Hammond’s Halloween Budget fails to excite
Philip Hammond held the Budget today to avoid a bunch of Halloween jokes about a zombie economy and so on.…
How #MeToo could make things worse for victims
It’s over a year since the #MeToo scandal of sexual harassment broke. It has shaken up our culture and relationships…
Why a no-confidence vote in Theresa May could be closer than she thinks
The consensus in the Conservative party is that Theresa May’s visit to the 1922 Committee last night hasn’t materially changed…
Tory MPs give May an easy ride at Prime Minister’s Questions
Given relations with her own party, Theresa May will have been far more worried about the second half of Prime…
Will Theresa May clash with backbenchers at the 1922 committee tonight?
Will tonight’s 1922 Committee meeting be a firework display of Tory anger? Theresa May has decided to face her MPs…
May to face 1922 Committee as rumours of rebel letters swirl
Theresa May is to face her MPs at the 1922 Committee tomorrow, it has been confirmed. There had been calls…
Chuka Umunna’s £451-an-hour new job will help his opponents no end
The news that Chuka Umunna is getting paid £451 an hour to chair a new centrist think tank will go…
Do ministers understand how financial abuse works?
Another question to the Prime Minister today that’s worth noting came from Labour MP Danielle Rowley on Universal Credit. She…
Focusing on Bercow won’t change the ‘toxic culture’ of bullying in the Commons
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions was a little shorter than usual. This was partly because, as James says, John Bercow spoke…
John Bercow is avoiding taking responsibility with his ‘resignation’ plan
John Bercow has told friends he is to step down as Speaker, according to the BBC. This follows Dame Laura…
Labour chooses party political interest over tackling Commons bullying
Why has Labour decided to give John Bercow at least a stay of execution as Speaker? Emily Thornberry was asked…
Delays to Universal Credit won’t fix its fundamental flaw
It’s rare that a government pauses the implementation of a flagship policy. There’s so much ego involved in these matters…
Can Parliament really end its toxic culture of bullying and harassment?
How could the sort of bullying and sexual harassment detailed in Dame Laura Cox’s report on the treatment of House…
Is World Mental Health Day just tokenist rubbish?
What is the point of a Minister for Suicide Prevention? That Jackie Doyle-Price is taking on the role as part…
Corbyn makes May pay the price for her austerity pledge
Jeremy Corbyn had the easiest lead into Prime Minister’s Questions today, and he didn’t squander it. He’d had a week…
Why Chris Williamson really is happy about facing deselection
Oh, what a delicious twist in the internal bickering of the Labour party. Chris Williamson, an MP who has spent…
Who can Philip Hammond blame for a tight Budget?
Cabinet ministers toddled up Downing Street this morning in a largely good mood. Most of them were relieved that last…
Exclusive: Why the Tories feel so spooked by Jeremy Corbyn
One of the things that the Tory conference taught us was quite how worried the party is about Labour. There…
Theresa May exorcises her Tory conference speech demons
Theresa May appeared comfortable on the conference stage today for the first time. It wasn’t just her Dancing Queen entrance…
What Theresa May plans to say in her speech
How does Theresa May plan to reinvigorate her party and send it out, united and happy, after this week’s conference?…
Why Theresa May will care more about what Brady, not Boris, thinks
If Theresa May’s sole goal for the Tory conference is to survive it, then she’ll likely be less interested in…
Hancock’s holding line sums up the Tory party’s policy problem
So much of this Conservative conference has felt like a holding line from the party leadership, as though having the…
Why Tory members are deserting the conference hall
One of the stories of this Conservative conference is the contrast between the crowd and atmosphere in the main conference…
Michael Gove gives Tory activists something to finally cheer about
We may have just witnessed the first outbreak of genuine interest from the Conservative conference floor. Michael Gove was speaking…
Philip Hammond’s plan won’t help the Tories defeat Labour
Philip Hammond’s speech showed quite how insecure the Conservatives are feeling about themselves at the moment. The Chancellor was trying…
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