It is still early days but it would be good if this marked the start of the marginalisation of the populist Tory right. They have not produced good governance, or stability, or prosperity, or social … (View Post)

Belatedly though. He’s had a year of kowtowing to various interest groups in his party and appointing useless ministers. This should have all happened last October rather than giving Braverman her jo… (View Post)

If you were offering me a battle between the Cameroons and the old NuLab lot, I would be absolutely bloomin delighted. Given how far our politics has sunk since then, they all look like utter titans. (View Post)

Holy heck. That’s big. Sunak’s Mandelson moment. (View Post)

I thought the holdout was QEII and then Brown, rather than Blair. Liz wasn’t particularly keen on elevating Blair to the Order of the Garter, rumour has it, and had to be persuaded in order to clear … (View Post)