Nick Tyrone

After last night Sunak is heading for electoral wipeout

16 February 2024 5:06 pm

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

20 October 2023 7:15 pm

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

25 September 2023 11:02 pm

‘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?

21 July 2023 4:39 pm

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?

25 January 2023 12:13 am

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

21 October 2022 10:26 pm

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

17 December 2021 8:49 pm

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

28 July 2021 6:18 am

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?

16 July 2021 2:37 am

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

28 June 2021 8:19 pm

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

15 June 2021 10:32 pm

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

11 May 2021 3:30 pm

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

23 April 2021 9:27 pm

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

11 April 2021 3:45 pm

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?

5 April 2021 10:00 pm

Hindsight is the easiest weapon to employ in politics — as Keir Starmer of all people should know. When you…

European nations are reasserting themselves

29 March 2021 10:29 pm

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

27 March 2021 5:30 pm

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?

23 March 2021 6:00 pm

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

17 March 2021 5:30 pm

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

14 March 2021 9:18 pm

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

13 March 2021 4:18 am

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

9 March 2021 5:45 pm

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?

7 March 2021 5:58 am

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

2 March 2021 8:54 pm

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

27 February 2021 6:01 pm

In thinking about the worst political speeches delivered in Britain, I reached for lectures that weren’t just technically poor but…