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...
Are we really lawless, or do we just think we are?
20 AUGUST 2025 | OPINION
Probably among the most basic and reasonable human desires is to live in safety. Ever since we’ve been bashing rocks...
July wasn’t a dream – that happened
7 AUGUST 2025 | OPINION
Votes for kids. Trains to Berlin. Corbyn’s comeback. Trump outshining Starmer. If you thought you were hallucinating, you weren’t. July...
Civil war? Place your Betz!
5 AUGUST 2025 | OPINION
The Government is storing up trouble by ignoring a vital principle. This has happened many times in our history 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...
Back to the 70s – PMQs 9th July 2025
9 JULY 2025 | OPINION
In their opening remarks, the PM and the Leader of the Opposition both paid tribute to Lord Tebbit, who died...
Take it back – PMQs 2nd July 2025
2 JULY 2025 | OPINION
"I heard you want your country back – f*ck that," sang Bob Vylan at Glastonbury.
He may be right. The easily-led...
You wanted rage – Glastonbury was the punchline
2 JULY 2025 | OPINION
A Glastonbury performer shouted: “death to the IDF” — and the nation collapsed into outrage, denial, and hypocrisy. But this...
Waiting for Starmer: matinee politics in a failing state
30 JUNE 2025 | OPINION
The Prime Minister acts like he’s in charge. Parliament delivers its lines. But no-one believes the script anymore. From rebellion...
Mind the shop! – PMQs 25 June 2025
26 JUNE 2025 | OPINION
As with last week, the PM was absent, leaving the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) to mind the shop.
Sir Keir was...