Muddy waters – PMQs 26th February 2025
26 FEBRUARY 2025 | OPINION
Starmer is turning into a doubleplusgood duckspeaker. Ask him an awkward question, get a torrent of whataboutery quacking.
Mr Speaker set him...
The recorded rise in inflation and the potential consequences for trade...
23 MARCH 2023 | OPINION
Yesterday was a tumultuous day in British politics; whether it be the Boris Johnson Privileges Committee hearing, the usual theatrics...
Fog of war: PMQs & ‘Spring Statement’ 26th March 2025
26 MARCH 2025 | OPINION
The PM "is not answering the question about discipline in schools … did not answer the question about compensating...
The Lord Chancellor Who Nearly Wasn’t
12 JULY 2024 | OPINION
Shabana Mahmood has been appointed holder of what is technically the greatest office in the UK, but nearly lost her Parliamentary...
There will be only one winner in a war between the...
9 August 2021 | OPINION
Downing Street has been on something of a war footing in recent months.
After building defences to protect the Prime Minister...
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...
Labour Conference: Starmer’s last chance – William Hallowell
25 September 2021 | OPINION
If Starmer wants his Macbeth moment, he must use his final opportunity to call for unity at this year’s party...
War and peace – PMQs 5th March 2025
5 MARCH 2025 | OPINION
At Eton, they call it ‘oiling’. Half an hour in, newbie Labour MP Mike Tapp applied the grease gun ruthlessly:
"These are delicate...
This Budget is a gallon of gruel – Richard Tice
16 MARCH 2023 | OPINION
Spin, bluster, sound and noise always rage around any Budget. Do you get that strange feeling of having heard all...
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...