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Isabel Hardman

Isabel Hardman is assistant editor of The Spectator and edits the Coffee House blog. She also presents Radio 4’s Week in Westminster.

Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on Russia is bad for Parliament

Isabel Hardman 12 March 2018 20:58

Theresa May did a good job in uniting the House of Commons today, but someone who did an even better…

MPs avoid turning bullying Urgent Question into a campaign against Bercow

Isabel Hardman 12 March 2018 18:11

When she was moved to the Leader of the House position, it appeared as though Andrea Leadsom was being given…

Domestic abuse is undergoing the same revolution as mental health

Isabel Hardman 8 March 2018 13:04

Over the past ten years, mental health has gone from being one of those problems that no-one liked to talk…

How Theresa May had a surprisingly strong PMQs

Isabel Hardman 7 March 2018 13:47

Theresa May should have had a rather difficult Prime Minister’s Questions today. Jeremy Corbyn chose to lead on the visit…

Why opponents of the Thatcher statue are wasting their time

Isabel Hardman 6 March 2018 20:04

Why on earth would we want to put up a statue of Margaret Thatcher in Parliament Square? That’s the question…

How Theresa May’s reforming ministers are constrained

Isabel Hardman 5 March 2018 18:53

When Theresa May gave her big housing speech today, in front of a rather strange fake brick backdrop that made…

May tries to strike an optimistic tone on what Brexit can do for Britain

Isabel Hardman 2 March 2018 15:05

Despite the rather muted colours for the staging of her Road to Brexit speech, Theresa May tried to make her…

Labour’s slow running-down of the media

Isabel Hardman 27 February 2018 15:58

Yesterday, after Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on Brexit, he moved on from press questions about the substance of his policy change…

Rumour about May’s customs union stance excites Remainers

Isabel Hardman 26 February 2018 15:26

Could the Conservatives crash out of government in the next few months? That’s certainly a prospect that Theresa May’s allies…

Iain McNicol addresses the Labour party conference in Manchester. Picture: Getty.

Iain McNicol steps down as Labour General Secretary

Isabel Hardman 23 February 2018 19:52

Iain McNicol’s departure from the position of Labour General Secretary has been a very long time coming indeed. He wasn’t…

The Tories should run a mile from the Corbyn spy story

Isabel Hardman 23 February 2018 15:50

It’s fair to say that the Conservatives’ attempts to use the allegations about Jeremy Corbyn’s links with a Czechoslovakian spy…

Vince Cable asks: what’s the point of PMQs?

Isabel Hardman 22 February 2018 16:18

Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn's unenlightening exchanges have put off the Lib Dem leader

How Theresa May could demonstrate her commitment to tackling domestic abuse

Isabel Hardman 22 February 2018 13:43

Could domestic abuse be the latest policy area to fall foul of the government’s inability to get anything done? It…

Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘change is coming’ warning to the press is chilling

Isabel Hardman 20 February 2018 21:33

What a convenient inconvenience the row about Jeremy Corbyn’s links with a Czechoslovakian agent is for the Labour leader. While…

Even if councils did ban children from playing in parks, most of them wouldn’t notice

Isabel Hardman 20 February 2018 17:45

Poor old Wandsworth Council. After being pilloried in the weekend press for banning children from ever having fun outside ever…

Damian Green’s missed opportunity

Isabel Hardman 20 February 2018 16:58

Why should Damian Green have to apologise? The former First Secretary of State had an extremely awkward interview on the…

The Tories must beware steering leftwards onto the rocks

Isabel Hardman 19 February 2018 18:00

That the Tories are having to shift their policymaking far left even of the Milibandesque positions that Theresa May took…

Does Theresa May know what she’s getting herself into?

Isabel Hardman 19 February 2018 14:08

What does Theresa May want post-18 education to look like? The Prime Minister’s plans for tuition fees are getting the…

Damian Hinds reveals how constrained May is on domestic policy

Isabel Hardman 18 February 2018 17:24

Theresa May hasn’t had many opportunities to talk about domestic policy since the snap election. It’s probably fair to say,…

The Westminster harassment report could stop a repeat of the ugly side of #MeToo

Isabel Hardman 8 February 2018 18:05

There is clearly a will in Westminster to change the culture of sexual harassment that was so horribly exposed in…

Whose fault is the local government funding crisis?

Isabel Hardman 8 February 2018 14:59

Local government appears to be on its knees, and it’s not the usual suspects of authorities run by opposition parties…

The only people feeling the consequences of the Syrian conflict are the refugees

Isabel Hardman 6 February 2018 17:32

What will the consequences be for the latest chemical weapons attack in Syria? Currently everyone is accusing everyone else, but…

The great women vs men tug of war helps nobody

Isabel Hardman 6 February 2018 15:40

Today’s centenary of some women being given the right to vote seems to have bewildered a number of people. My…

Theresa May needs to rely on MPs from other parties in order to survive

Isabel Hardman 5 February 2018 15:09

Theresa May’s MPs are now constantly pressuring her to come up with a ‘vision’ of what she wants to do,…

Tory leadership crisis: where are the whips?

Isabel Hardman 31 January 2018 14:56

Despite having to answer questions about whether or not she is a ‘quitter’, Theresa May must be reasonably glad that…

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