Nailing the jelly – PMQs 12th February 2025
12 FEBRUARY 2025 | OPINION
The Opposition struggles to wrench itself free of the Conservative Party’s lamentable record over the past years and remains vulnerable...
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...
It’s time for some new ideas – Richard Tice
8 September 2021 | OPINION
So, it has come to pass after all. After weeks of rumour, the Government has decided to put up taxes...
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...
Discourtesy – PMQs 4th June 2025
4 JUNE 2025 | OPINION
The PM’s rough manners and disregard for relevance have worsened.
Jesse Norman MP (Con) raised a point of order at the...
February 2026: Nation in a State
10 MARCH 2026 | OPINION
First things first, my apologies. You’re reading this so far into March now, though the amount that happened in 28...
Boris Johnson’s reshuffle of the Whips’ and Cabinet Office: summary
10 February 2022 | ANALYSIS
The fallout from PartyGate and the subsequent meeting between Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the 1922 Committee resulted in reports...
An infinite number of flunkeys
9 DECEMBER 2024 | OPINION
A month after the petition to call a fresh General Election, the Government has issued an official response. It appears to have...
ROUND-UP: From Pol Roger to White Lightning – how migrant hotels...
26 AUGUST 2025 | OPINION
August was sold as a vintage for Westminster: migrant hotels closing, Lucy Connolly finally silenced, and Trump’s Alaska summit setting...
Could it be time to move away from the left-right spectrum?...
A lot of people think of politics as being left-right. In Britain, this is Labour vs the Tories. In the US, this is usually the Democrats vs the Republicans. In Germany, this is the Social Democrats vs the Christian Democratic Union.