Why liberals ignored the grooming gang scandal
For many years, liberals refused to talk about the grooming gangs scandal. The systematic sexual abuse and rape of hundreds,…
Zia Yusuf’s departure spells trouble for Reform
Zia Yusuf has quit as Reform Party chairman. Nigel Farage and other power brokers within the Reform fold took to…
Why this centrist dad is (probably) voting Reform
I am a liberal, centrist dad Remainer. I desperately wish we could rejoin the European Union. I really don’t like…
Reform’s rise seems unstoppable
The Reform party has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. It was announced this morning that they had captured the…
Ed Davey’s Lib Dems need to grow up
The Liberal Democrats launched their local election campaign yesterday in what has become their fashion: not with a serious speech…
Reform’s rockstar rally should trouble the Tories
The Reform Party’s local election campaign launch in Birmingham was more rock concert than political rally. Thousands of the party’s…
Should the Lib Dems be conservative?
Having won 72 seats at the general election, political pundits have been asking what the Lib Dems are going to…
Sunak’s summer election gamble is bound to backfire
The general election we’ve all been waiting for has finally been called. The Prime Minister announced the election date –…
After last night Sunak is heading for electoral wipeout
And so Keir Starmer’s bad week comes to an end, just like that. Labour has won two by-elections in a…
Losing Tamworth and Mid-Bedfordshire is a disaster for Sunak
What an epically horrible night for the Conservative part, one of the worst in the party’s long and storied history.…
Where ‘Rejoiners’ are going wrong
‘Rejoiners’ – who want Britain to once again be a part of the EU – took to the streets of…
Does the Somerton victory mark the return of the Lib Dems?
Set against the expectation of a triple by-election defeat, last night will be seen as cause for optimism by some…
Why aren’t the Lib Dems doing better?
This weekend, the Liberal Democrats announced that they are mounting a ‘blue wall’ offensive, a campaign aimed at affluent voters…
Why the Lib Dems want Boris back
Suddenly, out of the blue, comes a saviour. The Lib Dems have failed to capitalise on the downfall of Liz…
It's time to take the Lib Dems seriously again
As far as seismic by-election results go, North Shropshire is one for the ages. The Tories had held onto the…
The Lib Dems’ Vince Cable China problem
Last night, Vince Cable appeared on Nigel Farage’s ‘Talking Pints’ segment on GB News. This, if you haven’t seen it,…
Why are Labour MPs excusing Cuba’s authoritarian regime?
Thousands have taken to the streets in Cuba this week to protest against the authoritarian government that rules over them.…
Why Labour should stick with Starmer – even if he loses Batley
Things could be bleak for Labour in the Batley and Spen by-election this Thursday. Throughout an ugly and dispiriting campaign…
Keir Starmer is alienating both sides in the Brexit debate
What is it with Labour and Brexit? An issue that during Theresa May’s premiership looked like it could rip the…
Sadiq Khan’s victory is good news for the Tories
Sadiq Khan is here to stay. London’s mayor has suggested he wants to stay on until 2040. But is this really good…
London's mayoral election is an embarrassment
Count Binface, a man who claims to be a 6,000-year-old ‘independent space warrior’, is running to be London mayor. In…
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…
