Rishi Sunak
Rishi’s Indian summer
The PM’s visit to New Delhi could be a defining moment
Why weren’t police forces investigating every theft?
Police must investigate every theft. This is the message from the Home Secretary as the government heralds an agreement from…
Who’s more useless – the Tories or the England rugby team?
In a curious way the decline of English rugby mirrors that of the Conservative party. Four years ago there was…
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…
After Sunak, who?
Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens, the author Fay Weldon once declared. This observation about life’s tendency…
How the Tories plan to take the fight to Labour on the NHS
Brace yourselves for health week. After the rip-roaring success of the government’s ‘stop the boats’ week, you might forgive the…
On board
Over decades of service as a floating hotel, the Bibby Stockholm has accommodated all manner of people. It has housed…
What is the point of Lee Anderson?
Who is the most divisive figure in politics? Last year the Daily Mirror claimed Lee Anderson was ‘the worst man…
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…
Will Sunak and Starmer now ditch their green promises?
Where do the by-election results leave Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer? The Labour leader had been hoping for a victory…
Labour’s reality check
Rishi Sunak goes into the summer holidays in the same position he began the year: 20 points behind in the…
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…
‘We’ve got to hold our nerve’: Rishi Sunak’s BBC interview
As mortgage rates surge and a new Opinium poll finds Labour’s lead has jumped to 18 points, Rishi Sunak appeared…
Judge, jury and executioner
‘Immediate Justice’, the government’s new policing initiative of pursuing petty criminals, reflects the black-clad law-enforcer’s 1970s methods exactly
Red Rishi
The Tories are trying on Labour’s clothes
My northern honours list
Exciting news arrives. The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has let it be known that he wants more northerners nominated for…
Is Sunak heading for a showdown?
When the Prime Minister first assembled his cabinet, the most controversial appointment was Suella Braverman as Home Secretary. She had…
The Ely agenda
‘There’s a lot of societal issues in Ely,’ said an anonymous caller to BBC Radio Wales the morning after the…
