Child climate change protestors aren’t truants, they’re traumatised
Earlier this week I wrote a blog here accusing children who were planning to take part in today’s Youth4Climate march…
David Cameron has helped Theresa May – even if he didn’t mean to
David Cameron has been widely blamed for the Conservatives’ current predicament, but in one sense he has saved the party…
What is the student ‘strike’ against climate change trying to achieve?
Forty years ago, I occasionally succeeded in skipping school for climate-related reasons – namely because my village was under deep…
Is there any point listening to the Bank of England’s growth forecasts?
The Bank of England today downgraded its forecast for UK GDP growth in 2019 from 1.7 per cent (a forecast…
The Asda equal pay ruling that could wreck the UK’s labour market
I don’t know what it is like to work as a checkout assistant in Asda, still less in an Asda…
Does the Left want us to return to the pre-industrial age?
However misguided their ideas, until recently it was safe to assume that those on the Left did at least want…
The new mood of Question Time audiences reflects the changing Brexit debate
Earthquakes in public opinion do not happen often, and when they do they can catch commentators unawares. But if you…
Is Dyson’s Singapore move anything to do with Brexit?
Brexit has become the inverse of a pair of rose-tinted spectacles. It is the lens through which all negative economic…
Brexiteers may have blown their big chance, but Remainers have done far worse
Have Leavers just blown their best chance of Brexit in a subconscious sort of way, because deep down, they never…
Brexiteers owe Dominic Grieve and Gina Miller a debt of gratitude
If, as seems inevitable, the Commons votes to reject Theresa May’s Brexit deal later today – thereby sparing Britain from…
The forgotten voters who might win the next election for Corbyn
Before Brexit: The Uncivil War is allowed to drift off into the ether, there is an important point which needs…
Will Brexit really hit house prices?
On any other day of the week the Guardian is – with some justification – complaining about a housing crisis,…
The good news about Britain’s economy you might not have heard
Britain is, of course, in a Brexit-driven recession of its own making, while other EU countries are powering on ahead…
Returning migrants to France is the most humane option
Last week the government awarded a £13.8 million contract to operate a new ferry service between Ramsgate and Northern France…
Why MPs should not stop legal aid reform
There is never more excitement on the Left than when a Tory MP recants and concludes that his heartless party…
The feeble response to the Gatwick drone will encourage others to cause havoc
Gatwick Airport has been brought to its knees by a bunch of drones – not so much the flying variety…
The EU’s no-deal preparations make it clear: they want to make Britain suffer
When Boris Johnson was foreign secretary, he was admonished for accusing the EU of wanting to administer ‘punishment beatings’ to…
The reason Corbyn is afraid of a general election
There is at least one person in Britain who would beat Theresa May in a contest to see how far…
The simple solution to Theresa May’s Brexit dilemma
For once, I think Jean Claude-Juncker might have a point. “Nebulous” was a pretty good description of Theresa May’s mission…
Is business really that bothered by the prospect of May’s departure?
The world of business is, apparently, appalled by the actions of the 48 or more Conservative MPs who have triggered…
May’s delay has made a leadership challenge more likely
How painfully clear it is what happens next. Theresa May returns from her European travels with some kind of non…
The ECJ Brexit ruling hands power back to Britain
The “People’s Vote” is celebrating the judgement by the European Court of Justice that Britain could unilaterally revoke Article 50…
The ‘People’s Vote’ campaign’s latest struggle with the truth
Given how Remainers have lost no opportunity to accuse the official Leave campaign of telling porkies about how much money…
Are we heading for a recession? If so, don’t just blame Brexit
So will those Remainers seemingly hoping for a Brexit-related recession get what they want after all? This morning Purchasing Managers’…
The Article 50 ruling is good news for Remainers – and hard Brexiteers
How Remainers are feasting on the ruling (although not final judgement) from the European Court of Justice suggesting that Britain…
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