The trouble with Greta Thunberg
In popular mythology Greta Thunberg is a one-girl revolution who has inspired millions of young people into action by being…
What David Attenborough’s climate change show didn’t tell you
Given the reception that awaited Richard Madeley when he ventured last week that David Attenborough is “not a saint, just…
Fretting over ‘land inequality’ is a waste of time
As if the nation is not already mired in enough scandal, now comes the revelation that half the land in…
Extinction Rebellion shouldn’t be given such an easy ride
Why is Extinction Rebellion being given such an easy ride? It isn’t hard to imagine the outrage which would rightly…
Theresa May’s Brexit compromise won’t work
So, finally, we have a spirit of compromise. Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May are going to sit down together and…
Why Matt Hancock is likely to be the next prime minister
As MP for the constituency which covers Newmarket, health secretary Matt Hancock will have met a few bookmakers in his…
The shame of Jacob Rees-Mogg
Until this morning Jacob Rees-Mogg had had a remarkable Brexit. From being an obscure backbencher he had risen, without any…
Has Leo Varadkar finally come clean on the Irish border?
Without the issue of the Irish backstop, it is reasonably safe to assume the UK would be leaving the EU…
John Bercow is right to block a third vote on May’s deal
I don’t know how religiously John Bercow reads Coffee House, but I am pleased that he has taken the advice…
John Bercow should block a third vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal
Not for the first time the Speaker of the House of Commons appears to hold the Brexit process in his…
The no-deal Brexit tariffs are nothing to be afraid of
What strange knots some tie themselves in over Brexit. The attitude of some of those opposed to Britain leaving the…
The choice voters must be given if there is a second referendum
Of all the possible outcomes on Brexit one stands out as more unpleasant, more outrageous, more guaranteed to provoke mass…
It would be a mistake for Tory rebels to back May’s Brexit deal
How unsophisticated can Theresa May get in her efforts to persuade MPs to back her crumbling Brexit deal? Earlier this…
It’s time for Mark Carney to come clean about Brexit
What wonderful powers that Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, possesses. At a stroke, he has just succeeded…
Whatever happened to the great Brexit property crash?
Whatever happened to the great Brexit property crash? The stock market has been pummelled on occasion since the referendum in…
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…
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