Shortly after he became prime minister Tony Blair gave a speech to plutocrats in New York in which he said that it was his ambition to make ...

An intervention by deputy leader Lucy Powell makes it more certain that there will be no leadership challenge to Keir Starmer after what are...

Some recent polls have suggested a dip in support for Reform.   One swallow does not make a summer, but perhaps something is happening. Desp...

Why I am not surprised that 40 per cent of farmers say they would vote for Reform if an election was held tomorrow?   Owner occupier farmers...

I have decided that Finland is the country I will flee to and seek asylum if a Reform government is elected in the UK. One reason is that I ...

In a Christmas Eve u-turn the Labour Government has backed down on inheritance tax for farmers.  My estate will still attract 40 per cent, b...

As the year comes to a close, how is our fictitious South Borsetshire MP Guy Bland coping with the travails of the Labour Party?   Will he b...

The death of globalisation as an economic principle has been widely proclaimed given the reintroduction of tariffs as a political and econom...

The news that more people are now members of Reform rather than Labour reminded me that I should renew my search for a bolthole in the even...

In one of her recent diatribes, tin eared Liz Truss said that people were fed up with experts who were always wrong.  I wouldn't bother with...

For the avoidance of doubt Keir Starmer did not say that Reform's voters or leaders were racist, merely that some of its policies are. Proba...

I have been looking at recent local by-election results to see what they say about voter intentions, but I have to admit the picture is a ra...

It has been a puzzle to me why Labour MPs should bring down their own government.  Changing leader is another matter, although defenestratio...

I have known Professor Sir John Curtice since he was a DPhil student at Oxford so when he said on Friday in a long essay on the BBC website ...

We live in febrile times with talk of civil war and the Government imploding.  I saw the other day that three quarters of Labour MPs would l...

Liz Truss allegedly used a private jet to fly to Australia to secure a trade deal there.  She certainly got a good selfie and displayed the ...

The 19-year old leader of Warwickshire County Council strode confidently on to the steps of Shire Hall this week and predicted that the Cons...

This has been puzzling me and others for some time.  It's counter intuitive: Reform in office would defund the BBC regardless of how much of...

It's open season on London from right-wing commentators writing from exile in Dubai or filling the pages of the Spectator.    Even The Econo...

In May my great-granddaughter came from Spain to England for my wedding.  The concept of a great-grandfather was difficult for her to grasp,...

One of the unfortunate consequences of the restoration of winter fuel payments is that voters' faith in the magic money tree has been restor...

A rich individual or individuals buy a non-league club and declare their ambition to reach the EFL and then the Premier League. OK, it has w...

The House of Commons Library is known for its comprehensive and authoritative surveys of legislation and has issued one on the Football Gove...

A distinguished group of economists has written to the Financial Times advising against further spending cuts and any return to austerity:  ...

Under the CAP farmers received a 'basic payment' with larger scale farmers getting more.  How this was spent was only loosely constrained so...

A club's stadium or ground evokes powerful emotions among fans.   It is a special case of t opophilia , the love of place.  I know about tha...