What do the Tory abstentions mean for Boris?
Boris Johnson has got his social care payment plan past the Commons, but there were a fair number of Tory abstentions, who still have a philosophical issue with this policy. Also with vaccine passport...
9 Sep 202114min
How is Boris keeping the Tories so unified?
In the first session of PMQ's completely Covid restriction free, Keir Starmer proved that the Prime Minster wouldn't commit to definitely getting rid of the NHS waiting list within three years or the ...
8 Sep 202112min
Will a broken manifesto promise to fund social care pay off?
Boris Johnson admitted in the House of Commons today that he is breaking the manifesto promise of not raising taxes in order to get rid of the NHS waiting list and fund social care, but will this move...
7 Sep 202111min
Are the Conservatives still a low tax party?
With the vaccine secretary Nadhim Zahawi declaring on the radio that the Conservatives were a 'party of fair taxation', could the government be looking at rebellion from its right with its new plans f...
6 Sep 202111min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 05/09/21
Isabel Hardman rounds up the highlights from Sunday's political shows, with today's podcasts featuring Nadhim Zahawi, Lord Philip Hammond, Lisa Nandy, Gordon Brown and General Sir Nick Carter.Become a...
5 Sep 202112min
Are Britain and America drifting apart?
In a speech this week, Joe Biden said America will focus more on threats from Russia and China and less on foreign interventions. The US President signalled that his country would return to using 'ove...
4 Sep 202113min
Is Boris Johnson about to betray his manifesto?
Despite pledging not to raise taxes in the 2019 manifesto, rumours abound in Westminster that Boris Johnson is about to increase National Insurance in order to raise funding for healthcare and social ...
3 Sep 202115min
Why isn't No 10 stopping the Wallace-Raab war of words?
In an interview for the latest issue of The Spectator, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace hits back at Dominic Raab's suggestion that it was military intelligence which failed the British side when it come...
2 Sep 202114min
