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Rishi Sunak accuses Keir Starmer of ‘slavishly supporting’ Just Stop Oil

The prime minister has accused Sir Keir Starmer of “slavishly supporting” Just Stop Oil ahead of an emergency summit with major sporting bodies and police which he and his home secretary Suella Braverman are set to attend.  The accusation, which came in an op-ed for The Sun newspaper,  » Read More

Week-in-Review: Rishi Sunak’s great slowdown offers Keir Starmer an opportunity

Tumbleweeds roll through Portcullis House. Crickets chirp in an empty commons chamber. Downing Street is a dustbowl of ideas as ministers twiddle their thumbs around the cabinet table. And where’s Rishi Sunak? Not at the despatch box for prime minister’s questions, that’s for sure. On Tuesday, the House of Commons adjourned at 5.46 pm,  » Read

Week-in-Review: Rishi Sunak’s economic credibility could soon be shot

Ronald Reagan once joked that the most terrifying words in the English language are: “I’m from the government and I’m here to help”. Yesterday Britain’s premier, faced with figures pointing to a deepening economic malaise, promised: “I am totally, 100%, on it and it’s going to be okay”. Reagan, like our PM a California-dweller,  » Read

Rishi Sunak has Suella Braverman right where he wants her

The Home Office under Rishi Sunak is a curious department.  Nominally, it is led by Suella Braverman, who appeared to have the brief surrendered to her during the October 2022 Conservative leadership contest. Of course, we are ignorant of the details of such a “deal” between Sunak and his soon-to-be home secretary,  » Read More

‘I will not rest until the boats are stopped’, Sunak vows in Channel crossings update

In a visit today to Dover, Kent, the prime minister provided an update to the country on his vow to “stop the boats”.  Rishi Sunak made the pledge at the start of the year and in today’s update, six months on, he was hoping to show voters and his MPs that he is making progress

Week-in-Review: Why Sunak’s migration showdown is more perilous than his predecessors’

In 2011, one year after winning office, David Cameron doubled down on his pledge to cut migration numbers to the tens of thousands: “Our borders will be under control and immigration will be at levels our country can manage. No ifs. No buts”.  It was classic Cameron speak: the firm commitment to an intractable problem

Braverman vs. the ‘Blob’ is a saga fraught with political pitfalls — for Rishi Sunak

After a brief sabbatical from scandals following the exit of Dominic Raab, Rishi Sunak’s government faces another round of probity questions courtesy of his home secretary’s conduct over a speeding fine.  Suella Braverman is accused of trying to swerve public ignominy by asking impartial civil servants to help arrange a private speed awareness course,  » Read

What the Conservative ‘right’ gets wrong about Rishi Sunak

After a rendition of God Save the King by Andrea Jenkyns — the opera-singing MP adorned with a Union flag-print fascinator, delegates to the inaugural conference of the Conservative Democratic Organisation were welcomed to Bournemouth on Saturday with a rousing if curious curtain-raiser: “Good morning real Conservatives!”.  This greeting,  » Read More

Week-in-Review: The anatomy of Theresa May’s ‘small boats’ intervention

The illegal migration bill cleared its final commons stage by 289 votes to 230 on Wednesday as an inter-Conservative party battle over amendments and the role of the European Court of Human Rights failed to materialise. The relative quiet of Wednesday’s vote reflects, in part, the number and breadth of concessions No 10 had made

After six months and a revival narrative established, have we reached ‘peak Sunak’?

Six months ago to the day, Rishi Sunak entered No 10 Downing Street as prime minister for the first time. Preceded by six weeks of exile following his bruising campaign defeat in the summer to Liz Truss, it is difficult to overstate how significant a political comeback this was. But as pensions funds teetered and

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