Matt Withers
05 February 2025
PMQs Review: Whatever happened to the Conservative Party?
The natural party of government is fast becoming an irrelevance at prime minister's questions
Read the full article31 January 2025
The 50 most batsh*t quotes of Brexit
Five years on, the story of a national disaster in the words of those responsible (and Mr Blobby)
Read the full article29 January 2025
Kemi Badenoch is bad at PMQs. Again
While her choice of topics has narrowed, her inability to land blows on a PM with a current approval rating of -42 is mindblowing
Read the full article15 January 2025
Badenoch asks about Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Conservative leader's great gift to the prime minister is the inability to choose a topic and focus on it
Read the full article08 January 2025
PMQs Review: Kemi Badenoch’s opportunism is shameless
The child grooming scandal, said the Tory leader, was one of the worst in British history. So why had she never mentioned it before?
Read the full article29 December 2024
On the hunt for Tony Blair in Kosovo
In Kosovo, there’s a statue to a former British PM, where he’s regarded as a hero. But if you want to see it, you need to take the bus
Read the full article20 December 2024
Interview: Stella Creasy – ‘Brexit is a bad dream… but there’s no Bobby Ewing moment’
The chair of the Labour Movement for Europe explains why the group is not campaigning to rejoin the EU – but trying to salvage relations instead
Read the full article18 December 2024
The Commons laughs at Badenoch and Brexit
The Tories’ struggling leader fluffs her lines at prime minister’s questions once again
Read the full article11 December 2024
Kemi Badenoch is outstandingly bad at her job
With the prime minister pursuing a string of unpopular policies, the Tory leader used PMQs to focus on things Keir Starmer said years ago
Read the full article04 December 2024
Badenoch’s hypocrisy is exposed at PMQs
Keir Starmer parries attacks over Louise Haigh by reminding the Tory leader of her party’s reign of shame
Read the full article03 December 2024
The one big problem with Meet The Rees-Moggs
If the reality show is intended to revive his career, Jacob may end up being disappointed
Read the full article27 November 2024
Kemi Badenoch is floundering at PMQs
A misjudged call for the government’s resignation and a string of lame jokes made for another poor performance from the Tory leader
Read the full article20 November 2024
Alex Burghart’s 15 minutes of lame
Kemi Badenoch’s stand-in embarrasses himself at PMQs
Read the full article13 November 2024
PMQS: Shock and disbelief in the House of Commons
Westminster reacts in astonishment as Keir Starmer tells a joke and it is actually quite good
Read the full article06 November 2024
PMQs: Badenoch’s Trumpy debut
The new leader of the opposition had her first Commons joust with the PM today and scored a resounding diplomatic victory. Only trouble – it was against Britain
Read the full article30 October 2024
Sunak, a lame joke to the last
Cringeworthy quips and one decent punchline marked the former prime minister’s final PMQs
Read the full article23 October 2024
Goodbye Oliver Dowden... we’ve forgotten you already
Angela Rayner teased and then taunted her old sparring partner in his last big appearance as her shadow
Read the full article18 October 2024
Now Brexit is coming for your Christmas tree
UK consumers may face a limited supply of Christmas trees this year, with Brexit-related challenges casting uncertainty over their import
Read the full article16 October 2024
PMQs Review: Sunak lets Starmer off the hook
A series of questions on China gave the PM much-needed breathing space
Read the full article16 October 2024
The dinosaurs roar at Thomas Tuchel
The England football team’s new coach is German - and for some that outweighs his winning record and a real coup by the FA
Read the full article13 September 2024
Brexit denies a coach a dream move, and English football is the poorer for it
Stockport County’s Andy Mangan was set to move to Real Madrid. But then Brexit intervened
Read the full article11 September 2024
PMQs Review: A black hole special
Starmer has a new tune and he’s not afraid to sing it, over and over again…
Read the full article04 September 2024
Starmer's honeymoon is over, after one and a fifth Liz Trusses
There were difficult questions today for the prime minister, even if Keir Starmer kept forgetting who that was
Read the full article24 July 2024
Serious, grown-up, boring politics is back
Keir Starmer slipped effortlessly into Prime Minister's Questions while Rishi Sunak is already a figure of pity
Read the full article21 June 2024
No, Mr Martin, Brexit isn’t working out well
A Times columnist thinks Britain's departure from the EU has been a success. His readers disagree
Read the full article14 June 2024
The public are ahead of the politicians on Brexit
Just a quarter of people think the UK should be outside the EU - but no party leader is talking about it
Read the full article04 June 2024
Welcome to leadership debate Bingo!
Print off your very own TNE leadership debate bingo card and join in the fun!
Read the full article22 May 2024
As election rumours swirl, a moment of calm is shattered
PMQs was unusually dignified - but Tory Danny Kruger didn’t get the memo
Read the full article15 May 2024
Sunak is hoist by his own lanyard
How did the PM respond to Labour and SNP jibes? With more lies, of course
Read the full article01 May 2024
How can you tell when Gullis is lying?
The Tories’ deputy chairman puts on a shameless display at PMQs
Read the full article27 April 2024
Tim Hetherington, the photographer who pulled at the threads of war
A new exhibition of Hetherington’s greatest photographs is not of guns and bombs – but of the men who use them
Read the full article24 April 2024
PMQs review: Bad stand-up for the stand-ins
Not even bringing Angela Rayner off the subs’ bench can liven up a dull session
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