Where’s the wally? – Deputy PMQs 20th November 2024

20 NOVEMBER 2024 | OPINION Sir Keir – perhaps we should call him other things beginning with K e.g ‘Knockabout,’ the scornful term he used for...

Slither and strike – PMQs 13th November 2024

13 NOVEMBER 2024 | OPINION Sir Keir’s counterattacks on the Opposition are a standard Prime Ministerial way to respond to questions, but his evasions and...

No more bromance – PMQs 6th November 2024

6 NOVEMBER 2024 | OPINION Emily Maitlis loved last week’s PMQs: "Just imagine if PMQs was like this every week. Conciliatory. Helpful. By  partisan. Passionate and compassionate." Your...

Stop smashing the system!

1 NOVEMBER 2024 | OPINION We need to be clear: the aim of the Blair-Brown-Starmer constitutional changes is to take power away not from Westminster,...

Jumping fences – PMQs 30th October 2024

30 OCTOBER 2024 | OPINION The Left proves it is progressive by being transgressive. Customs are for breaching, rules for breaking. How else is one...

Angie rides out – PMQs 23rd October 2024

23 OCTOBER 2024 | OPINION Angela Rayner fielded the questions today. Facing her for the Opposition was Sir Oliver Dowden, on his last PMQs stint...

Warning bells – PMQs 16th October 2024

16 OCTOBER 2024 | ANALYSIS The Starmernaut continues to roll over the Opposition. Sir Keir is hardly trying: he repeated his "14 years" reference to...

Is Starmer nuts?

10 OCTOBER 2024 | OPINION This article was reposted with kind permission from the Bruges Group. In a word and my opinion, no. Undoubtedly, he is ‘different.’...

Rachel Reeves has resolved on the politics of deception

3 AUGUST 2024 | OPINION This week featured the return of both honesty and deception to political discourse on the economy; honesty about the tight...

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...
Wolves of Westminster