Corbyn boasted about his ‘huge mandate’ from…

Hens

4 April 2020 9:00 am

Is there nothing people won’t panic-buy during this crisis? Having stripped shelves of food and toilet roll, shoppers are now…

The truth behind ‘do not resuscitate’ orders

4 April 2020 5:34 am

Coronavirus is revealing many good things about our society: the number of people willing to volunteer to help tackle the outbreak…

The ugliness of coronavirus shaming

23 March 2020 1:44 am

In the early years of the First World War, a man out of uniform had a reasonable chance of being…

The final countdown

21 March 2020 9:00 am

Lisa Nandy on Brexit, Boris and the long race for the Labour leadership

Why has coronavirus not closed parliament?

12 March 2020 9:34 am

Why hasn’t parliament been closed after Health minister Nadine Dorries contracted coronavirus? Why isn’t the government demanding the cancellation of…

An avocado a day…

24 January 2020 10:00 pm

The latest fad involves eating your way to better mental health