Boris’ Brexit speech – Right message, wrong messenger
Boris Johnson’s speech at Policy Exchange today marks the first of a series of government speeches on Brexit. The aim, presumably, is to present to the country the impression of…
Brexit analysis in a fact-free debate
Behind-the-scenes Brexit preparations continue to cause embarrassment for the government as news of a new, wholly negative Brexit analysis has leaked into the public domain. The analysis, leaked to BuzzFeed,…
Blair’s Brexit Gamble
Tony Blair today made one of his most explicit interventions into British politics since leaving political office in 2007. In an article entitled Brexit - What We Now Know written…
Brexit: Making progress or treading water?
More than eight months after May triggered the two year Article 50 withdrawal process, Brexit negotiations are worryingly static. The most complicated part of the process – negotiating a bespoke…
Scottish Labour Leadership Election
Party leadership elections are rarely edifying events for any involved. The combative nature of leadership elections pits erstwhile colleagues and friends against each other and exposes any party divisions that…
Philip Hammond’s fight for his political life
There is a palpable sense that the vultures are circling over the Conservative Chancellor, Philip Hammond. A committed remainer before the Brexit vote, Hammond holds the coveted role of Chancellor…
Housing policy at the 2017 party conferences
With young people’s political capital rising after turning out in large numbers to vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party, politicians are starting to put more emphasis on housing policy. This…
Conservative Party Conference: When it rains it pours
May delivered the most memorable speech of the Party Conference season by far, but for none of the right reasons. Plagued by an unshakeable cough, the Prime Minister struggled through…
Liberal Democrat Conference: A missed opportunity
At Liberal Democrat Party Conference, Vince Cable argued that the Liberal Democrats could be the party of Government and that it was his job, as Liberal Democrat leader, to be…