Commons Confidential: Parliament’s battle of the bottle
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By
Observations
Latest in
Observations
The quiet rise of “securocrat” Mark Sedwill, the new head of the civil service
Theresa May’s most trusted civil service lieutenant has been at her side throughout her reign at the Home Office and…
By
How the journalist captured for two and a half years by Somali pirates survived his ordeal
“I learned to live without hope – and that continues.”
By
Commons Confidential: The Johnson-Rees-Mogg desperate pact
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By
Anjem Choudary is free – but what is the Islamist preacher’s next move?
The homegrown extremists that Choudary has inspired in Britain have proved more difficult to confront than extremists from abroad.
By
Commons Confidential: Chris Grayling’s welcoming party
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By
How Italy’s separatist Northern League went national
By imposing a harsh anti-migrant, tax-cutting agenda, the hard-right party has turned government into a permanent campaign platform.
ByWho’d be a princess?
Elizabeth II may be the last royal woman not to be subjected to rampant sexist scrutiny.
By