John McTernan
John McTernan is a political strategist and commentator. He was prime minister Tony Blair’s director of political operations 2005-2007
Five rules for governing
Use your power, bring back politics, extend your wings, rebuild your base — and govern in poetry
Making the hard choices
Tony Blair was right to take on the Taliban after 9/11
Five Rules for Ruling
There’s no problem with a witchhunt when there really are witches
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
Smacking harms children
Smacking didn’t harm you? Maybe this debate isn’t for you
The party that fell for a lie
The WEP is unable to give a straight answer to the question: what is a woman?
(DTB) Don’t Trust Boris
The former prime minister is up to his old tricks
Alive and flicking
A game invented by a man named Adolph might have been a hard sell to the British public, but it was an instant hit
A captivating northern star
If Lise Davidsen sneezes, the opera world shuts down
Some picture-perfect restorations
What we were seeing looked as good as it would have at its premiere
Marianna in the trenches
She wants to dive into the murky depths of social media, but her microphone can only scratch the surface
A constructive opposition
The age of Badenoch is off to a suitably farcical start