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...
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...
A room full of elephants – PMQs 11th December 2024
11 DECEMBER 2024 | OPINION
Watching the PM and Kemi Badenoch go at each other over immigration today, an independent observer might be inclined to...
The Great Council House Revival – Paul Maginnis
8 July 2019 | OPINION
100
years ago, Lloyd George pledged ‘to make Britain a fit country for heroes to
live in’. The Addison Act of 1919...
The problem is: choice – Patrick Timms
19 June 2019 | OPINION
The view that has constrained free markets, and free societies, for so long
For any true
supporter of freedom, choice must surely...
You need not miss us – Patrick Timms
24 January 2019 | OPINION
Last Friday, The Times published a letter signed by 31 well-known German figures mourning the UK’s departure from the European Union and...
Creating a house-building culture in Britain – Jimmy Coles
29 January 2019 | OPINION
Housing is paramount to the well-being of our society and it is vital that the country meets its 300,000-per-year target...
Brexit: The Outsider’s View – Ted Jeffery
22 May 2019 | OPINION
Whilst we sit around
questioning our democracy and party allegiance, there doesn’t seem to be much
thought spared for our European counterparts...
We need to increase Stop & Search, but also ask local...
Knife crime is complex. Like all social ills, it is multi-faceted. But this does not stop people from demanding a simple solution or a silver bullet. News flash: one does not exist.
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...





















