Starmer’s speech was nothing but stale, reheated guff
‘Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel’. So wrote Dr Johnson. Sadly for the good Doctor he was an…
Labour conference is a triumph of anti-talent
In German they have a concept whose equivalent is sorely needed in discussion of British politics: ‘anti-talent’. It means exactly…
Keir’s cabinet of rotters are a comedy gift
Day one of the Labour conference – oh frabjous day! The annual gathering of people who hate each other just…
Ed Davey is the perfect Lib Dem leader
Ed Davey’s speech at the Lib Dem conference began with a darkened stage on which you could just about make…
Has Farage managed to put Boris to bed?
How do you solve a problem like B Johnson? It has troubled the Conservative party since his departure, not least as…
Is Grey Gardens the greatest documentary ever made?
A middle-aged woman wearing what looks like Princess Diana’s infamous ‘revenge dress’ and a balaclava from an IRA funeral approaches…
This peer’s Assisted Suicide speech was truly bonkers
We’re back again in the House of Peers this week as they once again give a leaden beating to Leadbeater’s…
Donald Trump and Keir Starmer make a very strange pair
There is just something innately funny about seeing Keir Starmer and Donald Trump together. Two men so obviously different; in…
Only the boot-lickers will defend Mandelson now
Despite the Prime Minister presumably going to bed each night, trotters crossed, eyes screwed up and wishing hard as if…
Danny Kruger is Reform’s best recruit yet
In fairness, I suspect plenty of Tory MPs are looking for reasons to get out of party conference this year.…
Theresa May’s attack on the Assisted Suicide Bill was phenomenal
‘This was Parliament at its best’, so went the inane and factually incorrect mantra of Kim Leadbeater as her Assisted…
How could Starmer not see the Mandelson disaster coming?
‘Oh, Mandy Well, you kissed me And stopped me from shaking And I need you today Oh, Mandy’ So sang…
Even Rachel Reeves pitied Keir Starmer at PMQs
Statute 343.36 in the US state of Minnesota reads thus: ‘No person shall operate, run or participate in a contest,…
When Labour’s best bet is Bridget Phillipson
It’s always nice when the muses of tragedy and comedy seem to be working in perfect sync: nowhere is this…
Nadine Dorries was a low point in Reform’s Campest Show On Earth
Reform had clearly planned the Campest Show On Earth for their conference this year. Sparklers, club anthems and strobe lights:…
Paraffin Powell comes to Angela Rayner’s defence
Imagine a school assembly run by the most boring narcissists imaginable. Right – you’ve come close to picturing the first…
How could Badenoch fail to skewer Starmer this time?
It was taxes that eventually did for Al Capone. And Spiro Agnew. And Judy Garland. So now the taxman’s bell…
It’s impossible to take the Greens seriously
The Green party’s leadership announcement was live streamed using a phone which seemed to be wrapped in clingfilm and held…
Keir Starmer is Downing Street’s David Brent
How many resets does it take to make a doom loop? In another attempt to work out what the problem…
The ADHD racket
In 1620, in the Staffordshire market town of Bilston, a teenage boy decided he didn’t much fancy going to school.…
Why Rachel Reeves will keep designing terrible taxes
I suspect most of us long ago gave up on expecting any humility from our politicians – indeed, the less…
How long can Miliband’s net zero wheeze last?
The current head of energy policy in this country is Muppet-made-flesh Ed Miliband. While he makes a speciality of eye-catching…
Bridget Phillipson is motivated by spite
There are few more irritating features of the modern apparatchik’s lexicon than ‘lived experience’. It implies the existence of some…
Dan Jarvis is the model of a modern flailing minister
I wonder how No. 10 decides which minister is up for the ritual humiliation of the Today programme each morning.…
The joy of Giorgia Meloni
There are not, as far as I know, any Italian top-flight poker players. Italians are hardly renowned for their ability…
