Corbynistas turn on one another over EU election meltdown
There’s a lot of soul-searching in the Labour party after Sunday’s abysmal results in the European elections. On Monday, Corbynista…
Labor won’t find it Albaneasy
Eating soup with your right hand when you are naturally left handed is very difficult; you’re bound to spill some.…
The election is over; the future beckons
The week in politics, the week to come. The theme for this election-period weekly column has been Backwards and Forwards.…
What was wrong with the polls?
Living with uncertainty is the thing most humans find most difficult. And while it’s virtually impossible to be certain even…
Both main parties are now in crisis
These results are dire for both main parties. The Tories are fifth and Labour third. But some of the sting…
Brexit party leads – as Labour and Tories punished by voters
The EU election results have started to trickle in and so far it’s bad news for both of the main…
Who won what why: now for the battle for the election narrative
The election victory was clearly a triumph for both the style and substance of Prime Minister Scott Morrison. But the…
The big Tory leadership question: what happens on All Saints Day?
If the EU is unable to make a Brexit offer that is acceptable to Parliament by the Brexit deadline on…
CBD: and now for the AA meetings
Our peeved yet perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: Excessive self-medication in the wake, if not at the wake, of the…
Fresh miracles in Galilee – the Galilee Basin, that is
The proposed Adani mine has been wading through a green swamp of political obstacles for nine long years. Other coal…
Liz Cheney rehabilitates the family name
There have been darker days for the House of Cheney. In 2008, Vice President Dick Cheney left office amidst two…
The end of May: Theresa must go so the Tories can heal
This week’s European election was always going to be pointless, at least from a British perspective. It is possible that…
Portrait of the week: European elections, milkshake attacks and British Steel buckles
Home The country went to the polls to elect Members of the European Parliament and express its loathing for the…
A presidential pardon for my ‘miraculously shrinking crime’
I owe my return to these pages to the pardon I have received from the President of the United States.…
Roman entertainment was far more exploitative than Jeremy Kyle
The Romans were as aware as Jeremy Kyle was of the pleasure that people could get from situations in which…
What punishment can you expect for throwing a milkshake at a politician?
Milkshakes and other missiles What can the man who threw a milkshake over Nigel Farage in Newcastle expect as a…
Letters: Nato’s broken promise
Nigel’s nakedness Sir: Rod Liddle is right to be wary of the hubris that Nigel Farage, the Brexit party leader,…
If you’re going to leave Notre Dame in ruins, why not set fire to Oxford University?
Almost everyone agrees it is a pity that so few pupils from ‘disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds’ get into Oxford. But no…
The grave mistake that has killed Theresa May’s Brexit deal
The European elections were a gift for Britain’s two new political parties, Change UK and the Brexit party. But only…
On milkshakes
Should we make it illegal to study the social sciences? Imagine the amount of tendentious rubbish we could erase from…
Only Boris can bury Brexit
Sit down, my swivel-eyed Brexiter friend, and pour yourself a stiff whisky. I’ve something to tell you that’s going to…
Adversity is the new diversity – and it disadvantages everyone
To clear up any confusion, American SATs are closer to A-levels than to British primary-school SATs. In my day, this…
Why the British Steel crisis is not about Brexit
There’s a strong sense of déjà vu in this week’s steel crisis. The whole Brexit saga seems to have been…
Corbyn isn’t working – and Labour is being picked apart by its new enemies
Protestors on the anti-Brexit marches have sensed an eerie absence. ‘What is it?’ I thought back in March as I…
Keeping up with Farage: What’s next for the Brexit party?
‘Labour are in so much trouble here you can’t even believe it,’ says Nigel Farage as we sit in a…
