Conservative party
Radical Rishi
The Conservatives gather in Manchester this weekend for what may well be their last hurrah as a governing party. Bookmakers…
‘The zealots are turning people off’
The new Energy Secretary on net zero and her bond with the PM
At least Britain isn’t that corrupt
Long-time readers may recall that I take a special interest in the art of corruption. And this week America has…
The Minister for Hard Truths
The last time Tory activists and MPs gathered for their annual party conference, it didn’t end well. Liz Truss had…
Raac and ruin
Who broke Britain?
Britain has an entitlement problem
An Institute for Fiscal Studies paper, published at the end of last month, makes grim reading. Through the prism of…
Risk management
When prime ministers sense the end is near, they tend to follow a similar pattern. They change senior civil servants…
Rishi’s Indian summer
The PM’s visit to New Delhi could be a defining moment
Hot air
Next Tuesday, London’s Ulez scheme will be expanded. A new network of cameras filming the traffic movements of millions of…
Charge of the right brigade
You know the Conservative party is in trouble when it does not dare use its name on leaflets. Instead, it…
Bad sports
The renewed war on rural pursuits
Rise of the supercops
Old-school policing is back
The Tories’ tax burden
Last summer, all the Tory party could talk about was tax. It was at the heart of the leadership contest…
Diary
In this summer of sporting dramas, every patriotic sports fan likes to think he’s done his bit to help. I…
National insecurity
The government’s floundering over China is a gift to Labour
Turning the tide
The Illegal Migration Bill is having a distorting effect on the Tory party. It has put Theresa May and Iain…
Don’t write off Rishi
Were I sure this was about me alone, I’d hardly bother to mention it: but I may be typical of…
Rishi’s Tory rating turns negative
As the average mortgage rate for a five-year fixed deal rises to 6 per cent, Rishi Sunak can find little…
John Major has learned nothing over Brexit
Rishi Sunak’s government is sometimes compared to that of John Major, the man who succeeded Margaret Thatcher in 1990, went…
