The dangers of playing politics

Being a British Government Minister is an odd job. Ministers have to govern a maddeningly diverse nation of sixty-five million people, and govern well, or one of the hundreds of people behind them in the House of Commons will gleefully take their job. At the same time...

Is it time for a PMQ rethink?

When do you expect the UK will regain its triple A credit rating? That was the question put to Prime Minister David Cameron by a newly elected Labour MP during Prime Minister’s Questions last week. But if the Prime Minister knew the answer, he wasn’t in the mood to...

Give the Eurosceptics a seat at the table

Fascinating times we live in. One of these rare times when the EU is likely to get out of its wonkish bubble and make it to the mainstream in the UK. As the debate on ‘Brexit’ is picking up speed, it’s crucial that the so-called ‘pro-EU’...