Phillip Lee explains why he resigned over Brexit
Phillip Lee struck a sorrowful tone when he spoke in the Commons this afternoon, explaining why he had felt it…
How long before Tory backbenchers turn off Theresa May’s life support machine?
Tomorrow marks a year since Theresa May sat her dejected parliamentary party down and promised that ‘I got us into…
MPs in mess over new data protection laws
MPs are frantically deleting casework emails after being mistakenly advised that new regulations mean they have to clear the data…
Theresa May’s tricky Turkish diplomacy dilemma
Turkey’s President Erdogan is in London this week, having tea with the Queen and praising Britain as a ‘real friend’.…
May briefs MPs on customs options as timetable for decision keeps slipping
Tory backbenchers have been briefed today by the Prime Minister on the different options for Britain’s customs arrangements with the…
Tim Farron just can’t escape gay sex
What does Tim Farron think about gay sex? Like Ken Livingstone’s repeated reluctance to discuss Hitler, the former Lib Dem…
Corbyn exposes May’s Brexit mess at PMQs
Given the deep Cabinet splits over Theresa May’s plans for Britain’s customs arrangements with the EU after Brexit, there was…
No, Oxford students haven’t removed Theresa May’s portrait
From the dreaming spires of Oxford this afternoon comes a potent combination of student censorship and fake news. A group…
Theresa May is making Cabinet unrest on the customs partnership worse
Boris Johnson’s rather bold move on the customs partnership hasn’t yet landed him in trouble, even though it has enraged…
Jeremy Corbyn attacks Tory local election spin
If you want to know how last night was for the Labour Party, you need to look no further than…
What’s the point of the women and equalities Minister, anyway?
Lucky Penny Mordaunt. She’s the latest minister to find themselves the holder of the women and equalities brief in the…
Can James Brokenshire fix the Tories’ housing woes?
James Brokenshire is back in government after his illness. He is the new housing secretary, which marks quite a change…
New leak suggests Amber Rudd’s grip on the Home Office is even weaker than first thought
When the Windrush scandal broke, it was largely seen as Theresa May’s fault, given the Prime Minister had introduced the…
Amber Rudd is reminded of the Home Office’s reputation as a political graveyard
Amber Rudd must, privately, be hopping mad about the Windrush row. Not only is she having to defend policies that…
The Maybot returns at PMQs
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions saw the Maybot reactivated. Jeremy Corbyn decided to lead the session on the fallout from the…
Theresa May’s Windrush woes continue at PMQs
The government has got at least two colossal messes to deal with, and yet Theresa May managed to survive today’s…
Theresa May now has authority for further military action
Aside from the need to act swiftly and with an element of surprise when striking Syria’s chemical weapons capability, it…
What will happen to Millennials when they retire?
Recently, a rather agitated Tory MP came to me and asked why on earth his party wasn’t talking more about…
Whips struggle with emergency debate on Syria
This afternoon’s emergency debate on Syria isn’t quite working out as anyone had really planned. For Labour, it was an…
How Theresa May could make future decisions on military action a little easier
Though Theresa May, still responding to questions from MPs in the Commons on the weekend strikes in Syria, seems to…
Windrush mess grows as Rudd admits she doesn’t know how many have been deported
Ministers have been caught so badly on the hop in the row about the Windrush generation that when Amber Rudd…
Government backtracks in Windrush row
How did the government manage to create such a terrible row over the Windrush generation? The Home Office has told…
Syria strike: the question for May is not ‘why’ but ‘what next’?
Overnight, British, French and US forces took part in strikes against the Syrian regime as a punishment for the use…
What’s the point of a Commons vote on striking Syria?
Theresa May is holding an emergency Cabinet meeting today on how to respond to the latest chemical weapons attack in…
How Jeremy Corbyn had a successful PMQs
Jeremy Corbyn didn’t pick the most obvious topic to lead on – or indeed mention – at Prime Minister’s Questions…
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