Category: Politics

How the factional tides turn — and how quickly. Just a short six months ago, the European Research Group (ERG) of eurosceptic, backbench Conservative MPs… Read More

Conservative “big beasts” are lining up behind Rishi Sunak ahead of a crunch vote this evening over his Rwanda bill, amid speculation that a series… Read More

The recently appointed illegal migration minister has urged Conservative MPs to back the Rwanda bill in a crunch vote this evening, admitting that if it… Read More

Let me introduce you to Noli. Aged 19, like thousands of other young people she’s thriving as a young adult, currently studying at university and… Read More

Prime minister Rishi Sunak is under pressure like never before and, lo, the Sundays were full of stories of intrigue and plotting in Conservative ranks… Read More

Rishi Sunak will today face the Covid inquiry for an eight-hour grilling, where he is expected to be questioned over his patronage of the controversial… Read More

Senior Conservatives urged their fellow MPs and party members over the weekend to cease talk of plotting against Rishi Sunak, with the under pressure PM… Read More

It is the essential Sunakian dilemma: go too far and alienate the Conservative Party’s moderate elements — the vast swathe of MPs who fell behind… Read More

The best way to lower migration is to wreck the economy, the sociologist Hein de Haas has often noted. This captures a fundamental trade-off for… Read More