Sunlit uplands for Reform UK?
15 JANUARY 2025 | OPINION
Reform UK has recently suffered its first major hiccup – one that has been dealt with swiftly and decisively, simply...
First, they came for the citizens…
26 SEPTEMBER 2025 | OPINION
Digital ID cards – the so-called ‘BritCard’ – will be an unmitigated, nationwide disaster. A disaster for the freedom of...
Boris, hands off our beers! – Jonathan Eida
10 August 2021 | OPINION
Needless to say, it has been a tumultuous year-and-a-half all round for the vast majority of us. Through the exhaustive...
The public spending delusion
1 JULY 2024 | OPINION
Austerity, austerity, and austerity: you’ve heard it before, haven’t you? Who hasn’t – and this is the point. But it’s...
Forensic failure – PMQs 30th April 2025
30 APRIL 2025 | OPINION
When will the Leader of the Opposition learn that the only way to get a straight answer out of Sir...
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 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...
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...
Huzzah for the hols! – PMQs 16th July 2025
16 JULY 2025 | OPINION
Criticising Sir Keir is like firing children’s sucker-tipped arrows at a battle tank.
When the Opposition leader spoke of inflation, higher...
HS2 has caused a stir, but why is it so controversial?
28 June 2021 | ANALYSIS
The recent Liberal Democrat by-election victory in Chesham and Amersham sparked headlines. The election was called following the passing of...