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Suella Braverman probably has a perfectly reasonable explanation for why, having been done for speeding, she asked her civil service staff to see if they could arrange a private one-on-one speed awareness course for her, so that no one would know about it. I say merely probably, not definitely, because while standing at the despatch
The Tory Party knows it is sinking. You can tell not only because so many of them have already got their eye on the soon to be vacant captain’s job, but also because they reckon they can get it by driving into the iceberg again, but this time even harder. For some reason, the Conservative Party is having not one but two fully deranged
Fearless champion of democracy Nigel Farage spent almost four full decades fighting his breathtakingly successful campaign against the “anti-democratic” European Union. If he believes in anything at all, it’s surely democracy.
In the race to win the 2024 election, the gloves are off. The only slight problem is that, having taken his gloves off, Rishi Sunak is now punching himself in the face. Both parties have now made it very clear indeed that they are going to fight as dirty as they possibly can, and on the evidence of Prime Minister’s Questions, it seems Sunak doesn’t especially care if fighting dirty is going to require extreme acts of self-mutilation. He clearly knew what was coming – that Keir Starmer would be continuing his current campaign, which is to try to get it to stick that the Conservative Party is soft on crime. It’s a commendable tactic.
A pity, really, that there was no fly on the wall inside the home office meeting where it was decided that the way to deter people from risking their lives by boarding overcrowded and dangerous small boats would be to threaten them with free private accommodation upon a very large boat, safely moored up in one of the most
Ah, the referendum. The tool of populists down the ages. Can’t face the complexities of detailed policymaking? Then just boil it all down to a very simple question, a blunt instrument, ask the people, and then use their verdict as a club through which to smash up whatever problem it was that was getting on your nerves. David Cameron used
In the modern world, when conflicts turn hot, they also turn complicated. When one country invades another, it is not uncommon for it to end up with less, not more, than when it started. Not that long ago, capitalism and communism were engaged in what really should have been a straightforward existential struggle,
It is rare for global leaders to be photographed standing near nuclear fusion reactors, because they know that the metaphors will write themselves. Whoever made the decision to have Rishi Sunak and Grant Shapps head off to Oxfordshire and announce their plans for net zero in front of humanity’s longest-running
The very best satire has a remarkable knack for changing absolutely nothing. Harry and Meghan were made to look so perfectly absurd by South Park’s “Worldwide Privacy Tour” episode that the California-based campaigners have evidently concluded that they have been left with little choice but to carry on
The latest rumours on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list are not clear as to whether he has offered a mere knighthood or a full blown peerage to his own dad, which is bad news for anyone struggling to decide whether to just have a quiet little cry in a corner somewhere or pack up and leave this increasingly ridiculous country
Peck is The Independent's Political Sketch Writer.
