Keir Starmer has shown why the Tories will struggle against him
Keir Starmer gave a formidable speech to the Labour conference today. It was easily good enough to inspire the party’s…
Keir Starmer’s problems are of his own making
That nobody in Keir Starmer’s inner circle worked out that trashing his personal reputation for a hundred grand’s worth of…
How Robert Jenrick stole Kemi Badenoch’s thunder
Robert Jenrick appears on course to become leader of the Conservative party within a year of resigning from ministerial office…
Keir Starmer’s popularity delusion
All year Keir Starmer has been using a reassuring phrase about his inevitable Downing Street tenure in a bid to calm…
Keir Starmer can’t blame the Tories forever
Keir Starmer’s rose garden speech today should be seen as a companion piece to last month’s melodramatic Commons statement by…
Things can only get worse for Keir Starmer
When Rishi Sunak announced a July election during a torrential downpour, one leftist wag played ‘Things Can Only Get Better’…
Starmer’s plan to ‘smash the gangs’ won’t work
We are approaching the fifth anniversary of British prime ministers promising to stem the tide of illegal migration across the…
Migration figures are falling – but the crisis is far from over
Ok folks, the show is over and there’s nothing left to see: that traditional refrain of an American police officer…
Keir Starmer’s riot crisis
Just a month into the Labour ascendancy and its first major political crisis has already taken shape. It is not…
Does it matter if Kemi Badenoch was mean to civil servants?
Kemi Badenoch has been accused of being an unpleasant bully who targeted civil servants for unconscionable treatment. The allegations –…
Why Kemi Badenoch’s leadership pitch sets her apart
The Conservative party is preparing the ground for its sixth leader since the Brexit referendum eight years ago. Were one…
Has Tom Tugendhat blown up his leadership campaign at launch?
We shouldn’t be surprised by Tom Tugendhat saying he is willing to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)…
Starmer’s plan to stop the boats might not be what it seems
It comes as a relief to learn that Keir Starmer doesn’t really believe setting up a new security organisation to…
What should the Tory party do about Suella Braverman?
How do you solve a problem like Suella? Rishi Sunak is facing calls to expel Braverman from the Conservative party…
Can Robert Jenrick save the Tories?
At the 2019 general election, the Tories won eight seats out of eleven in Nottinghamshire, but now the political map…
Will the Tories finally get the message?
Can it just be a coincidence that most of the leading figures of the Tory left lost their seats, while…
This exit poll is truly devastating for the Tories
If Tories find some comfort in getting into three figures in the exit poll, they are kidding themselves. Not only…
Sunak’s campaign has been a disaster from start to finish
Dry wit is a much under-appreciated quality in this age of high-impact sledgehammer communication. In an election full of sub-standard soundbites…
Rishi Sunak has proved he is terrible at politics
Today’s hot topic for the Rishi Sunak-is-terrible-at-politics club is the foolishness of suspending candidates mired in the election betting scandal…
Boris Johnson can’t save the Tories from the coming wipeout
Are you beach-body ready? Boris Johnson, who has always projected a joyously uninhibited confidence about his physical form, clearly thinks…
Are the Tories about to fall into Farage’s trap – again?
Nigel Farage’s tail is up. The Reform party election campaign has gone better than he dared hope and its poll…
Reform is rapidly gaining on the Tories
The great British public seems to have got over its feelings of anger and disillusionment towards the Conservative party. It…
Keir Starmer’s manifesto will disappoint Tory spin doctors
Keir Starmer and the Labour party today launched a manifesto that’s good enough to win this election and presented it…
Rishi Sunak’s manifesto is thin gruel
Rishi Sunak today launched a manifesto that might suffice for a governing party polling at level pegging with the opposition…
Rishi Sunak is bad at politics. Who knew?
Everyone is finally noticing that Rishi Sunak is rubbish at politics. Given the scale of his faux pas in bailing…
