All politicians spend far too much time on gestures, but sadly commentators only seem to notice this when it’s the other side that’s doing the vacuous gesturing. The last year of Sunak’s government w… (View Post)

Consistently the most eloquent and confident media performer of the Cameron years, so much so that he was wheeled out to cover topics that weren’t officially his remit. Universally popular amongst th… (View Post)

Gauke was a first rater. Among the others, Letwin and Stewart were both very interesting characters and Grieve was highly competent. (View Post)

Received wisdom seems to be that this spring is continuing a trend of sparkling sunny springs (followed by dull humid summers) in recent years. I’ve just been looking at the Met office stats. It’s no… (View Post)

The Lib Dem succession is fairly clear: almost certainly Daisy Cooper. In tenure terms she is virtually a veteran, such are the short careers of most of the party's MPs. The challenge will be ti… (View Post)