The country’s Prime Minister is a classic cakeist – berating the EU on the one hand, but not seeking to leave on the other.
There was an old-fashioned outbreak of class war, and the Deputy Prime Minister found himself on the losing side.
Local pride in towns like Blyth is wounded at every turn by evidence of neglect, shoddiness and former greatness.
Part of the charm of the new Housing Secretary is that one never quite knows what he is going to do next.
A number of ministers tipped for removal in the reshuffle were nowhere to be seen.
His critics generally ignore the nation as it is, and keep their eyes fixed on the nation as it ought to be.
The Labour leader found, as did Howard, Cameron and May, that it is very difficult to control Johnson’s animal spirits.
This biography will be found invaluable by anyone seeking to work out what kind of a person the Labour Leader is.
While Prime Minister, he channelled National Lottery money into sport, thereby avoiding a repetition of Britain’s humiliation at the 1996 Games.
Leadership during the pandemic has involved, even more than usual, the strength to put up with uncertainty.
The yearning to render everything inoffensive has itself become offensive, for it leads to persistent self-censorship.
David Skelton catalogues the snobbish abuse heaped by progressive intellectuals on workers in neglected towns.
He was placed under no real pressure by the Leader of the Opposition, whose questions were far too long.