Opinion
Gareth Morgan: What to watch out for in the race to replace Carwyn Jones
24 April 2018
I moved to London from Wales around 15 years ago and soon after my arrival I grasped that no-one “...
George Pascoe-Watson: The PM is preparing for yet another bruising encounter
20 April 2018
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You’d be forgiven for thinking the Prime Minister had endured enough bruising...
Tom Clarkson: Three reasons why Leave voters still won't switch sides
11 April 2018
Nearly two years since the EU Referendum, no one feels like they’re winning from Brexit. That’s one...
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Kevin Maguire: What next for Momentum, the fifth largest force in UK politics?
6 April 2018
Fewer MPs for Labour can mean more for Jeremy Corbyn when the leader's office sniffs an opportunity...
James Millar: Here's how a new centrist party happens
27 March 2018
As Roy Castle did not sing at the end of each episode of Record Breakers: “Deselection, that’s what...
James Frayne: Calling political opponents crazy is a risky business
23 March 2018
How can No 10 and government departments better anticipate political risk? It’s a question rarely...
George Pascoe-Watson: Team May are looking beyond the local elections - to 2022
16 March 2018
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In Theresa May’s rear view mirror she can still see the smouldering wreckage...
Deborah Mattinson: Can cautious Philip Hammond cut through with voters?
14 March 2018
The polls have been stubbornly fixed at neck and neck for months now with neither party seeming...
Jon Craig: The poison at the heart of the latest Tory leadership audition
9 March 2018
All this week, Westminster has been gripped by a tale of mystery, intrigue and - potentially - foul...
Steve Richards: Theresa May is trapped - and even she must now know it
28 February 2018
Most prime ministers arrive in Number Ten with a set of assumptions that will bring about their...
Simon Lancaster: Why Donald Trump resembles a Hitler tribute act
26 February 2018
Every ageing rock ‘n’ roll star has a guaranteed roof-raiser, their biggest hit, a song they simply...
James Frayne: Politicians are missing a trick by playing safe on Brexit
23 February 2018
How long until one of the political parties stands on a genuinely post-EU platform? I ask, because...
David Singleton: David Davis' 'Mad Max' speech was a double whammy PR disaster
21 February 2018
In a crowded field, one of the worst adverts to air on British TV recently could well be the latest...
Ben Geiger: Improving welfare tests should not be beyond the wit of ministers
20 February 2018
Ironically, sometimes it is a policy’s failures rather than successes that make it difficult to...
Owen Meredith: Tories need more than rhetoric if we really want a ‘global Britain’
16 February 2018
This week we’ve heard from the Foreign Secretary about the importance of building an outward-...
Lucy Morrell: What’s behind the pessimism over our political leaders?
14 February 2018
The mood of the nation is bleak. Ongoing Brexit uncertainty, rising levels of concern about housing...
George Pascoe-Watson: Theresa May is about to embrace her inner robot
25 January 2018
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It was Labour leader Harold Wilson who put science at the heart of Britain’s...
James Frayne: Esther McVey is the Tory minister to keep tabs on
22 January 2018
Why did the Conservatives send Esther McVey back to the Department for Work and Pensions as...
Kevin Maguire: New battle lines are emerging within Labour
17 January 2018
Largely overlooked as three Momentum activists this week triumphantly took their seats on Labour’s...
Lee Whitehill: How Corbyn could benefit from turning against Brexit
5 January 2018
At the end of last year MPs and commentators were left fuming about what had happened to David...
Gareth Morgan: The biggest change on the left in 2018 could be Unite's leadership
4 January 2018
Here is a question; Would Jeremy Corbyn be leader of the Labour party today if he hadn't had the...
Jon Craig: Theresa May’s team are right - 2017 really was quite a year
22 December 2017
Minutes before Parliament rose for Christmas, a member of Theresa May’s inner circle signed wearily...
James Frayne: Labour is competitive despite Jeremy Corbyn
21 December 2017
Over the last six months, I’ve conducted dozens of focus groups on a range of political and...
Simon Lancaster: A message to the Speaker - get your own House in order
20 December 2017
Twitter has announced that, in an attempt to ‘reduce the amount of abusive behaviour and hateful...