The Tory party is in a death spiral over a policy it can’t deliver
Rishi Sunak now has a Home Secretary who has reportedly described the Rwanda policy as “bats**t” December 9, 2023 11:30 am ‘As soon as he became Prime Minister, Sunak found…
From Boris Johnson to Rishi Sunak, we are being misruled by very strange people
Britain continues to be misruled by a very strange collection of people (Photo: Mark Cuthbert/UK Press via Getty Images) This is Dispatches with Patrick Cockburn, a subscriber-only newsletter from i.…
A school lesson for Tory rebel MPs
Rishi Sunak was ill-advised to ever shackle himself to the Rwanda plan – a policy that had genuine symbolic value for people concerned about illegal immigration, but which was legally…
The Rwanda backlash has buried Boris Johnson’s most disturbing Covid evidence
‘Unfortunately Johnson’s tears seemed more crocodile than convincing,’ writes Paul Waugh (Photo: Hesther Ng/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) The timing was uncanny. At the exact moment that Rishi Sunak was…
Benjamin Zephaniah redefined what it means to be a literary great
Benjamin Zephaniah was a man whose presence could fill a room, whose laugh and smile could brighten even the darkest of days (Photo: Richard Ecclestone/Redferns) When the message came through…
Joey Barton’s sexist claims about female pundits is encouraging other men out of the shadows
‘He cannot be allowed to say something so actively damaging to women’s sport and continue to thrive,’ writes Rebecca Reid (Photo: Matthew Ashton/AMA/Getty Images) I started working as a journalist…
Farming won’t recover until Britain fixes its relationship with food
‘Despite the challenges, both economic and emotional, being a farmer, to me, is the best job in the world,’ writes Adam Henson (Photo: Cotswold Farm Park) Most people don’t think…
Endgame backlash shows how unwilling we are to confront racism
Exclusive The royal institution’s failure to protect its only family member of colour sends a clear message December 8, 2023 11:28 am The only publisher I worked directly with was…
How did Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree become as divisive as Brexit?
The Christmas message to take away is, get over it, it’s just a tree December 8, 2023 11:00 am ‘The gift from Norway is now as divisive as Leave/Remain,’ writes…
Patience in short supply in and out of Westminster
Rishi Sunak says his patience is wearing thin on illegal immigration. The problem is that the Conservative Party’s patience with him is also looking pretty threadbare. The Prime Minister wants…