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The volatility of the Tory leadership race
In just a few days, the Conservative leadership race will be down to the final two candidates. But what happens after…
Penny Mordaunt’s worst trait
Right-wingers appear not to be terribly keen on Penny Mordaunt. Toby Young read her book Greater: Britain After the Storm…
Sunday shows round-up: Penny under the spotlight
Penny Mordaunt – I’m being smeared over self-ID claims No Conservative party leadership race is ever without drama. With the…
Is Labour changing its mind on trans issues?
Amid the noise of the Tory leadership fight, some significant comments in the papers could be missed today. Here’s the quote,…
Liz Truss is right to look at family taxation
Launching her campaign for party leader and prime minister, Liz Truss said something that barely registered amid the big tax-cutting…
China’s economy is grinding to a halt
Economic growth in China is grinding to a halt. The days of soaring double-digit growth are over, and the malaise…
Which Tory leader does Labour fear the most?
Ask any Labour politician which of the Conservative leadership candidates they fear most and they will most likely say: none…
Britain’s sclerotic state is killing prosperity
To listen to the would-be prime ministers of the Conservative party, things in Britain are going pretty well. Sure, Covid…
Why does Kemi Badenoch want to break up the Treasury?
Conservative leadership elections aren’t usually associated with big policy ideas. But last week Kemi Badenoch put forward a proposal that…
How to not argue at the dinner table
Family dinners, like almost every area of American life, have become a subject of fierce politicization recently. In the years…
Ditching Boris was a terrible mistake
Watching the Channel 4 leadership debate last night was thoroughly depressing. If only Boris Johnson’s premiership hadn’t ended in the…
The real winner from last night’s debate
Last night Channel 4 held a 90-minute live event starring Rishi, Liz, Tom, Penny and Kemi. Not a manufactured pop-band…
Glyndebourne goes gender neutral
Angela Rayner caused a bit of a stir a few weeks ago when she rocked up at the Glyndebourne opera…
The next Tory leader should commit to ditching net zero
‘We’re all Keynesians now,’ Richard Nixon reportedly said in 1971 before ushering in a decade of high inflation. In the…
A storm is coming – and none of the leadership candidates are ready
You’ve probably heard the joke about the two hikers facing an angry bear. One changes into his running shoes, telling…
Do Tory MPs still represent their members?
As the Tory party leadership race enters its next stage this weekend, one thing is becoming very clear: the two…
Boris 2029!
OK, it might sound a little fanciful, but hear me out. I think there could just be a way for Boris…
Liz Truss was the biggest loser of last night’s debate
Enid Blyton made a lot of money out of the Famous Five. Maybe she could have invented a brand called…
Brave new wombs
Sometime this century, or early in the next, women will no longer have to give birth. Already conception can take…
The Tory leadership debate – as it happened
On Friday night the Tory leadership candidates faced-off in the first televised debate of the contest, hosted on Channel 4.…
Boris Johnson will be a hard act to follow in Ukraine
‘Every human life has many aspects,’ said the novelist Milan Kundera. ‘The past of each can just as easily arranged…
Mario Draghi is not a normal politician
Is it all over for Mario Draghi’s recovery government? His attempted resignation yesterday – which was rejected by President Sergio…
Watch: Biden puts his foot in it (again)
Oh dear. It seems bumbling ‘Uncle Joe’ has done it again. Fresh from his Holocaust gaffe, President Biden has now…
The anti-drinking lobby’s twisted logic
In 2018, the Lancet published a study from the ‘Global Burden of Disease Alcohol Collaborators’ which claimed that there was…
It’s time to kill the Online Safety Bill for good
The Online Safety Bill has been postponed. It should now be killed off for good. Not only is it bad…
