Ryanair is right to fume about the chaos at Britain’s airports
In a crowded market, the National Air Traffic Control Service (Nats) still has a good claim to be our most…
Are our maps colonialist?
It has been clear for years that the UN has fallen under the influence of left-wing activists and rapacious developing…
Sadiq Khan is the victim of a terrible miscarriage of justice
Who – at least among those of a Conservative mind — didn’t feel a pang of pleasure at the news…
Burnham is a big state man heading for disaster
Should public utilities be in public hands? I am prepared to see both sides of that argument, especially as some…
Has Burnham gone shy on welfare reform?
Will the government ever get around to reforming the welfare system? I ask because Andy Burnham seems to have bottled…
Net zero isn’t bringing down our energy bills
We know all about climate change deniers; perhaps it is time we turned our attention to energy bill deniers. This…
Lucy Powell would be mad to undo the Tories’ school reforms
How lovely to hear Education Secretary Lucy Powell sending her ‘massive congratulations’ to children receiving their GCSE results. ‘More of…
Why is Rayner helping travellers build more sites?
Here it is, finally: Labour’s ‘growth’ strategy. And what does it consist of? Reform of planning laws to make it…
Why won’t Reform’s welfare cuts apply to the triple lock?
Well done to Reform UK for proposing to make chunky, £50 billion cuts to the welfare budget, more than twice…
Clacton has strengthened Nigel Farage
There are two words you will hear endlessly today: ‘hollow victory’. Nigel Farage is back as MP for Clacton, but…
Is this the best Labour can do?
Will Andy Burnham call an autumn general election and take advantage of his prime ministerial honeymoon, or will he go…
There’s one rip-off Andy Burnham will never crack down on
Trying to pay my taxes via the HMRC website the other week, my bank thought it had sniffed a rat. “Could…
No, Westminster isn’t banning ‘vertical drinking’
Well, Andy Burnham’s commitment to devolution didn’t last long. It has failed to survive the mildest of challenges: a proposal…
Our airports have won the battle against net zero – but not the war
For anti-airport campaigners it is a double setback. In the space of 24 hours, legal challenges against the expansion of…
Why Burnham’s levelling-up drive is sure to backfire
‘Growth in every postcode’, ‘levelling up’ – whatever you call it, it is easier to sympathise with the general aim…
Why a ‘social care levy’ is a bad idea
I am not having an election because I am going to stick to the 2024 manifesto on which Labour was…
Will Labour ever cut the benefits bill?
Does anyone really believe that Andy Burnham will succeed in cutting welfare benefits for 16–24-year-olds, as is being reported? Good…
Is Andy Burnham really ready to hand power to Reform councils?
Keen to keep up the momentum on his big (or not so big) ideas, Andy Burnham will apparently announce on…
Only North Sea oil can save Burnham’s cost of living drive
Andy Burnham has made it clear that he doesn’t much like free markets. And they are making it equally clear…
Has Miatta Fahnbulleh learned her lesson on net zero?
Many were the voices arguing that Ed Miliband would be a disaster if appointed Chancellor, frightening markets and sending Britain…
Would a social care levy work?
We keep hearing that Andy Burnham’s government will be the most left-wing since the 1970s, when the namesake of the…
Andy Burnham’s plan to reverse Thatcherism is a little ridiculous
Why not blame Herbert Asquith or Lord Aberdeen? Andy Burnham’s line about reversing ‘40 years of neo-liberalism’ – i.e. since…
Nationalising British Steel is not the worst idea
Keir Starmer won’t leave much of a legacy, but his last week has brought one thing which will be seen…
A land value tax would be disastrous
Earnings are taxed too highly, Andy Burnham has hinted, and wealth too little. I don’t hold much hope for a…
Is Ed Miliband really changing his tune on North Sea oil?
I’m a little sceptical of reports that Ed Miliband is prepared to back down and accept new drilling for gas…
