Rees-Mogg can get it right, but he’s wrong about Partygate
8 April 2022 | OPINION
Underestimating the public mood can cause politicians some grief. Jacob Rees-Mogg’s fresh Partygate comments could cause far worse than that...
The teaching of colonialism is being weaponised and we must see...
1 APRIL 2022 | OPINION
Teaching about the British Empire in schools has become a bit of a thorny issue. It has become politicised by...
Free speech at universities is on the verge of being saved,...
10 March 2022 | OPINION
A radical overhaul of the regulation of free speech on university campuses for staff and students is on the way,...
Will the Government nanny the Blue Wall away? – Jason Reed
17 February 2022 | OPINION
The cost-of-living crisis will hit us all hard this year. Raising the energy price cap will increase average household energy...
A plague o’ both your houses
10 February 2022 | OPINION
Both Labour and Conservative MPs are equally to blame for inciting abuse against one another, as well as falling victim...
Boris Johnson’s reshuffle of the Whips’ and Cabinet Office: summary
10 February 2022 | ANALYSIS
The fallout from PartyGate and the subsequent meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the 1922 Committee resulted in reports...
Down but not out: Boris Johnson might pull off yet another...
5 February 2022 | ANALYSIS
By all conventional accounts, Boris Johnson should be finished.
After plunging the United Kingdom into several liberty-restricting lockdowns, the Prime Minister...
This country cannot be run by opinion poll
28 January 2022 | OPINION
Brexit has had and will have continue to have wide-ranging implications. But perhaps one of the less remarked-upon changes that...
Christian Wakeford’s defection will cause more problems for Starmer in the...
20 January 2021 | OPINION
Reportedly having been in talks with the Labour leader for 4 months before crossing the floor, the MP for Bury...
The North Shropshire by-election is a greater loss for Labour than...
20 December 2021 | OPINION
The Liberal Democrats can gloat all they like about ‘winning’ a 200-year-old Tory safe seat, but this mid-term polling exercise...