Published by The i paper (30th September, 2019) Boris Johnson has long dreamed of his first party conference as prime minister, telling a few gags to the Tory […]
Politics
How desperate is Doncaster for Brexit?
Published by UnHerd (27th September, 2019) ‘We should be out — it’s a farce.’ James Mitchell admits he had not really thought much about his country’s place in Europe […]
Europe / European Union / Politics
Cameron will forever be tainted by the Brexit horror story
Published by The i paper (16th September, 2019) Every now and then I am struck by the stench of our putrefying politics. It hit me last week when […]
Politics
Drop the pretence of One Nation Toryism
Published by The i paper (9th September, 2019) It would be a brave person who picked out the politician that has most debased themselves since the Brexit debacle […]
Politics
Ruth Davidson should have been Tory leader. Instead, she’s on the sidelines
Published by The Guardian (29th August, 2019) The resignation of a Scottish Tory leader does not tend to be seismic political news. I doubt, for instance, many people […]
Politics
A hammer blow to our country
Published by The i paper (19th August, 2019) As someone whose father has severe dementia and daughter has profound disabilities, I am well aware of the depth of […]
Environment / Policy / Politics
Vote blue, forget going green
Published by The i paper (29th July, 2019) There is one thing we can agree on in our divided nation: last week was very hot. I flew back […]
Politics
This cabinet signals the death of David Cameron’s Tory modernisation project
Published by The Guardian (26th July, 2019) When David Cameron took over as Tory leader in 2005, he inherited a party that was downhearted after three electoral defeats. It looked […]
Politics
Nothing is fixed in politics, as both the Tories and their Republican cousins prove
Published by The i paper (22nd July 2019) As a Republican President spews out racist bile against four ethnic minority women Democrats, it is easy to forget the transformation of […]
Politics
Jeremy Hunt shows the depressing state of the Conservative Party
Published by The Washington Post (17th July, 2019) British Prime Minister Theresa May is a diminished figure after three years in Downing Street, during which she threw away […]
Politics
Beware the interesting politician
Published by The i paper (1st July, 2019) Last summer I spent a few days talking to voters deep in the heart of Trumpland. In small towns across West […]
Politics
Deeply flawed and unfit to be Prime Minister
Published by The i paper (24th June, 2019) Has there ever been such a calamitous first day to a party leadership contest? It began with a minister suspended […]