Explainer-in-brief: A Tory leadership election, all over again October 24, 2022 It’s almost hard to believe it, but here we are again: today marks the beginning of another Tory leadership campaign. This one, however, has very different rules compared to what unfolded over summer.
Boris Johnson can win elections, but he never knew what to do once he did October 24, 2022 It also reduces politics to its bones as a mere transaction, with retaining office the only objective.
Ignore the soothsayers, the next election is still up for grabs if our economy settles October 24, 2022 Is there anything a new leader can do to turn around the Tories’ electoral chances?
Strong and certain regulatory regimes are the backbone of investment in London October 24, 2022 If you have seen the movie “Wolf of Wall Street”, you will remember when the main character starts selling stocks in “Aerotyne International”: he claims it to be a cutting-edge high-tech firm, but in reality it is a workshop in a garden shed.
Explainer-in-brief: Calling time on the case of Harry Dunn October 21, 2022 Bringing a seemingly never-ending story to its final act, yesterday Anne Sacoolas pleaded guilty to causing the death of Harry Dunn by careless driving in 2019. She appeared via video to her trial at the Old Bailey, finally admitting what had happened. The British teenager died after a collision with Sacoolas’ car outside of a [...]
Chaos has made it easy for Labour, but there is an uphill battle to repair the damage October 21, 2022 The chaos of the past 44 days will force Starmer to set aside the schemes of socialists and the dreams of liberals, and instead do the work the Tories have ignored.
Britannia, Unchained from reality will be the ideological legacy of Liz Truss October 21, 2022 A month ago, just days into her premiership, I wrote that unless Liz Truss learnt to deliver a decent speech, she would be sunk. The prognosis was, it transpired, accurate. But my diagnosis was incomplete: her woeful speechmaking was just one of many political comorbidities. Her primary ailment was ideology. Liz Truss is an ideologue, [...]
Can anyone survive the cacophony of politics by Twitter and Whatsapp? October 21, 2022 It seems to be the fate of any prime minister who models themselves on heavyweights of our past to not so much fall short of them, but absolutely trash their legacy. Boris Johnson’s obsession with being Winston Churchill prevented him from being a prime minister who would even see out his term. Astonishingly, Liz Truss, [...]
Letters: Dealing with the price of milk October 21, 2022 [Re: Food price hikes will become baked in if we can’t choose a fiscal policy and stick with it, yesterday] Can our food prices really become more expensive? I’m not asking, technically if they can – that I’m sure they can do, but can we afford for them to go any higher without Britain becoming [...]
Explainer-in-brief: Triple locked and loaded, the fight over pensions October 20, 2022 Among the plethora of recent U-turns, Liz Truss might have just backed herself into another corner she’ll have to reverse ferret on: the pensions triple lock. In the Commons yesterday, Liz Truss said it was a manifesto promise they were committed to keeping. We’ve heard that before. It was in stark contrast to Jeremy Hunt, [...]