All Over for the Two-Party System?
March 11, 2026
A recent YouGov poll shows that the Green Party has overtaken Labour in voting intention, with 21% of voters saying they would back the Greens
Politics
Reform, Reclaim, Restore: The People’s Front of Judea on the Right
February 26, 2026
Is anyone else losing count of the number of parties we now have to the right of centre of UK politics? Incidentally, I don’t count
Why We Get Bad Politicians
February 11, 2026
What a week in British politics. And it’s only Wednesday. The Chief of Staff left on Sunday, the Chief of Comms on Monday and there
Is This the End for the Pillsbury Dullboy?
February 10, 2026
Keir Starmer has to be shortlisted as one of the worst Prime Ministers in history. He has been an incompetent leader, bringing more damage than
Oh, Mandy
February 8, 2026
I have a strange relationship with the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. I am no longer a Stoic and whenever I pick it up, I get
Will What’s Left of the British Conservative Party Be Worth Saving?
February 6, 2026
For anyone but die-hard Faragists, criticism of the rapidly-evolving Reform UK top table is inevitable. To political opponents, the latest appointments and defections are either
Farage Refusing to Read the Room on Islam
January 24, 2026
Nigel Farage has fashioned a political career from his reputation as an anti-establishment voice; the man who reads the public mood arguably better than anyone
Policemen and Peacocks
January 23, 2026
“Because, I’ll tell you what, if I’d been in that position, and I suspect many of your viewers have been in that position, that’s what
Missing Maggie
January 18, 2026
On the day Mrs Thatcher announced that she was leaving Downing Street I travelled to Westminster from west London, where I was living at that