Conservative Party

Ed Davey needs to do what Paddy Ashdown would have done – campaign to Rejoin. The Lib Dems’ vote in one-nation Tory constituencies will soar

Parents all across the country will be bursting with pride as they wave their children off to school with their new uniforms, stationery and industrial safety equipment

Fresh from a spat with Nadine Dorries, the chair of the Commons Committee on Standards says Westminster is on trial... but radical change isn’t quite his cup of tea

Some on the left will roll their eyes, but redefining patriotism is something Keir Starmer should do. I want to be proud of a forward-looking, multicultural country

As Rishi Sunak’s recent breach of the ministerial code seems to have gone unnoticed, I speculate on what the “prime miniature” may forget to declare next...

Jeremy Hunt is ready to cave in and reduce inheritance tax to keep grumbling Conservatives onside

Despite what Rishi Sunak says about falling inflation, there is more economic pain to come

The left keep losing at the ballot box because no one is prepared to take on the likes of Lee Anderson by fighting fire with fire

What to expect when the Conservatives embark on the next stage of their mission to turn the UK into a totalitarian, one-party police state

This scandal may have disappeared from the headlines, but it remains corrosive to public faith in British politics

The latest scandals and gossip from Westminster and Fleet Street

Sunak has given her a vote of confidence as criticism grows and a reshuffle looms

The former prime minister’s right-hand man was blamed for losing the 2017 election. So why is his stock rising?

While I’m up in that little bubble universe that is Edinburgh during the Festival Fringe (Underbelly, Bristo Square every day at 4pm, thanks for asking), I’ve come up with this rather pleasing little sitcom parody. Hope it – hey! – floats your boat…

Elevating Lee Anderson to deputy chairman and giving him carte blanche to stir up racism is a huge mistake by Rishi Sunak

A botched character assassination could be a source of embarrassment to the Conservatives and their friends in the media

Waiting lists, immigration, the economy… with this lot, it is always someone else's fault

The Tories are losing their loyalists and they’re running straight into Labour’s arms

Tory MP Tobias Ellwood says both his party and Labour are being dishonest over the disaster of Brexit

Rishi Sunak sees threatening to leave the European Convention on Human Rights as an opportunity to replay the old tunes. It is a mistake

The Conservative deputy chair has denied ever criticising MPs' second jobs, despite the evidence being there for all to see

Some 66% of party members think there isn’t a climate emergency at all

Instead, we have dumbed-down political and commercial interests masquerading as purveyors of news, lurching from one spasm to another

We stand badly in need of the spirit of Oppenheimer’s Los Alamos but modern populism recoils from intense strategic inquiries and policy formulation

The vicious electoral cycle has encouraged the government to falsely promise that they can deliver speedy gains without immediate pain

Only Keir Starmer or Rishi Sunak can be PM after the next election. If you want to see the back of the Conservatives you need to vote Labour

The owner of Twitter has taken one of the world’s most instantly recognisable brand names and replaced it with something utterly meaningless

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

Boris Johnson’s explanation as to why he failed to hand over his phone to the Covid inquiry is another example of how ‘forgetful’ he is...

As Labour left office in 2010, the NHS had the highest satisfaction ratings in its history. Today, ratings and morale could barely be lower

In an attempt to deter migrants, the government’s mission is to turn the country into an unwelcoming, collapsing, dystopian hellscape. Oh, wait...