Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson’s other enablers should never be forgiven
It was Sunak who helped the great con man of British politics secure the Tory party leadership.
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The Conservatives must finally move on from Boris Johnson
Johnson was never fit to be prime minister – the Tories should put him and his legacy behind them.
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Boris Johnson won’t be back
He has never been a man with a plan, rather an optimistic narcissist who believes something may turn up.
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Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list will be the final insult
The likes of Paul Dacre, Nadine Dorries and the wife of a former Putin minister are set to be rewarded…
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Labour will inherit the chaos of the Covid inquiry
Divisions are plaguing the whole country, and are rooted in personality and populism, not policy.
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Labour and the return of the state
Is Labour’s ambition to transform Britain’s economic and social model or merely to manage it more competently than the Tories?
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Meet the oil and gas worker hoping for a just transition
We are not going to become the coal miners of net zero, says Cliff Bowen.
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Is Sunak delivering on his migration promises?
Because his reputation relies on the perception of competence, the PM’s “stop the boats” campaign must be seen to be…
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Rishi Sunak must stop trying to appease Boris Johnson
In trying and failing to satisfy Johnson’s supporters over the Covid inquiry, the Prime Minister has only made himself look…
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If the Tories are the party for hard-working people, why are they so spectacularly lazy?
For the past 13 years, Britain has been run by people who fundamentally can’t be bothered.
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A Tory electoral timebomb
Voters move right with age – this was once regarded as an iron law of politics. The Conservative electorate would…
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Why is anyone surprised that millennials aren’t turning Tory?
From housing to childcare, 13 years of disregard for a generation won’t be easy to reverse.
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The right’s obsession with “the blob” shows it is losing
This conspiracy theory is the last resort of a populist movement desperate to avoid responsibility for its own failures.
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David Davis: “The right to demonstrate includes the right to disrupt”
The former Brexit secretary on Britain’s authoritarian turn and why the UK will never leave the European Convention on Human…
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Voters don’t just feel Britain is broken – they feel they’re broken too
Polling shows both middle and working-class people want reform – but they don’t necessarily believe Labour can deliver it.
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Politicians should treat high immigration as a success, not a failure
Those calling for big cuts in the number of migrants have to explain where they should fall.
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Imagine if Boris Johnson was still prime minister
Tory MPs can feel vindicated by the return of partygate, but Rishi Sunak lacks answers to the bigger question of…
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Labour’s immigration opportunity
The party should blame high immigration on Tory short-termism and corporate profiteering – and offer an alternative.
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PMQs today: Starmer hits Sunak’s immigration weak spot
The message from Labour was that the government has failed to train British workers.
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Suella Braverman is branded a “loose cannon” by unhappy ministers in the Home Office
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
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