Simon Clarke
Simon Clarke is the Conservative MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland. He served as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in Liz Truss’s Government, and before that as Chief Secretary to the Treasury under Boris Johnson
How did it all go so wrong for Liz Truss?
The former prime minister was fundamentally right in her diagnosis of the situation at home and abroad and what should be done about it
An abuser hiding in plain sight
There was shock when a feted theatre director turned out to be a paedophile who collected child rape porn but were the clues there all along?
The right-on, left-wing oppressors
A flaw in the design of academic studies makes the Left appear less authoritarian than the Right
The strange death of the Office for Place
The demise of the Office for Place is a missed opportunity for housing
Living the good life
The rising middle classes were decisive in shaping the late 19th century English town
The dismal state of British defence
The UK’s defence strategy is a combination of hope and vibes
Suella all along
You can achieve anything if you don’t take the credit
Gender identity ideology is undermining healthcare
There is nothing “gender-affirming” about having cancer
Kemi Badenoch has a problem with the truth
From wokeness, to housing, to immigration her words don’t match the facts