Diary
Don't blame me for Windrush fiasco, says ex-home secretary Alan Johnson
20 April 2018
There are few things as reliable in life as a politician eagerly avoiding the blame for things...
Theresa May's interesting views on Home Office cock-ups revealed
19 April 2018
After an unfortunate incident earlier this month, nobody can deny that this week has been a good...
David Cameron does his version of 'je ne regrette rien' on Brexit
19 April 2018
As chancellor for three years in John Major's government, Norman Lamont is best known for telling a...
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Theresa May catches out 'loose bowling' Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs
18 April 2018
With the Windrush scandal beneath his sails, Jeremy Corbyn was the odds-on favourite to win Prime...
John Bercow shows his staying power (again) with epic chair stint
17 April 2018
As the Commons sat from 2.30pm to shortly before midnight on Monday, one man was a constant...
Home Office needs to get its act together, says the home secretary
16 April 2018
“This is a day of national shame,” thundered David Lammy in the Commons today.
Hitting out at...
Theresa May gets David Lammy and Jacob Rees Mogg agreeing for first time ever
16 April 2018
The government’s handling of the immigration nightmares being experienced by some Windrush-...
Enough is enough: Boris Johnson leads media charge on Syria strikes
15 April 2018
Government ministers were out in force over weekend to explain to government’s rationale for...
Tory modernisers get moving on 'middle way' campaigning think tank
13 April 2018
Theresa May’s former deputy policy chief at Number 10 has been appointed director of new Tory think...
Kate Osamor 'shoots the messenger' after interview causes controversy
13 April 2018
How to save your shadow cabinet job after you’ve been caught deviating from the official Labour...
Jeremy Corbyn parks the bus fares in latest bid for youth votes
12 April 2018
After all the talk of a ‘youthquake’ at the 2017 general election, Jeremy Corbyn’s appeal to young...
New centrist party taps up donors, spinners... and Euan Blair
11 April 2018
A few days after The Observer revealed plans for a new centrist political party, the quest to...
Another senior Labour MP uses colourful language to dismiss Labour policy
10 April 2018
Angela Rayner recently caused a stir when she described Labour’s economic plans for major...
Nigel Farage and other Brexiteers to be celebrated in new ‘Brexit Museum’
10 April 2018
As the second anniversary of the Brexit referendum approaches, Leave campaigners have outlined...
Home Office minister 'fronts up' as she is caught out on police numbers
9 April 2018
In Tory MP circles, Victoria Atkins is widely seen as a rising star and a cabinet minister of the...
John McDonnell leads Labour backlash against new centrist political party
9 April 2018
The parliamentary Labour party has been hit by a rare outbreak of unity – over plans for a new...
David Lammy unamused as 'policing has vanished' interview goes viral
6 April 2018
The news that the Metropolitan Police is now investigating more than 50 suspected murders this year...
Ruth Davidson refuses to rescue the Tories from their London nightmare
5 April 2018
“Mrs May’s already priced in a hammering across the country,” wrote TP columnist George Pascoe-...
John Woodcock hits back: I am not going to be bullied by silly people
4 April 2018
Labour MP John Woodcock has never been flavour of the month with the left of his party. But his...
The Beano accuses Jacob Rees-Mogg of infringing its intellectual property rights
4 April 2018
The Beano has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Jacob Rees-Mogg, ordering him to stop masquerading...
Prescott Junior stands down (again) as Dan Jarvis gets good news
3 April 2018
Dan Jarvis has won his battle to be allowed to stay on as an MP if he is elected as mayor of the...
Liberal centrists refuse to hail possible return of Miliband The Elder
3 April 2018
David Miliband is "still attracted to Britain" and could yet stage a dramatic political comeback, a...
Boris Johnson threatens Russia with lightsabers, or something
29 March 2018
Boris Johnson may pride himself on being erudite and witty but he fell short in a keynote speech...
Theresa May's Brexit tour brings her into contact with real people, with inevitable consequences
29 March 2018
Theresa May made a dash round the four nations of the UK today to highlight how Brexit would be...