The Tories are playing a dangerous game with the Bank of England
A financial crisis is coming and Liz Truss has the air of a gambler who bets the lot at the…
ByTory leadership election
When will Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak get real about the NHS?
The health service is still in crisis, but the Tory leadership candidates seem more interested in eroding the NHS’s “free…
By
What Liz Truss doesn’t get about “graft”
Low productivity is nothing to do with British workers being lazy.
By
Liz Truss’s aide provides some entry-level media training
Your weekly dose of gossip from around Westminster.
By
Why Britain’s decline resembles the fall of Rome
Under craven, venal, populist leaders, countries can lose their way frighteningly fast. Just ask the Romans.
By
The Tory party has been infected by a purist brainworm
This summer’s leadership contest has taken place in a parallel ideological universe.
By
Inside the Tory grassroots: what do members really want?
In Beaconsfield, one of the largest Conservative associations in the country, activists are frustrated and fearful of defeat.
By
Liz Truss says that an economic recession “is not inevitable”
The Foreign Secretary has suggested that the fiscal downturn could be averted with her planned tax cuts.
By
What Tory leadership candidate would dare make David Cameron’s pitch today?
Revisiting the former prime minister’s original message in 2005 shows how much the Tories have changed for the worse.
By
Liz Truss is weak on policy – but she’s winning anyway
With every hustings, the Foreign Secretary’s performance has become more relaxed and assured.
By
Liz Truss is channelling Boris Johnson, not Margaret Thatcher
The Tory frontrunner’s U-turn over public sector pay shows an affinity for post-truth politics.
By
Liz Truss still appears unstoppable despite her embarrassing U-turn on pay
A new poll has given the Foreign Secretary a 34-point lead, leaving Rishi Sunak with little time to close the…
By
Liz Truss’s public sector pay U-turn is a warning to her – and to the Conservatives
The Tory front-runner’s embarrassing retreat shows the danger of fixating on tax cuts and shrinking the state.
By
Liz Truss dismisses Nicola Sturgeon at her peril
If the Tory frontrunner wants the Union to survive she should seek to charm Scotland – not offend it.
By
Rishi Sunak’s rightwards dash has destroyed what reputation he had left
The former chancellor could have fought an honourable campaign. Instead he’s led an illiberal arms race.
By
Truss and Sunak’s lurch to the right jeopardises 2019 coalition
The voters that gave the Tories their majority want levelling up, not tax cuts.
By
Sunak’s tax cut pledge is a desperate attempt to keep up with Liz Truss
The more the former chancellor moves into Truss’s space on tax cuts, the more credibility he loses.
By
Who are the mystery Conservative members taking back control?
Until recently, not even the Tory party knew who its members were. Now they’re picking the next prime minister. Again.
By
The best solution to the energy crisis is to literally hand out money
Why are we more scared of unfair gains than unfair losses?
By
Three vital numbers are missing from the Tory leadership contest
As Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss battle over tax cuts and earring prices, the NHS is collapsing.
By