Don’t knock the coronation – it could be up there with It’s a Knockout Although most of the UK is unenthusiastic, put me down for coronation trivia watch The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2023
Braverman defends highlighting ethnicity of grooming gang abusers The Home Secretary said it is not racist to speak ‘plain truths’. The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2023
Is this the last hurrah for the Boris Johnson circus? Even Tory MPs really hope so Diehards remain, but most just don’t want a byelection that would propel the disgraced former PM back into the limelight, says Katy Balls of the Spectator The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2023
Rejoice at Lineker’s victory over the BBC and the right. Then learn the lessons for battles to come For years, the toxic right have pulled the national debate in their own direction. The mass BBC rebellion showed how we can pull it back, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones The Guardian - UK · Mar 14, 2023
Oakeshott v Hancock: 10 things to know about #thelockdownfiles — from her record of betrayal to the broken NDA She ghostwrote the former health secretary’s memoir — so why would political journalist Isabel Oakeshott leak 100,000 of his WhatsApps to the press? Katie Strick has everything you need to know about the most salacious political storm of 2023 Evening Standard · Mar 2, 2023
Meghan Markle denies 'ridiculous' claims she's 'seeking support' and feeling 'excluded' The Duchess of Sussex has been the subject of intense gossip recently as sources have claimed she is 'seeking support' following the release of Prince Harry's memoir Daily Mirror · Feb 21, 2023
Lib Dems aim to use Lee Anderson’s views as weapon to win ‘safe’ Tory seats The Tory deputy chair, who has also criticised nurses who use food banks and migrants, could prove toxic for voters in south-east seats The Guardian - UK · Feb 11, 2023
Rishi Sunak flew back to London from Dorset last night before flying to Cornwall this morning, No 10 confirms – as it happened PM rejected overnight stay in west country and used helicopter to return to London before flying to Cornwall in plane The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023
Bring back the death penalty, says new Tory party deputy chair Lee Anderson Outspoken MP also says Navy frigates should take Channel migrants back to France the same day The Independent UK · Feb 9, 2023
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn calls for Rishi Sunak to apologise for 'damage' caused by Liz Truss Flynn asked Sunak during Prime Minister's Questions if he "regretted" Truss' time in office. Daily Record · Feb 8, 2023
Liz Truss set out her grand plan to me – and it’s horrified parts of the Tory party The former leader’s comeback is directed at her party: to force it back toward the low-tax radicalism it tried to abandon, says Katy Balls, the political editor of the Spectator The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023
Britain, we had a thing with Truss and Johnson but it was toxic and we were right to end it. Just walk away Both blame us for the breakdown and want to try again, but that just speaks to their self-delusion, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde The Guardian - UK · Feb 7, 2023
The awkward truth is that Liz Truss isn’t wrong about everything It is a truth acknowledged by everyone who is not Liz Truss that her defence of a firefly era as prime minister has more flaws than selling points. Her essay in the Sunday Telegraph and a spirited interview by Spectator editors last night yield the conclusion that Truss blames systemic… Evening Standard · Feb 7, 2023
Dimmer than she appears or totally dishonest? Liz Truss may be both The former PM’s Spectator interview underlined that she is the ultimate survivor of her own financial destruction The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2023 Liz Truss admits cutting 45p tax rate was ‘perhaps a bridge too far’ Former PM insists, however, that it is unfair to blame actions she took in office for rising mortgage rates
The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023 Liz Truss admits she didn’t understand ‘tinderbox’ pension problem prior to mini-Budget disaster Former PM says she has no desire to return to No 10 and vows to keep pushing for tax cuts
Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2023 Liz Truss moans it's 'unfair' to blame her for economic chaos - but won't return to No10 Liz Truss has claimed it is 'unfair' for struggling families to blame her for spiralling mortgage rates - but in a small bit of good news, she said 'no' when asked if she would like to be PM again
Evening Standard · Jan 27, 2023 Rishi Sunak must fight hard to stop a Labour win looking inevitable Yesterday the Prime Minister and his Cabinet gathered at Chequers for a spot of truth-telling by Isaac Levido, their elections guru. There was to be no “sugarcoating” during Levido’s election strategy briefing, we were told. The presence at the large shiny mahogany table of the Conservatives’ embattled chairman Nadhim Zahawi…
The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2023 Tory sleaze is back – and here’s the proof Rishi Sunak promised to end era of scandal, but the Conservatives are ‘rolling in it’ once again, writes Adam Forrest
The Guardian - UK · Jan 24, 2023 Panel approving Richard Sharp as BBC chair included Tory party donor Scrutiny of potential conflicts of interest among assessors for BBC job follows allegations over Boris Johnson loan
The National (Scotland) · Jan 24, 2023 Boris Johnson ally slammed for defending Prince Andrew in column A BORIS Johnson ally has been slated for coming out in defence of Prince Andrew in a newspaper column.
The New Daily · Jan 16, 2023 Michael Pascoe: There’s a quantifiable cost to George Pell’s style of climate denial There are no Pellsian climate deniers in the insurance industry, haven’t been for many years as the dollar cost of climate change is counted.
The Guardian - UK · Jan 13, 2023 Paul Johnson obituary Prolific journalist and historian who shifted allegiance from the left of Labour to become an ardent Thatcher supporter
The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023 The Thatcherites hounding Sunak over strikes forget one thing: she picked her battles MPs want the prime minister to win the health and rail disputes. But his options are limited, says Katy Balls, political editor of the Spectator
The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2022 Rishi Sunak hires friend and journalist James Forsyth as key political aide Forsyth, The Spectator’s political editor, will join Downing Street as the PM’s political secretary