Author Archives for Andy Silvester

In a further sign that the election polls are narrowing, a comprehensive poll conducted by YouGov suggested the expected Tory [...]

Winter sun, this ain’t. Trundling northwards through the Cairngorms towards Inverness, you could be forgiven for thinking you were travelling [...]

In an unconventional move for a frontline politician at election time, Boris Johnson yesterday offered an honest and reasonably clear [...]

There has been much discussion of the Tories’ planned Aussie-style points-based immigration system in this election. The Conservatives present the [...]

Education, education, education. Brits of a certain vintage will remember those three words, underpinning the foundations of New Labour’s message [...]

Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy” is a quote that adorns tourist-tat t-shirts and bar [...]

Appointments to top regulatory jobs do not necessarily set the pulse of the nation racing, but the installation of Samantha [...]

Compared to Labour’s manifesto, which offered everything to everyone, yesterday’s Tory manifesto launch felt almost ascetic. Much of what was [...]

In 2004, the US chat show host Oprah Winfrey gave away a brand new car to each member of her [...]

Tax cuts — remember them? So far, this has not been an election campaign to warm the hearts of those [...]

Pollsters at election time are a funny breed. Like Father Christmas, they drop nuggets of data into the hands of [...]

Pollsters and Westminster strategists were split this afternoon over the impact of Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage’s decision not to [...]

Labour Deputy Leader and West Bromwich East MP Tom Watson will not be standing for re-election in the 12 December [...]

For an outfit founded on the principle of bringing friends together, Facebook has cut a lonely figure in recent years. [...]