Patience Wheatcroft
10 January 2024
The Tories might as well face it… they’re addicted to lies
Rishi Sunak has the same cavalier attitude towards the truth as his predecessor
Read the full article03 January 2024
Poll pacts, true Brexit facts, plus an end to strikes and Suella: my wishes for 2024
This year, parties on the left must stop competing against each other
Read the full article20 December 2023
Rishi Sunak’s government by fairytale
The belief that saying something instantly makes it a fact is a very dangerous tendency, but it seems to be a common affliction in politicians
Read the full article13 December 2023
On small boats and big friezes, Sunak burns Britain’s bridges
The prime minister’s lack of diplomacy and tact cost the UK global relationships
Read the full article06 December 2023
The next bitter Conservative split spells trouble for Sunak
If Sunak can’t be a credible leader for the Tories, then they will find someone who can
Read the full article29 November 2023
Dump the pomp and let us be a serious country
Our modern democracy demands – and deserves – more modern ways of functioning
Read the full article22 November 2023
Here’s how we should deal with asylum seekers: give them a job
The Home Office’s failure to process asylum applications speedily is incompetent and inhumane
Read the full article13 November 2023
Sunak braces for the revenge of hurricane Suella
The prime minister’s reshuffle has handed Braverman the leadership of a disgruntled and vocal right
Read the full article11 November 2023
Uncontrolled and unmanageable
That was Suella Braverman’s verdict on immigration - and it is now the verdict on a politician setting her sights on No.10
Read the full article08 November 2023
Westminster is broken. Here’s how to mend it
The public wants, and expects, government to solve its own problems but this government is not equipped to do so
Read the full article01 November 2023
We’re witnessing Westminster’s death of shame
The Covid Inquiry is uncovering the chaotic way the government handled the pandemic and gambled with the country’s future
Read the full article17 October 2023
When education is broken, why is Starmer making planning his top priority?
It’s hard to look at all the problems facing the UK today and conclude that the planning system is key to putting them right
Read the full article27 September 2023
Boris Johnson will haunt this Tory feast
If Johnson does decide to turn up in Manchester, it would stop Rishi Sunak's reboot in its tracks
Read the full article20 September 2023
Reform, reform, reform must be Labour’s mantra
The next government needs to eschew the embarrassing "world-beating" rhetoric and acknowledge that the UK must modernise
Read the full article05 September 2023
Britain’s next crisis is in its town halls
Local authorities need funding that the impoverished UK is unable to provide
Read the full article30 August 2023
Brexit and high-speed rail fails have made Britain a laughing stock
While the rest of Europe has an efficient rail service, the UK is only playing at it
Read the full article30 August 2023
The silent majority must be heard. We need to rejoin the EU
Brexit isn’t working – in fact, it’s causing long-term damage. Everyone knows it. How long can the opposition parties keep quiet?
Read the full article23 August 2023
Brexit is killing off the school trip. It’s costing millions and hurting children
The government has denied today’s youngsters the invaluable opportunities those exchanges afforded
Read the full article08 August 2023
Sunak’s shameful new strategy: stuffing our jails in the pursuit of votes
The UK's determination to lock people up has already created an overflowing prison system. The prime minister's plans will only make matters worse
Read the full article01 August 2023
The virus of short-termism is coursing through the Conservative bloodstream
The vicious electoral cycle has encouraged the government to falsely promise that they can deliver speedy gains without immediate pain
Read the full article25 July 2023
It’s time to take a leaf out of the Farage playbook and start shouting about Rejoin
Tiptoeing around the issue won't do the Rejoin movement any favours
Read the full article19 July 2023
Never mind Uxbridge. The Tory hate mob is still preparing for life after Sunak
It is not just the electorate that has had enough of Rishi Sunak – the vultures are circling around the prime minister from the right flank of his own party
Read the full article03 July 2023
The nightmare of Braverman’s dream
The home secretary's wish to see migrants sent to Rwanda is on hold. But the government’s cruel and crazy stance remains
Read the full article17 June 2023
The decline and fall of the Daily Telegraph
A profitable and once-respected newspaper has collapsed into family scandal and culture war extremism
Read the full article07 June 2023
Has Rishi Sunak given up?
His reluctance to turn over evidence to the Covid inquiry, and much else, shows a PM concerned with saving his legacy, not the UK
Read the full article01 May 2023
Britain needs an ambulance
The German media can see the damage Brexit has done, even if the Europhobes can’t
Read the full article01 April 2023
If Sunak wants to put Britain back on track, he must break with the Brexiteers
Pressing ahead with the Retained Laws Bill while staying out of science’s Horizon scheme is lunacy
Read the full article23 March 2023
Boris Johnson: An obituary
The damage Johnson has inflicted on the country is deep and it will be lasting
Read the full article24 February 2023
A failing government in a hurry
The race to remove European laws from the British statute book is happening for the worst of reasons
Read the full article15 October 2022
Truss went looking for buried treasure. Instead, she’s buried Britain
Confidence in the UK has been shattered and the country may not bounce back for years
Read the full article01 September 2022
Meet the new boss… same as the old dross
The heavy favourite to be Britain’s next PM gives no indication of having the answers to the country’s problems – chiefly on fairness of our society
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