ALWYN TURNER on Liz Truss’s early days, featuring Cameron’s Cuties, the Turnip Taliban and Greenham Common. Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
2021 Politician of the Year (reincarnate)
If Ed Davey wants to continue to exorcise the ghost of one Jo from the Liberal Democrats he needs to keep channelling another. Continue reading
2021 Politician of the Year (dead)
It’s a return to boom and bust with the Demon Barber of Downing Street. Continue reading
‘We will go forward’: Starmer speaks!
So, what have we learned from Sir Keir Starmer and his new-look Labour Party? Continue reading
Those were the days, comrades
DAN ATKINSON remembers a golden age of political conferences, from stout to New Zealand pinot noir. Continue reading
‘Are they all Lefties?’
ALWYN TURNER remembers anti-American feeling in Britain in the aftermath of 9/11. Continue reading
Maggie’s little golden boy
Is Boris Johnson under threat from Rushi Sunak? PAUL SAFFER says the Chancellor should remember the fable of John Moore. Continue reading
Austin Mitchell: The MP for Lost Causes
DAN ATKINSON celebrates a Labour MP who repeatedly backed against the favourite and often won. Continue reading
‘Slowly masticating’: The words of Boris Johnson
Some quotes from the days when Boris Johnson was the court jester at the Palace of Westminster. Continue reading
Calling all cliches: Specific criminal offences
What do we want? More criminal offences! When do we want them? All the time! Continue reading
‘This idiot has no place in British public life’
ALWYN TURNER reflects on the language of Patrick Mercer, John Terry and the Devil’s Arse. Continue reading
Lies, damned lies & EU citizens
One of the key questions of the Brexit debate: How many foreign EU citizens live in Britain? Continue reading
Lion & Unicorn 