Only disaster can save us
10 FEBRUARY 2026 | OPINION
If the fuses keep blowing, maybe the toaster needs replacing. Morgan McSweeney, Tim Allan... who’s next? Has the PM’s position...
January 2026: Oaths, Exit Doors, and the National Hobby of Pretending...
6 FEBRARY 2026 | OPINION
A month where every institution demanded loyalty, then behaved like loyalty was for other people.
January had the mood of succession...
The Decline and Fall: PMQs 7th January 2026
8 JANUARY 2026 | OPINION
A keynote of the modern British Left is arrogance.
We see this with PMQs. Blair (so busy) cut their frequency to...
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...
Supermassive Black Hole? November: Labour’s Budget Fiction, Crime Failures and Chaos
9 DECEMBER 2025 | OPINION
Black Hole of Honesty
November was the month when the numbers stopped adding up – not in the spreadsheets, but in...
Riding Out The Storm – PMQs 3rd December 2025
3 DECEMBER 2025 | OPINION
To begin at the ending, a very good place to start. Starmer was finally told off for his time-wasting habit...
Binfire Night reprise – PMQs 12th November 2025
12 NOVEMBER 2025 | OPINION
It did not begin well.
The honour of welcoming the PM back to the House fell to the Conservatives’ Lincoln Jopp,...
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...
Not so Lammentable? – PMQs 5th November 2025
5 NOVEMBER 2025 | OPINION
The commentariat are lammbasting Deputy PM David Lammy for his allegedly calammitous performance at PMQs. However, they need to look...
Gollum and Golem: PMQs 29th October 2025
29 OCTOBER 2025 | OPINION
Recently, the Speaker has allowed Sir Keir some latitude in his opening preambles. On the 15th, Starmer included 450 self-justifying...