Andrew Gimson
Andrew Gimson is a British political journalist. Gimson formerly wrote the parliamentary sketch for The Daily Telegraph and has written a novel entitled The Desired Effect, as well as books about Boris Johnson, British monarchs and British Prime Ministers.
School for future Tory stars
The “bohemian efficiency” of the unit that has honed the political skills of generations of Conservative big beasts
Chasing rainbows
Dissident civil servants have been risking their careers to fight a losing battle against burgeoning Whitehall wokery
Are we losing control of our collections?
We need trustees who actually believe in our museums
We must punish the parents
How should France tackle the problem of repeat juvenile offenders?
What the BBC does not say about femicide in London
Racial disparities are evident among perpetrators as well as victims
The follies of human quantitative easing
British politicians have made a fatal commitment to human quantitative easing
Doing something can be worse than doing nothing
The Gaza pier and the failings of a “do something” foreign policy
Merchants of the Venice Biennale
For all its pretentiousness, the Venice Biennale still hints towards higher truths
The king and the boss
Turkish President Erdoğan is no fan of Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu — and vice versa
The secret war of a wolf in chic clothing
Dudley Clarke had his fingers in many of the most interesting pies of covert operations in World War II
When things could only get better
Fans of the 1990s aren’t nostalgic reactionaries. They celebrate an era of optimism, peace, prosperity and great popular culture
Is Georgia approaching its Euromaidan?
New attempts to curb the activities of NGOs have stirred pro-EU feeling