July wasn’t a dream – that happened
7 AUGUST 2025 | OPINION
Votes for kids. Trains to Berlin. Corbyn’s comeback. Trump outshining Starmer. If you thought you were hallucinating, you weren’t. July...
Batley and Spen: Can Boris’ Tories bounce back from Chesham and...
In just two days' time, voters in the West Yorkshire constituency of Batley & Spen will go to the polls to elect the successor to the former Coronation Street actress and Labour MP, Tracy Brabin.
It’s no surprise that conservatives are backing Badenoch
15 JULY 2022 | OPINION
Kemi Badenoch’s limited government, low tax leadership pitch, as well as her overt opposition to identity politics, may prove incredibly...
A tough game – PMQs 29 January 2025
29 JANUARY 2025 | NEWS
The match opened with Labour’s Damien Egan asking the Prime Minister to oppose means testing of the State Pension and...
The month formerly known as October
8 NOVEMBER 2025 | OPINION
The Month That Defies Words
From grooming gangs betrayal to sectarian fear and royal disgrace, governance became improv.
It would be easy...
Brexit: the return of the nation state – Peter Byrne
27 August 2021 | OPINION
The Brexit vote, the arguments of the movements in the UK that brought it about or fought it and the...
Scottish power?
23 JULY 2024 | OPINION
Among the itemised plans for more devolution and quangos, Scotland was the only region specifically named in the King’s Speech. The...
Yes or no? – PMQs 21st May 2025
22 MAY 2025 | OPINION
Overture
Seemingly, the PM aims to make PMQs into a tired, pointless country dance. It’s all about managing appearances, which is...
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...
Fixing the foundations – PMQs 4th December 2024
4 DECEMBER 2024 | OPINION
One of the PM’s stock phrases is "fixing the foundations". Is he the one to do it?
"Starmer is already in...