William Atkinson

Until Badenoch blunts Farage, she will not have the time to sit back, relax, return to first principles, and hope to come up with a couple of policies by the end of 2027.

Even if the result of her cease and desist letter is to make Truss look silly, it raises the issue of the increasing litigiousness of our politics. If the law becomes contemptuous of politics, politicians will become contemptuous of the law.

Legions of one-term MPs may wonder why they bothered to be elected if their only job is to vote through exactly the sort of ‘austerity’ policies they entered politics to oppose. But you can’t ignore the Gods of the Copybook Headings.

Tulip Siddiq’s resignation was long overdue, but Starmer will now struggle to virtue-signal like he did last summer

Tulip Siddiq has left the Government . In other news, the Pope remains Catholic, and bears are using woods as their personal lavatories.

The party leader has so far shown remarkably little reaction to the news the Tories have slunk into third place

Yesterday, Kemi Badenoch made a speech. Competing with a Prime Ministerial visit to Ukraine, Yvette Cooper's announcement of specific and

Repeal of Troubles legislation will allow Gerry Adams to claim compensation

If we focus too much on learning the lessons of 1975, we will miss the lessons of 2025. But if the Conservative Party had wanted Anglo-Trumpism, we would have voted for Robert Jenrick.

Rachel Reeves has said the unsayable . A Rubicon has been crossed; an omertà lifted; the emperor shown to be in his birthday suit.