Will the DUP lose ground under Edwin Poots?
This week Edwin Poots was formally endorsed as the DUP's new leader, in a meeting which Arlene Foster, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson (Poots's rival in the leadership campaign) and other senior DUP politicians...
29 Maj 202111min
Will Hancock cling on?
Matt Hancock defended his position at a Downing Street press conference yesterday. He told journalists that, by his 'recollection of events', he told the Prime Minister that hospital patients would be...
28 Maj 202113min
Will Hancock hit back?
After the hanger full of Dom bombs that were dropped in yesterday's epic seven hour hearing, health secretary Matt Hancock got a sizeable chunk of Cummings wrath. Just how is Hancock going to proceed ...
27 Maj 202110min
What we learnt from the Cummings evidence
From accusing Matt Hancock of criminal incompetence, to lifting the lid on the true nature of his relationship with Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings's evidence was nothing short of explosive. Katy Ball...
26 Maj 202116min
How damaging is the Tory Islamophobia report?
Islamophobia 'remains a problem' in the Conservative party, a report has found. Professor Swaran Singh, who analysed more than a thousand complaints of misconduct for his investigation, said that some...
25 Maj 202110min
What will Dominic Cummings say?
When Dominic Cummings appears in front of a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, the former aide is expected to attack Whitehall's institutional structure, a lack of government transparency in the pa...
24 Maj 20219min
Isabel Hardman's Sunday Roundup - 23/05/21
Isabel Hardman hosts the highlights from Sunday's political shows. Featured today are Priti Patel, Nick Thomas-Symonds, Dr Jenny Harries, Andrew Morton and John McDonnell.Become a Spectator subscriber...
23 Maj 202113min
What could a reformed BBC look like?
Politicians have buttressed Prince William and Prince Harry's criticisms of the BBC in the wake of the Dyson report, which detailed Martin Bashir's forgeries to get access to Princess Diana, and the B...
22 Maj 202113min
