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 new type of grammar school – Paul Maginnis

7 February 2019 | OPINION Growing up in Northern Ireland at the beginning of this century, the binary system of grammar schools and secondary moderns...

Inceptions – PMQs 22nd January 2025

22 JANUARY 2025 | OPINION It’s not been a good week for the PM. Yesterday, he attempted some damage limitation over the Axel Rudakubana case and the associated...

The Caretaker – PMQs 10th December 2025

10 DECEMBER 2025 | OPINION People feel there is something wrong about Sir Keir. Quentin Letts says he is boring, but to an extraordinary degree. Does...

The Path to a Conservative Majority – Paul Maginnis

21 October 2019 | OPINION The Conservative Party needs to have one very clear message in the upcoming General Election. We need to repeatedly emphasise that in...

The Manchurian Candidate? – PMQs 15th October 2025

15 OCTOBER 2025 | OPINION How much longer can this Prime Minister continue in office? In the first place, his policies appear chaotic. He has said...

A furious swarm of WASPIs – PMQs 18th December 2024

19 DECEMBER 2024 | OPINION The loudest buzz this week was about WASPIs – Women Against State Pension Inequality. In 1995, the then-Conservative Government raised women’s...

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...

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...

Boris bikes, Boris buses… Boris Brexit? – Ben Fisher

1 July 2019 | OPINION Brexit. Gets boring, doesn't it? We could be talking about healthcare, schools, infrastructure, the climate, homelessness or just about any...