As I vote on legislation passing through Parliament, I notice a steady stream of laws that we could not have passed were we still in the EU.
With APPGs back in the news, we re-run Henry Hill’s article from January 14th 2022 exploring how they work – and could expose MPs to improper influence.
The Seanad in Dublin comprises people chosen by county councillors, the government, and graduates of certain universities. This week, it celebrated its centenary.
Labour cannot dismantle the British nation as a political community and expect it to long endure as a taxpaying one.
Ordinary voters have the luxury of damning our representatives without facing up to the contradictions and trade-offs of democratic government.
Even with a political career played at such a high speed, the many-hatted former Cabinet minister has still found himself over-taken by his juniors.
If getting worthwhile legislation passed means making deals with Labour, the Prime Minister should do so.
The next generation of Conservative MPs may be no less gifted. But there’s one thing they can’t provide: institutional memory.
It’s a recipe for governments stitched up behind closed doors and never put to the voters on any ballot paper.
Only prime ministers who have served a full term – be that four years or one parliament – should be entitled to make such nominations.
He shamelessly amplified the slanders of a dangerous fantasist and deserves no political afterlife. Starmer should know better.
There are 227 NHS trusts in England and if they all spent the lowest of these figures, £231,611, the total cost would be £52.6 million. 1500 nurses could be employed for that sum.
The row over the investigation into the former Prime Minister is, in almost every respect, a political one.
The APPG’s survey of ex-servicemen and women will reveal where current support systems are falling short of the first-class standards we expect.