The runners and riders to replace under-fire City minister Tulip Siddiq January 10, 2025 Downing Street is reportedly weighing up a number of potential candidates to replace Tulip Siddiq as her position as City minister comes under increasing pressure. Siddiq, the niece of ousted Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Hasina, has been in the headlines since last month when she was named in an investigation into whether her Bangladeshi family embezzled [...]
A New Year’s resolution for government: Stop setting targets January 9, 2025 From HS2 to Net Zero, governments have a habit of setting ambitious long-term goals and failing to deliver. Instead of targets, we need long-term plans to fix the nation’s problems, says John Oxley The New Year almost always brings with it talk of resolutions, intentions and targets. This is true of governments too . In [...]
Five predictions for British politics in 2025 January 1, 2025 Eliot Wilson looks into his crystal ball to predict five things that will happen in the coming year There is an old Danish proverb, often misattributed to the New York Yankees’ legendary catcher Yogi Berra, that it is hard to make predictions, especially about the future. In politics, it can be high risk and high [...]
Mikheil Kavelashvili: The Man City forward who is now the disputed president of Georgia December 30, 2024 When most footballers conclude their playing careers they tend to go into management, punditry or business. But not Mikheil Kavelashvili. The former Manchester City striker has this week been sworn in as president of Georgia. He was the only candidate on the ballot and his election has been disputed following controversial wider elections and protests [...]
Badenoch accuses Farage of ‘fakery’ over Reform membership figures December 27, 2024 Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has accused Nigel Farage of “fakery” over Reform UK membership numbers, after his party claimed they had surpassed the Tories in signed-up members. Mrs Badenoch said Reform’s counter was “coded to tick up automatically”, but Mr Farage said he would “gladly invite” a firm to “audit our membership numbers” as long [...]
Faith has a place in politics December 24, 2024 Many political arguments are about values and religion lies at the heart of many moral arguments – whether we realise it or not, says Bartek Staniszewski “May they never lead the nation wrongly through love of power,” prays the Speaker’s Chaplain – with questionable efficacy – as the House of Commons begins to sit each [...]
Property tycoon Nick Candy defects to Reform from Conservatives December 10, 2024 Property tycoon Nick Candy has defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK in a boost for the insurgent party. The former Tory donor, who is married to pop star and ex-Neighbours actor Holly Valance, told The Sun that there has been “too many broken promises and a complete breach of trust with the wealth creators [...]
Can CEOs learn from politicians and should they? December 6, 2024 The author of James Cleverly’s award-winning Tory leadership speech on what politicians do differently to the c-suite Can business leaders learn from political leaders? Should they? I say yes, and yes. But who am I? I have coached both types of leaders for years: business leaders in 17 PLCs, multiple smaller businesses, and startups, over [...]
Assisted Dying: MPs narrowly vote in favour of controversial Bill – what next? November 29, 2024 The gates have opened for the Assisted Dying Bill today after MPs voted 330 to 275, majority 55, to approve a second reading of the controversial Bill
Who will be Labour’s next John Prescott? November 25, 2024 He couldn’t have been more different to Tony Blair, yet John Prescott ended up being our longest serving deputy prime minister. But is there a talent like him in Starmer’s cabinet? Asks William Atkinson As well as having a decent right hook, the late John Prescott was our longest-serving deputy prime minister (DPM). The formal creation of the [...]