What will Jeremy Corbyn do next?
The Labour party has a troubling recess ahead of it. Many of its members just won’t know what to do…
Vince Cable pitches the Lib Dems as the only force in the centre ground
So Vince Cable is now the new Lib Dem leader, after no-else opposed the 74-year-old Twickenham MP for the party’s…
How doing a ‘Good Thing’ can make ministers mess up
One of the few bits of legislation that the government thinks it can get past MPs is a domestic violence…
Jeremy Corbyn still can’t find Theresa May’s jugular
Given how miserable things are for Theresa May at the moment, with her Cabinet behaving like children, her backbenchers urging…
It’s not Theresa May who should rebuke naughty ministers. It’s her backbenchers.
Theresa May is to rebuke her Cabinet tomorrow for the way its members have been behaving over the past week.…
Will May dare slap down any of those angling for the top job?
There are so many people angling for the Tory leadership now that it really is easier to list those who…
The government is destined for trouble with its repeal bill
You’d think a government wouldn’t launch its flagship bill that takes Britain out of European Union legislation without first being…
Emily Thornberry succeeds where Corbyn fails at PMQs
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions could have been memorable purely for the novelty of Emily Thornberry deploying a tremendous amount of…
Theresa May’s downsizing relaunch
Every political leader and government goes through a phase when their spin doctors feel they need a relaunch. For some,…
The government can’t do its job properly with Theresa May in charge
Time was when Theresa May ran such a tight ship as Prime Minister that even so much as talking off…
Everyone in Labour is pretending to get along. It won’t last
Since Jeremy Corbyn’s surprisingly good election defeat, his MPs who previously plotted to get rid of him have been queuing…
The government’s fragility is good news for Parliament
This first week back in Parliament has proved quite how fragile the government’s power is. It may be able to…
Theresa May will be feeling the heat at today’s PMQs
What a very different atmosphere the House of Commons Chamber will have today for its first PMQs since the election.…
While Theresa May retreats, the Tories must reform
It’s hardly a surprise that the Tories aren’t pushing ahead with plans for new grammar schools, and hardly a surprise…
The clamour for answers over Grenfell Tower is growing fast
Why is it taking the government so long to give even a ballpark figure of the number of people who…
Theresa May’s exhaustion makes more blunders inevitable
Theresa May’s body language on leaving the European Council summit last night shows quite how much of a toll the past…
A threadbare Queen’s Speech isn’t such a bad thing
Can you remember what was in this week’s Queen’s Speech? Boris Johnson couldn’t on the day it was unveiled, making…
Corbyn regains his confidence – but his Brexit troubles aren’t far away
Today’s exchanges between Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons following the Queen’s Speech showed how much difference confidence…
DUP pushes a hard bargain as talks with Tories stall
Tomorrow Theresa May will present a Queen’s Speech that doesn’t have the formal support of a majority of the House…
Will Theresa May become Brexit’s scapegoat?
Normally in the run-up to a Queen’s Speech, Westminster watchers wonder how radical the Prime Minister feels like being –…
Will the Tories’ new domestic abuse bill make any difference?
What can Theresa May put in the Queen’s Speech next week? The Prime Minister was always a cautious sort who…
Theresa May is failing to learn from Gordon Brown’s mistakes
One of the truisms that has emerged from this election is that maybe Gordon Brown was right to veer away…
It’s not Tim Farron who is illiberal: it’s society
Was Tim Farron’s resignation as Liberal Democrat leader inevitable? He seems to suggest so, saying in his striking resignation statement…
What next for Labour moderates?
Normally after an election, the leader of the party that came second comes to the first meeting of their parliamentary…
What is Labour’s policy on Brexit? We’re still no closer to knowing
What is Labour’s policy on Brexit? No one has ever really known the answer to this question, and it doesn’t…
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