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It’s almost as if someone in Whitehall has been leaning on the fast forward button. This government has gone through several life-cycles rapidly: from sunny euphoria to teething problems and aggro, to less than amicable separation, and all…
It is probably time to worry when they start laughing at you. The developing world of social media is a pretty raw place. But when David Cameron’s Twitter feed posted a picture of him apparently talking ever so earnestly on the phone to…
You might have thought that, at a moment of growing international tension, a sudden and unexpected endorsement from a former foreign secretary would be welcomed by many in the Labour party. But since the ex foreign secretary in question is…
Things could be about to get tricky for fans of yobbery and public school twittishness. The Speaker, John Bercow, has made his displeasure about behaviour during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) known to the party leaders, and at least one…
I once saw Lynton Crosby having lunch in one of Westminster’s smartest eateries with the editor of a prominent publication. They seemed to be enjoying each other’s company a lot. But that’s what people tell you about the Aussie “maestro”…
“My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs, my values are my anchor, and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will…
What about those Liberal Democrats, eh? (This is, I realise, a high-risk start to a piece, but please give me a couple more minutes.) Yesterday we learned that David Laws is furious – FURIOUS! – with Michael Gove for the way that Baroness…
The Iraq Inquiry, headed by Sir John Chilcot, held its final public session almost exactly three years ago. The report, all 1,000,000+ words of it, is written and ready to be published. It has been for some time. All that remains is for…
“Nobody knows anything.” This was screenwriter William Goldman’s considered view on the collective wisdom of entertainment industry executives. But I sometimes think the phrase offers a useful guide to the collected punditry of Westminster…
In their private discussions politicians and their advisers must ask themselves a lot of questions – how to develop policies, how to sell them, and how to maintain party unity while doing so. But if they’re honest there’s probably a couple…
It could be a lingering fragment of festive goodwill – or maybe I’m just going soft – but there was a moment yesterday when I actually felt a bit sorry for David Cameron. There he was, suited and sitting up straight bright and early in the…
“In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan” begins one of my favourite carols. (An accurate forecast this December, as it’s turned out.) We can make this forecast as far as the political weather is concerned: the long, 17 month general…
