Patience Wheatcroft
08 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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