Theresa May
The completion of a revolution
A brief history of how the ERG got Britain to the point it left the EU
The Conservative party’s autumn of discontent
It is a bad sign when Tory MPs say they will vote for their government with “a heavy heart”
The Coronavirus rebels in full
Backbenchers in the Tory party are gradually turning their private frustrations into rebel votes
Internal Dissent
A rolling list of the Internal Market Bill’s Brexit rebels
Cloak and no dagger
Were David Cameron and Theresa May negligently complicit in Russia’s meddling?
The big state heir to Blair
James Kirkup reviews Remaking One Nation by Nick Timothy
Corbyn – what was he good for?
He lost, but did Jeremy Corbyn succeed in moving Britain Leftwards?
How Sir Graham protected May
The Chairman of the 1922 protected the leader rather than the party
A flawed first draft of history
Theresa May’s former political secretary on the biography that doesn’t get her right
Do Prime Ministers lose their seats?
There is no special place in the British electoral system for party leaders
The strange history of Keir Starmer and assisted suicide
How long, and to what extent, has the prime minister supported legalisation?
The Lost Gardens of London
The war between city and greenery is eternal; the concrete and asphalt seeks open land to engulf
The vital few
A new book explores the importance, as well as the dangers, of risk
Doublespeak about assisted suicide
The campaign for assisted suicide is distinctly Orwellian
Can Nigel Farage do his job?
Against the grim passivity of British politics
Tawdry tales
The Tales of Hoffmann, Royal Opera House
Making a mockery of Labour
The ministers just can’t yet do chaos like the Tories could
Not a relaunch
Is that a PLAN FOR CHANGE in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?
Is the culture war over?
Populist political victories do nothing to change the reality of progressive institutional dominance
Gothic staging
The Turn of the Screw, Coliseum
Resist Labour’s managerial revolution
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves are grimly committed to expanding the state and entrenching bureaucracy
