Patience Wheatcroft
21 October 2025
Nathan Gill: a scandal with no outrage
Russia bought themselves a senior member of the Reform party to do their bidding. He’s been found guilty – why does no one seem to care?
Read the full article15 October 2025
London, the city that scares Trump
Populists have some very strange ideas about London. The best way to get over their irrational fears is to pay the capital a visit
Read the full article03 October 2025
Michelle Mone: the embodiment of British corruption
She was appointed to the Lords by Cameron and used that position to profiteer during the Covid pandemic. How could this have happened?
Read the full article30 September 2025
A Reform merger would be extinction for the Tories
Farage is only interested in a reverse takeover. Kemi Badenoch must resist – and find a way to rouse her rabble
Read the full article20 September 2025
Andy Burnham eyes No 10
It would be difficult, though not impossible - but would he leave behind his political success in Manchester for the much choppier waters of Westminster?
Read the full article17 September 2025
When clever politicians turn stupid
Mandelson and Rayner seemed to be in total command, right up until the moment when it was revealed they’d done something unbelievably misguided
Read the full article08 September 2025
When a patriot becomes a nationalist
Where is the line and how do you know when someone has crossed it?
Read the full article01 September 2025
Rachel Reeves is not the answer
The chancellor lacks the calibre and clout to spell out Britain’s challenge - and the inevitable pain involved in fixing it
Read the full article23 August 2025
Bring on the United States of Europe
There’s only one way to stand up to superpowers such as the US and China, and to the authoritarian bullies like Putin
Read the full article09 August 2025
Labour have lost the moral high ground
The resignation of housing minister Rushanara Ali shows Starmer’s government mired in the same ethical scandal it once condemned
Read the full article06 August 2025
Britain, an unserious country with serious problems
The silly season is now permanent as UK politics is overwhelmed by the emotional, the irrational and the plain ridiculous
Read the full article01 August 2025
Britain isn’t working
Our parliamentary system is not fit for purpose. But what can we do about it?
Read the full article23 July 2025
Rachel Reeves’s very bad idea
The post-2008 financial rules are there for a very good reason. Taking them apart would give our Gordon Gekkos free rein
Read the full article15 July 2025
Inquiries don’t work
Victims do not get their compensation, quick action to fix obvious problems is impossible and the guilty escape the blame. And yet the inquiries drag on…
Read the full article09 July 2025
The government that tells it like it isn’t
It’s becoming increasingly difficult for politicians to tell voters things they do not want to hear. But deceiving the electorate is a very bad idea
Read the full article01 July 2025
Does anyone want to buy the Daily Telegraph?
The paper drifts on in a state of limbo, becoming ever more right wing – but is a secret dose of foreign money coming its way?
Read the full article24 June 2025
Risk and reward: Starmer’s tightrope act
The prime minister needs to retain a strong relationship with Donald Trump’s America – but not any price
Read the full article18 June 2025
The rise of influencer journalism
In today’s crowded media landscape, outlets are increasingly conscious of the need to build their brand – as are the individuals who work for them
Read the full article11 June 2025
Labour’s weird gift for alienating everyone
From pensioners to pop stars, the government’s misfiring messages are uniting Britain in frustration
Read the full article05 June 2025
WTF WFH: It’s time to get back to the office
Huge numbers of people are discovering that working from home isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Read the full article28 May 2025
Labour’s prison plan: reform or retreat?
The prime minister’s reforms are crucial to achieving a more humane prison system. But, they’re only the start
Read the full article16 May 2025
The flawed Assisted Dying bill still deserves to succeed
Scaremongering and clumsy amendments should not stall the cause of helping the terminally ill to die with dignity
Read the full article07 May 2025
This is the wrong way to mark VE Day
Late pub opening hours and face painting feel crass and nationalistic
Read the full article07 May 2025
Rachel Reeves may have to U-turn on non-doms
The average taxpayer will have little sympathy, but evidence suggests Labour’s hard line could damage its growth ambitions
Read the full article30 April 2025
The slow death of local news
Proper reporting is fading out as papers shrink or fold. Who will hold the powerful to account?
Read the full article23 April 2025
Why Tory donors are kebabbing Badenoch
With the local elections just days away, the Conservatives simply do not look like a promising investment
Read the full article09 April 2025
Sweat, the play Donald Trump should watch
How did Trump secure a second term? Why has he started a tariff war? The 2017 winner of the Pulitzer prize for drama offers an explanation
Read the full article02 April 2025
The chancellor’s dodgy forecasts
Rachel Reeves was insistent that she would only have one major budget-type event every year but circumstances have forced her to abandon that pledge
Read the full article24 March 2025
Rachel Reeves’s greatest failure
Does the chancellor really think the same as Boris Johnson?
Read the full article19 March 2025
The government’s case for cuts
Wes Streeting has taken a scythe to the nation's health services. Will it work?
Read the full article12 March 2025
Don’t cut welfare. Raise taxes on the richest
If ever there was an opportunity – and a need – for a government to say that it needed to raise more cash from taxpayers, this is it
Read the full article05 March 2025
The Tories lurch towards the extreme
Kemi Badenoch doesn’t see Trump’s regime as authoritarian – she sees it as the Conservatives’ blueprint for power
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