So farewell, then, Richard Sherman – you have had a long, eventful and successful life. That is how E. J. Thribb of Private Eye would…
So farewell, then, Richard Sherman – you have had a long, eventful and successful life. That is how E. J. Thribb of Private Eye would…
The Conservatives’ reluctance to talk about Brexit before 4 July is not at all surprising given its evident failure in economic terms, but the few…
The Conservatives’ Election Campaign so far feels oddly like Jeremy Corbyn’s in 2019. Every day, we get a bold new policy announcement designed to grab…
Over the past week, I’ve discovered why I’ve always felt a concerningly conservative aversion to protests. It seems to me that people appear to be…
Once again, America saved Ukraine. By voting, on April 21, for a resolution allocating to Kiev a gigantic aid of $61 billion – or double Poland’s total…
So Sunak has called an election. The surprise decision feels designed to bring us up short: maybe there’s more to the guy than we’d thought. …
There is an apochryphal story – or so I am assured – that the massive Liberal landslide victory in the general election of 1905-6 derived from an eight-word manifesto –…
Democracy is under threat claims Rishi Sunak. Lord Paul Tyler and Sir Nick Harvey – both former MPs with Tyler a former Chief Whip and Harvey…
What the world needs now probably is a dose of ‘love, sweet love’ but – to mix my song lyrics – equally probably, ‘love is’…
“Effective governments create opportunities for citizens to thrive, building thefoundation of national development and prosperity.” This is one of the statements underpinning the Chandler Good Government Index. The…
As a young person looking increasingly despairingly towards politics, I found myself reinvigorated with hope for the future of decent, honest, and respectful politics when…
Attempting to draw conclusions about the outcome of yesterday’s elections with little more than a third of the votes counted is a complete mug’s game,…