Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform chairman
Zia Yusuf has tonight resigned as chairman of Reform UK. In a statement, he posted on X that ‘I no…
Mel Stride’s ‘mea culpa’ for Liz Truss
The Shadow Chancellor’s speech this morning was a predictable one. Mel Stride is the kind of Conservative who spin doctors…
Kemi has a new favourite word: chaos
Whisper it, but there was some rather good lines amid the dross of today’s PMQs. ‘Mr Speaker, I asked the…
Starmer tries to sell the Strategic Defence Review
The Prime Minister has been up in Scotland this morning, ahead of the full publication of the Strategic Defence Review…
What is Robert Jenrick up to?
It has been another good week for Robert Jenrick. At a time when many of the shadow cabinet are struggling…
The rise of the Red Queen
‘All Labour prime ministers go gaga for the Queen,’ sighed Cherie Blair, played by Helen McCrory, in the 2006 film…
Lord Hermer’s ‘Nazi jibe’ shows his naivety
Amid talk of a summer reshuffle, I recently asked a senior member of the Labour party if he thought the…
Senior Tories plan candidate overhaul
There are many justifiable criticisms of how the Tories ran candidate selection for the last election. On the day that…
The welfare state is Nigel Farage’s new battleground
What, if anything, can stop Nigel Farage? That’s the question many in Westminster are asking as they try to reconcile…
Man arrested after Liverpool parade car crash
A 53-year-old man was arrested on Monday after a car ploughed into a crowd of Liverpool supporters during their Premier League trophy…
Russia seizes on Kemi’s ‘proxy’ comment
It has not been an enjoyable bank holiday weekend for Kemi Badenoch. The Sunday Times contained not one, but two,…
Keir Starmer’s intellectual barrenness
Keir Starmer’s appearance before Labour MPs on Monday was a crowded affair. Such was the level of excitement that organisers…
The Chagos deal will haunt Keir Starmer
After months of negotiation, the UK has today signed a deal to hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. Under the…
Starmer owes Sunak for halving net migration
A year ago today, Rishi Sunak called the general election. Watching the rain-drenched prime minister struggling to deliver his speech,…
Could Boris make a comeback?
Events have a useful way of illustrating changing fortunes in political stock. Keir Starmer’s EU reset yesterday proved to be…
Starmer’s EU ‘reset’ risks pleasing no one
Keir Starmer has just wrapped up his press conference with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen. The Prime Minister…
Starmer’s EU ‘reset’ will have winners and losers
A pragmatic ‘reset’ or a ‘surrender summit’? The spin has already started ahead of today’s big UK-EU jamboree at Lancaster…
Joe Biden diagnosed with prostate cancer
Joe Biden has been diagnosed with an ‘aggressive form’ of prostate cancer, according to a statement released by his office on…
Kemi Badenoch and the Tinkerbell Tories
Market choice has long been an article of faith in the Conservative party. But the Tories are less keen on…
Parliament is changing its mind on assisted dying
There was a markedly different feel to today’s debate on Assisted Dying. The last time the House debated Kim Leadbeater’s…
Inside Zia Yusuf’s Reform masterplan
On Monday, I sat down for a lengthy interview on Spectator TV with Zia Yusuf, the chairman of Reform UK.…
Starmer: migration control is a ‘core Labour value’
This morning, the Home Office is publishing its long-awaited white paper on legal migration. The Home Secretary has already been…
The changing face of Nigel Farage
On Monday night, a hundred Reform staff and donors met at a Marylebone pub to toast the local election results.…
Tories slump to 17 per cent in poll
A new YouGov poll published this morning makes for grim reading for Kemi Badenoch’s team. It finds that, in the…
Labour vs the unions
At the start of February, trade union chiefs assembled in No. 10 with their agenda for government. Top of the…
