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
Worthy instrument
York Bowen, Willam Walton: Viola concertos (SWR Music)
The self-destruction of the centrists
Chaos looms for the Conservative Party
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Riddle of the Pylons
Intrigue, invasion and romance blossom in Lincolnshire
The authorities are inept sheriffs of social media
Politicians, the police and the judiciary should stop trying to control a landscape they do not understand
The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine
Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat