Momentum's cunning plan would keep the Tories in power forever
Momentum, the Labour campaign group dedicated to keeping Corbynism alive, this week demanded that Keir Starmer commit to introducing a…
Has Starmer already missed his chance?
Hindsight is the easiest weapon to employ in politics — as Keir Starmer of all people should know. When you…
European nations are reasserting themselves
All but the most hardened Remainer will admit that the EU’s vaccine rollout has been poor. Up against the UK’s…
Nigel Farage is destroying his own legacy
How’s this for a terrible confession? There has always been a small part of me that admires Nigel Farage. As…
Can Starmer overcome his Hartlepool problem?
Labour have picked their candidate in Hartlepool ahead of the rest of the pack. Unfortunately for them, they have chosen…
The census is the latest Brexit battleground
The end of the Brexit wars have left some Remainers feeling redundant. A few are now turning their attention to a new…
The Met badly mishandled the Clapham Common vigil
A vigil was held last night on Clapham Common to both honour the memory of Sarah Everard and to protest…
The left's illiberal turn
In the House of Lords this week, Baroness Jenny Jones of the Green party said she thought that a way…
Labour has stumbled into the royal culture war
Given Starmer’s aim of getting red wall voters back on side, Labour should not have touched the Harry and Meghan…
What can Laurence Fox hope to achieve with his bid for London mayor?
As if the politics of the Western world wasn’t well past parody already, this weekend sees Laurence Fox throwing his…
Scotland could become the EU's next great problem
It is generally acknowledged, even by diehard Remainers, that the European Union’s handling of Cameron’s attempted renegotiation of the UK’s…
The worst political speeches of the decade
In thinking about the worst political speeches delivered in Britain, I reached for lectures that weren’t just technically poor but…
Keir Starmer is attacking a Tory party that no longer exists
There has been a bit of a commentariat pile-on against Starmer in the last couple of weeks; not just from…
Mandelson's return is a sign of Labour's problems
It is instructive that, faced with his first wobbles as leader of the opposition, the person Keir Starmer has reached…
Green scare: Labour should stop chasing the eco vote
Should the Labour party be worried about the Greens? Some Labour activists think so. The Greens have just become the…
Keir Starmer is Labour’s last hope
Only a few months ago, Keir Starmer was hailed as a prime minister in waiting who was giving Boris Johnson serious…
Has Covid killed the EU's dream of open borders?
‘All non-essential travel should be strongly discouraged both within the country and of course across borders,’ Ursula von der Leyen,…
Ed Davey is leading the Lib Dems to extinction
Ed Davey became leader of the Liberal Democrats almost five months ago. Since then, his party has achieved nothing. The…
Why attempts to cut red tape almost always fail
Rishi Sunak has been appointed to chair a new committee that will be tasked with cutting red tape, particularly anything…
Tony Blair is deluding himself on a 'De Gaulle-style comeback'
Tony Blair has made a tentative return to the heart of British politics by offering Matt Hancock strategic advice on…
How the Brexit deal demonstrates Boris Johnson’s genius
I have never cared for Boris Johnson as a politician. Despite that, I voted for him twice as London mayor.…
Boris now faces a terrible choice over Brexit
Ten thousand lorries usually travel through the port of Dover in the run-up to Christmas. Now, Dover is completely shut.…
Boris Johnson has allowed himself to be snookered by the EU
The UK-EU trade negotiations have heated up again, albeit from a very cold state. Boris seems to have conceded ground…
No deal won't 'get Brexit done'
Brexit talks between the two sides are deadlocked. Boris Johnson’s latest bid to ‘divide and conquer’ – pledging to visit Paris…
Ideological purity is a grave threat to the Tory party
One of the main reasons why the centre-right has been in the political ascendancy across the western world over the…
