More news emerged over the weekend about the state of British banking. Normally, when Parliament is in recess, there is little news to cover. Traditionally, Britons call this period the &lsq… Read More

A leading Tory Brexiter has called on ministers to reopen the UK’s borders to tens of thousands of young workers from EU nations in order to tackle acute post-Brexit labour shortages… Read More

Container ship The UK’s accession to the Complete and Progressive Settlement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) is a historic achievement for the Government and a triumph for… Read More

Because events in British politics have been so dramatic, it has been some time since I wrote about Red Wall MPs in England. My last entry was for Marco Longhi in July 2022. Yesterday, I men… Read More

BRITAIN will be “gravitationally sucked back into the orbit of the EU” if Sir Keir Starmer becomes PM, Boris Johnson fears. In his first major interview since being toppled fro… Read More

On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, the outspoken Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen had the whip removed for remarks he tweeted about the coronavirus vaccines. He now sits as an Independent. Before… Read More

Yesterday’s post discussed Liz Truss’s dogged determination. Today’s entry looks at how determined she was to bring a refreshing libertarianism to Government. On September… Read More

November 17, 2022 will be a day of doom for the UK as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, lays out his and Rishi Sunak’s new economic plan. This plan is likely to increase ta… Read More

Comment on this story Comment For her recklessness, Liz Truss was once described by a colleague as “the human hand grenade.” Now she has blown apart her premiersh… Read More

This text is an on-site model of our Inside Politics publication. Join here to get the publication despatched straight to your inbox each weekday. Good morning. I must kick the behavior… Read More

Those who missed the first two instalments of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s downfall can read them here and here. Today’s post will focus on Michael Gove. Yesterday, I left off… Read More

Tuesday, July 5, 2022 proved to be a memorable day for Boris Johnson for all the wrong reasons. Last weekend, details emerged of Conservative MP Chris Pincher’s inebriated groping of a… Read More

As I discussed in Parts 1 and 2 last week, it is no accident that the Conservatives won the general elections of 2015 and 2019 thanks to the left-leaning metropolitan elite. In 2015, this is… Read More

Yesterday I blogged about the difficulty in finding out about the politics of Neil O'Brien, the new Conservative candidate for Harborough.But Ukip think they know all about him. The party is… Read More

Boris Johnson is now into his third year as Prime Minister. On Wednesday and Thursday, September 15 and 16, he reshuffled some of his cabinet and ministerial posts, signalling that he is mor… Read More

On Wednesday, June 23, 2021 — the five year anniversary of the Brexit referendum — The Spectator had a good article about how wrong Project Fear’s predictions were. Excerpt… Read More

UFT President Michael Mulgrew welcomes us 4:17 PM. Thanks us for coming.Federal--infrastructure package important--There is agreement that a good % of it will support energy efficient, carbo… Read More

In case you’ve missed the earlier posts in this series, here they are: parts 1, 2, 3 and 4. The best known of the minority MPs from David Cameron’s premiership — 2010 to 20… Read More

This week, a mini-rebellion erupted on the Conservative back benches over coronavirus. More on that in a moment. First, let’s have a look at Friday’s headlines. As millions of Br… Read More

Green has been the growth and is undoubtedly the future, but politics have brought the colour to the gills of many with a vested interest in the Humber economy. The frictions from bringing… Read More

Boris Johnson is fighting to get the DUP and Tory hardliners on board with a Brexit deal today as fraught talks continue in Brussels. UK and EU negotiators are reconvening this morni… Read More