Boris Johnson
Boris is a mini-Biden
It’s been said far too many times that Boris Johnson and Donald Trump have a lot in common. Trump himself…
Boris Johnson’s government shake-up continues
After a rather quiet day, the reshuffle is back on, and Boris Johnson is proving to be even more brutal…
Johnson’s reshuffle rumours won’t go away
When Boris Johnson was asked at today’s Covid press conference whether he could rule out an imminent cabinet reshuffle, he…
Emergency exit
For 18 months, the government has held power over us as never before in peacetime. The emergency powers granted by…
The assetocracy
Why politicians are competing to bribe the affluent
Boris is in dangerous territory
The announcement of a tax increase for both workers and employers to fund more spending on health and social care…
Boris should keep copying Blair
Having written here at least once before that Boris Johnson is the heir to Blair, my first thought on the Prime…
The rise and rise of Rishi Sunak
When Victoria Beckham noticed that her husband David had developed a winning way, not just with her but with almost…
Why didn’t Tory MPs oppose Boris’s tax hike?
Boris Johnson has just announced his plans to increase National Insurance by 1.25 per cent for both workers and employers…
Boris and Priti can’t blame France for the Channel migrant crisis
The sun is beating down again, the waves are less choppy in the English Channel and the small boats full…
Why Johnson’s tax gamble will pay off
Boris Johnson’s announcement today, promising he will fix the £15 billion hole in health and social care, may well be…
Can Johnson win round his social care critics?
Is Boris Johnson’s social care plan about to sail through the House of Commons? Today the Prime Minister will unveil the…
Will Johnson’s cabinet of cardboard cutouts make a stand?
Cabinet government has become a very degraded thing. When I checked last night, cabinet ministers had still not been told…
On Afghanistan, Boris Johnson has escaped again
Boris Johnson took a strangely upbeat tone when he updated MPs on Afghanistan this afternoon. He argued that British planning…
Is Boris weaponising reshuffle rumours?
Parliament is back today and the Prime Minister is facing an autumn filled with problems. Boris Johnson had hoped to…
Why isn’t the vaccine UK approved for 12- to 15-year-olds?
This afternoon, the JCVI has essentially passed the buck on vaccinating 12- to 15-year-olds. It has declared that the health benefits…
The Tories aren’t in party mood
Nearly two years on from the general election and 11 years since the Tories took office, they remain comfortably and…
Boris could pay a big price for his flawed social care shake-up
Boris Johnson pledged to ‘fix the crisis in social care’ over two years ago. Next week, the Prime Minister is…
Why Boris Johnson’s opponents keep failing
Which Boris Johnson should Labour fight? There is little doubt about the personality traits most left-wing activists think they have…
Boris Johnson’s Macron-esque pettiness
How we all hollered with outrage in May when Emmanuel Macron closed France’s borders to people arriving from Britain on…
Is Theresa May in any position to criticise Boris?
When Theresa May told a joke at her own expense at a reception of Tory MPs held to celebrate Boris…
Boris faces a backlash from Tory MPs over Afghanistan
After the Taliban took over Kabul and announced victory in Afghanistan, a scramble is underway by diplomats and many Afghans…
The real reason Biden was prepared to let Kabul fall
The speed of the Taliban’s advance, culminating in Sunday’s capture of Kabul, has been widely put forward as proof that…
What will the next reshuffle look like?
Following reports over the weekend that Boris Johnson has threatened to demote Rishi Sunak to health secretary, Downing Street has today…
No, Boris didn’t ‘snub’ Sturgeon
One of the reasons the SNP has dominated Scottish politics for so long is that it is extremely adept at…
