Boris Johnson
France would be foolish to veto a Brexit deal
Britain and France are heading for an almighty bust-up over Brexit. This morning the French junior minister for European affairs,…
Brexit talks go down to the wire
After the past few years, it is hard to take Brexit deadlines seriously; they have a tendency to always slide…
Boris will be worried by the growing Tory rebellions
The beginning of the end for Theresa May was when she tried to see if she could pass her Brexit…
Boris hasn't seen the last of the Tory lockdown rebels
Boris Johnson is wrong if he thinks this week’s Tory rebellion on the tiered system marks the end of his…
Boris’s clash over masks
‘Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government programme,’ the free market economist Milton Friedman famously noted. So just how…
A vaccine won't heal the scarring of lockdown
How can Britain recover post-Covid?
Have Boris and Starmer worked out each other's weaknesses?
Sir Keir Starmer is continuing to use his Prime Minister’s Questions to build a narrative about the government’s lack of…
Boris's green industrial revolution is doomed to fail
Boris Johnson’s ‘green industrial revolution’, which was announced this week, looks doomed from the outset. From our heating to how we…
More devolution in England could save the Union
Tory MPs are already starting to talk about May’s various elections. Boris Johnson’s first post-Covid electoral test will take place…
Boris in a spin: can the PM find his way again?
With Cummings gone, which way will the PM turn now?
The truth about me and Dominic Cummings
It is such a relief that Dominic Cummings has gone. Not for the sake of the country or the government…
Denial is not a strategy, Prime Minister
The psychodrama in No. 10 is badly timed. The government has used emergency powers to ban meetings, church services and…
Inside the court of Carrie Symonds, princess of whales
Inside the court of Carrie Symonds
What does it mean to be ‘fit as a butcher’s dog’?
Boris and the butcher’s dog Who first coined the phrase ‘as fit as a butcher’s dog’? It has been traced…
Portrait of the week: Cummings goes, Corbyn returns and pigeon sells for £1.4m
Home Dominic Cummings, the chief adviser to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, left Downing Street after a week in which…
Brexit could help Boris's green revolution come to life
Boris Johnson announced his new ten-point plan for Britain’s transition to a net-zero carbon emissions economy this week. It is…
Why Boris, not Rishi, will lead the Tories into the next election
Some Tory MPs are hoping that Dominic Cummings’ departure from Downing Street will bring with it a vital lift to…
The fatal flaw in Boris’s ten point carbon plan
There is nothing wrong with the general direction of policy contained within the government’s ten point plan to cut carbon…
Boris's eco-optimism will get the better of him
Vote blue for green jobs in the red wall. That’s the message we’re supposed to take from Boris Johnson’s ten…
Boris was right: Scottish devolution has been a disaster
Boris Johnson says devolution has been a ‘disaster’. This has the rare quality for a Boris statement of being true…
Boris set to unveil 'Ten Point Plan' for a green industrial revolution
Boris Johnson wants to use this week to relaunch his leadership after a torrid few days in his top team.…
Does Boris have a supporters’ club left in Parliament?
Boris Johnson needs to use the departure of Dominic Cummings and Lee Cain to repair relations with his Parliamentary party.…
Drinking to the glories of Burns and follies of Boris
At least in London, midwinter spring has not been entirely vanquished, and the trees are still a couple of strong…
Boris won't be forgiven if he caves on Brexit now
It now looks increasingly likely that lockdown will end on 2 December, after all. The decision to impose further restrictions…
Will the vaccine revive Boris?
The first full week of the new national lockdown had the potential to be very difficult for Boris Johnson. Although…
