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Brexit and parliament: what just happened and why does it matter?
Brexit has proven to be the toughest foreign policy puzzle facing the UK today. It has divided the nation and, crucially, divided...


Parliament against the People
This past week (and the three years that preceded it) have graphically shown how remote and divorced from the lives of ordinary people...


Will He Or Won't He? The Prime Minister's speech as MPs threaten to seize control
As Parliament returns and MPs suggest that once again they may try to take control of the Government (and thus mounting their own coup),...


PM's suspension move decisive and intensely risky
If you follow politics and were lucky enough to have been enjoying a summer break, it's over. In the next few hours, after formal calls...


It Used To Be a Game in Bury and Bolton
Football is not to everybody's liking. Neither is Cricket. Both however, are the national games of Britain. For all the passion and...


The PM's statement on Biodiversity and Wildlife Habitat
I’d like to thank President Macron for an incredibly stylish and highly effective Summit that he’s just hosted for us here in Biarritz....


The Consequences of Carl Beech
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Home Secretary Priti Patel have caught the eye – and the ears – of many with their pronouncements on law...


Prime Minister opens first meeting of national policing board
The Prime Minister has today (31 July) opened the first meeting of the National Policing Board, which will drive forward the Government’s...
In a volatile political situation……
I have felt for a while that leave voters need to organise electorally, but not being a natural leader, I haven’t really felt qualified...


The EU's Forest Protection Initiative
The European Commission has adopted a comprehensive Communication setting out a new framework of actions to protect and restore the...
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