Eugenics, PIE – and why the Whig Theory of History doesn’t always apply
Are aspects of the campaign for trans another example of a development welcomed by some at the time, and ultimately denounced by nearly everyone?
Johnson’s sex problem
His determination to promote more women may have a knock-on effect on the biddability of male Tory MPs.
“If you go ‘transgender rights are our big thing’, you are going to lose that culture war”
How the Conservatives are winning and Labour losing the working class – a pattern that the latter’s leadership candidates are set to repeat.
Why Johnson hasn’t visited flood victims
His reluctance to do so is part of a bigger picture: a decision not to dance to the media’s tune.
Is the Home Office still unfit for purpose?
If Downing Street doesn’t grip the campaign against Patel by allies of her Permanent Secretary and others, it may spiral out of control.
The Johnson adviser with the most power
No, not you-know-who, but David Frost, Johnson’s Europe adviser. When was the last time a SpAd led for the Government with a major speech?
Beware the Eye of Johnson
It is straining to be bigger and better, and see further, faster. But the lesson of the story is that it can’t see everywhere at once.
Whacking the BBC. Change is coming – whether the Corporation likes it or not.
This site is opposed to subscription funding and a decriminalised licence fee. But both will be forced on the BBC if it doesn’t reform.
The Prime Minister’s Bridges and Circuses. Why Sunak’s duty is to rein in Johnson’s instincts.
The new Chancellor has work to do if he is to fend off the wrath of the Gods of the Copybook Headings.
Our reshuffle predictions. What we got right and what we didn’t.
“Javid has already seen one SpAd fired. The Prime Minister may push to dismiss at least two more…which he would resist. This one may not end well.”
Reshuffle Live Blog – As the reshuffle winds down, the new Johnson Cabinet in full
Having “got Brexit done”, this is the team the Prime Minister wants beside him to push forward his domestic agenda.
“There are kids who can read and write today because of Nick Gibb”
Politicians get a kicking, sometimes deservedly, but if you want an example of committed public service, look no further, on this reshuffle day, than at this one.
Reshuffle 1) The lesson of this PJ Masks shakeup. For Johnson and Cummings, it is truly Do or Die.
We cheer the mission. But government needs more compromise, art, tact and accomodation than campaigning alone allows.
A Mansion Tax. “What is really the problem with this?” asked the Conservative Chancellor
Cameron’s memoirs offer a hint of where the occupant of Number 11 may look to raise property taxes instead.
Sinn Fein in government. What’s the fuss about?
Of course the result is a bad one. But we encourage the party to co-govern in Northern Ireland, so can scarcely object if now does so too in the Irish Republic.