Boris Johnson
Keir Starmer needs to find his own Guilty Men
This is a week of bittersweet anniversaries for the Labour party. It is now 72 years since Clement Attlee’s government…
Why Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ won’t save us
John Maynard Keynes looks down and smiles, recalling his own perhaps too-often quoted remark that ‘when the facts change, I…
How did the UK’s pandemic preparations go so wrong?
How was Britain so ill-prepared for a pandemic?
Mission impossible: Boris’s attempt to rewire the British government
Covid has revealed what is wrong with Whitehall
The bluff and bluster of Boris’s bland boy Brexiteers
From the balcony where I take my daily exercise there is a view of the commercial centre of London that…
Portrait of the week: Boris does press-ups, pubs reopen and Leicester locks down
Home Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, said he was ‘as fit as a butcher’s dog’ and did press-ups to prove…
If Boris wants to channel Roosevelt, he should end lockdown
If Boris wants to channel Roosevelt, he should end lockdown
Does Boris's 'new deal' offer anything new?
Today Boris Johnson launched his ‘new deal’ for Britain – billed as an economic recovery plan to follow the Covid…
Britain is reopening. Now it needs rebuilding
The Prime Minister’s announcement that pubs, restaurants and many other facilities will be able to re-open on 4 July amounts…
Why Biden might be better for Brexit Britain
At the best of times, US presidential elections require the British government to walk a tightrope. In 1992, a Tory…
Will there ever be another Conservative mayor of London?
Even in these strange political times, it looks very difficult for a Conservative politician to become Mayor of London. In…
Britain must begin its recovery – before more damage is done
The discovery in Britain that a £5 steroid, dexamethasone, can be effective in treating Covid marks a potential breakthrough in…
Is a Brexit deal within reach?
Trade talks between the UK and the EU are in a better place than they have been at any point…
It’s time for Boris Johnson to take back control
There is a grim inevitability to the trickle of round-robin letters from scientists who feel aggrieved at the government’s handling…
Why Boris Johnson poached Prince William’s right-hand man
Boris’s new permanent secretary is a complicated choice for No. 10
Normality won’t return until schools do
From Monday, you will be required by law to wear a face covering on public transport. Paradoxically, this is a…
An 11-year-old’s birthday party was hijacked by Brexit
Saturday night we ate outside next to the floodlit rock face. Four adult guests came puffing up the path and…
Could Keir Starmer become a populist politician?
It has been a remarkable week. Boris Johnson’s refusal to sack Dominic Cummings for what the vast majority of Britons…
Boris Johnson's majority is not as big as it first appeared
The last week has shown that Boris Johnson’s majority of 80 isn’t as big as it first appeared, I say…
Escaping the dragon: the government’s new approach to China
Boris Johnson’s plan to reduce Britain’s dependence on China
It’s not only Cummings whose fate is at stake
When the cabinet met by conference call on Monday, three ministers spoke in support of Dominic Cummings: Jacob Rees-Mogg, Suella…
The UK is preparing for a major Huawei U-turn
The UK has made a strategic choice to get ‘off the trajectory of ever-increasing dependence’ on China, I revealin the…
Dominic Cummings has a human shield: Boris Johnson
The rule of modern politics, let’s call it Trump’s first law, is that if you are being attacked for apparently…
Boris Johnson needs to admit his coronavirus mistakes
Be careful what you wish for. Over the past few years, a fair number of thoughtful Tories have included a…
Do we wrestle coronavirus to the floor – or the ground?
In the game of ‘U’ and ‘Non-U’, begun by Alan S.C. Ross (1907-80) and popularised in Nancy Mitford’s volume Noblesse…
