Tory leadership: No deal struck between Johnson and Sunak in meeting October 23, 2022 Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have not agreed to a backroom deal to form a new government together, with the pair set to go head-to-head in the Tory leadership contest. It comes as Sunak officially launched his campaign this morning, tweeting that “there will be integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level of the government [...]
We must move on: Blow for Boris Johnson as leading Brexiteer Lord Frost backs Rishi Sunak October 22, 2022 Leading Brexiteer David Frost has put his support behind Rishi Sunak for the Tory leadership, claiming that the country must “move on.” Frost said the party must back a “capable leader”, pointing to Rishi Sunak, who was expected to announce his bid on Saturday afternoon. Lord Frost was a big player in negotiating the UK’s [...]
Chaos has made it easy for Labour, but there is an uphill battle to repair the damage October 21, 2022 The chaos of the past 44 days will force Starmer to set aside the schemes of socialists and the dreams of liberals, and instead do the work the Tories have ignored.
Britannia, Unchained from reality will be the ideological legacy of Liz Truss October 21, 2022 A month ago, just days into her premiership, I wrote that unless Liz Truss learnt to deliver a decent speech, she would be sunk. The prognosis was, it transpired, accurate. But my diagnosis was incomplete: her woeful speechmaking was just one of many political comorbidities. Her primary ailment was ideology. Liz Truss is an ideologue, [...]
It’s done: Liz Truss resigns as UK Prime Minister October 20, 2022 Liz Truss has announced her resignation as UK Prime Minister and will become this country’s shortest-ever serving leader. It comes after a sensational collapse of confidence in her premiership from within the Tory party, after her mini-Budget tanked financial markets, she sacked two senior cabinet ministers and she U-turned on her entire economic platform. Truss [...]
Is Truss helping or hindering her own pro-growth policies? October 20, 2022 One of the greater mysteries of the universe is why David Cameron is yet to delete a tweet from the run-up to the 2015 election: “Britain faces a simple and inescapable choice – stability and strong Government with me, or chaos with Ed Miliband.” The voters chose the former, but it is fair to say [...]
Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary over security breach October 19, 2022 Suella Braverman has become the second senior cabinet minister to be sacked from Liz Truss’ government in less than a week, with Grant Shapps appointed as her replacement. Braverman was asked to resign as home secretary this afternoon, first reported by The Guardian, after she sent an official Home Office document to a backbench MP [...]
Our public services will keep falling apart as long as our economy continues to stagnate October 19, 2022 The major issue in the UK and other European nations is a lack of economic growth. Liz Truss was correct to focus on a tonic for this, even if her plan fell flat.
No Brexit karma in Delhi: Whisky and visas increasingly complicate £27bn trade deal between UK and India October 18, 2022 The 24 October deadline set by Boris Johnson for finalising the UK–India trade deal will be missed after both parties have hit a roadblock in discussions. Although a detailed reason hasn’t been given by both sides, sticking points include a steep import duty on British whisky for sale in India, and demands for more visas for [...]
Eurostar cancels Paris-London services as strikes hit France October 18, 2022 Eurostar has cancelled trains between Paris and London as nation-wide strikes hit France. The train operator was forced to axe today’s 11.13am and 4.13pm services to London as well as the 1.31pm and 7.01pm trains to Paris, as thousands of French transport workers walked out in a dispute over pay. “Travellers booked on a cancelled [...]