My confession. I am subject to an NDA but I feel no shame
- 27 Oct 2018
It is sad, if not tragic, to see the reputation of an able and decent man ripped to shreds by the press over a serious error of judgement. Oh, I am not talking about that greasy old tub of libidinous lard Philip Green. His tawdry excuse for a reputation sank without trace with...
It’s time that the Puritans read Thatcher’s Bruges speech and not just the spin. The ‘it’ that May must get on with is what made Thatcher a great negotiator. Compromise.
- 19 Oct 2018
Perhaps if politicians read less columnists and understood more history they could sleep easier in their beds and be happier in their own skins. Before Madame settles down for kip tonight she should be reassured by the words of John Major in his memoirs. “Was there something I...
Mother Courage has found her voice and will lead the Tories as long as the opinion polls show that she is the person to beat Corbyn
- 5 Oct 2018
What on earth happened to the shy, retiring, awkward, Theresa May? Was this a transformation or has the confident, slightly humorous one always been lurking there but has never been given a voice? I suspect the latter. I was in Number 10 a few weeks ago and met her for the fir...
To encourage the boycott of the Guardian is not just stupid it is a sinister and dangerous attack on the press and the freedom of speech
- 28 Sep 2018
Sometimes I am amazed at how naive I can be. I honestly thought that Johnson would tone down his sociopathic leadership ambitions until after the party conference. I had hoped that he saw the threat of a Corbyn government as a clear and present danger to our economy, our secur...
Titanium Teresa has been forged from the fires of Salzburg. The lady is not for burning.
- 22 Sep 2018
Yesterday was Teresa May’s moment. It was not something that was planned. It wasn’t a stunt. It wasn’t a strategy. It was raw visceral anger. For the very first time we the public had a glimpse of the real May. Not awkward. Not shy. Not reciting some sound bite like a funereal...
Tory party brokers must not allow there to be a conference within a conference. It’s time to talk tough
- 20 Sep 2018
People like me never thought that Donald Trump had a snowball’s chance in hell of being elected President of the United States. Why? Because we thought that the American people were better than that. People like me thought that Brexiteers had as much chance of winning the refe...
Never mind the blonde bombshells. The small but perfectly formed Alan Duncan is sharpening his enormous chopper. Boristas beware.
- 9 Sep 2018
“Look, any fool knows that all this fake news about Bozo has been dreamt up by that infamous gossip and muckraker the potty mouthed Theresa May. This poor guy has been wickedly maligned by the Number 10 rubbish machine. He may be a terrible old flirt, but come on…….would he pu...
Et Tu Nick Timothy. What a squalid little man
- 2 Sep 2018
I thought that it would relaxing to have a few weeks of not writing about Bozo. And it was. Now we have migrated from the silly season to the torrid headline season. This will go on way past the conference boreathons until we know what Brussels has to offer. And there is somet...
Boris is not Burka martyr he is just a cunning stunt. He must be disciplined or we are no better than Labour
- 10 Aug 2018
There is a great deal of miffery down in the snug at the Farage Arms. It’s bad enough having bloody (pardon my French) traitors trying to sabotage the will of the people, Johnny Frog sticking two fingers up to the British roaring lion, but this business with Boris really is th...
Moggites and Momentum have a lot in common. The deselection of a decent man like Frank Field is just the beginning
- 29 Jul 2018
I have known Frank Field since my election in 1983. I sat on his select committee and I regard him as a friend and one of the most decent and honourable people who have ever set foot in the House of Commons. He has done more for the underprivileged and the vulnerable than anyo...