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Nick Timothy is a Tory visionary – he deserves a second chance
I first met Nick Timothy in July 2015. He had just been appointed director of New Schools Network, the free…
Theresa May tells the Tories the election failure is her fault
Home Theresa May, the Prime Minister, spent the week confronting the consequences of the general election that she had called…
Nick Timothy: Where we went wrong
Nobody inside CCHQ was prepared for election night’s 10 p.m. exit poll. Lynton Crosby’s last text to me predicted that…
How the election was stacked against Labour for a change
Keep walking George Osborne called Theresa May a ‘dead woman walking’. The expression ‘dead man walking’ was called out by…
Theresa May has learned the hard way how much she needs the Conservatives
As if we needed reminding, this past week has shown that the Islamist threat is a truly global problem. In…
The righteous tone of recipients of state money has been noticeable lately
By the time you read this, the campaign will have drawn fractiously to its close, so here is a strong…
Why hasn't the Remain dog barked in this election?
The hopes of those who want Britain to stay in the EU have been dashed by this election. There has…
Is enough enough? Then let’s start deporting Muslim extremists
I divide my time between two constituencies, the first a rock-solid Conservative seat in the south-east of England, the other…
Theresa May has been diminished by this election campaign
There’s an expression used in football to describe an approach to the game that discounts the virtues of elegance, style,…
Theresa May’s campaign mistakes... and the hard lessons she must learn
On the eve of the US presidential election, experts at Princeton university decided that Donald Trump had a 1 per…
Well done Jeremy Corbyn, for being the least shrill person in politics
Enough of all these vital, apocalyptic, existential elections. They don’t half wear you out. The Scottish referendum was vital and…
No one is winning in this election campaign
There are no winners in this election
Islamist terrorist from Manchester murders 22 pop fans in his own city
Home Twenty-two people were killed and 59 wounded by a man who blew himself up, with a bomb containing metal…
Will Theresa May ever resist a backlash?
Elections matter. They are fundamental to our way of life. So, while it is appropriate that the campaigns stopped on…
This is the worst Tory election campaign ever
I am trying to remember if there was ever a worse Conservative election campaign than this current dog’s breakfast —…
The world loves our grammar school system – so why don’t we?
The world loves our grammar schools – why don’t we?
Fraternity, solidarity and the spirit of 1945
My father worked as a fire warden during the Blitz, trying to contain the damage done by the Luftwaffe, and…
Theresa May take note: Aristotle knew power lies with the middle classes
The Labour party’s tagline for the forthcoming general election is: ‘For the many, not the few.’ Aristotle, who understood this…
For the Tories to be the party of workers, they must be the party of jobs
‘Exclusive invitation: I want to hear from you, Charles’, it said in my inbox. Theresa May wanted me to take…
Theresa May is dead right to want to rescind the fox-hunting ban
Though I don’t think much of Theresa May’s paternalistic soft-left politics, I do like her no-nonsense style. That Q&A she…
Red Theresa’s manifesto
The Prime Minister’s election strategy is to discard ideology
Middle May: How the Prime Minister is discovering a new centre ground
How the Prime Minister can find a new centre ground
The NHS is dying and only Theresa May can save it
The NHS is collapsing. Theresa May has a unique opportunity to save it
The Conservatives are being dragged leftwards
It would be easy to dismiss Jeremy Corbyn’s launch of the Labour party’s election campaign this week on the grounds…
Tories win sweeping victories in local elections
Home After spectacular local election results, Theresa May, the Prime Minister, said: ‘I’m taking nothing for granted over the next…
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