The Covid Inquiry hopes to rebrand lockdown as a noble cause, led astray by guilty men. In this way it seeks to revive the moral case for restrictions, and, still more, the moral case for the civil service.
Former PM Boris Johnson is resigning as an MP after receiving a letter from the Privileges Committee informing him that it has found him guilty of misleading Parliament over the 'partygate' lockdown gatherings.
The problem with the WHO isn't that North Korea has a seat on its Executive Board. The problem is that democracies have suddenly decided they want it to dictate policy during self-declared emergencies.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak admitted immigration is "too high" as he faced a backlash over figures laying bare record numbers arriving in the country – 1.2 million total, 606,000 net in 2022.
Parliament is crumbling and in need of major renovation, says Laura Dodsworth. And it's not just the building.
Theresa May became Prime Minister in July 2016 and no rise to power has been as swift or unanimous. May did not have a policy but a personality – and it inaugurated a new era which we have not yet left.
It would have been helpful if some of the MPs attending last week’s parliamentary debate on the proposed pandemic treaty had read it. Then they would recognise that the WHO's new legal powers are not a 'conspiracy theory'.
In his new book, Matthew Goodwin shows he understands, in a way few academics do, that 'populism' is political opposition to a rapid decline in living standards.
Whether you support Dominic Raab or not probably reflects your prior politics, but even so, there is a clear problem now that 'bullying' is defined subjectively of allegations being weaponised, says Dan Hannan.
France’s current pension entitlements are unaffordable, yet young people have been duped into defending them while Macron's base consists of the people whose privileges he is axing. He is fighting a war without an army.
