Opinion: Chris Moncrieff says fireworks are still on the agenda after Budget
RARELY has Chancellor Philip Hammond been seen in such an upbeat and cheery way as he was when delivering his Budget this week.
OPINION: Is government falling apart?
No one can any longer be fooled by the claim that the Cabinet is totally and irrevocably united about the new Brexit blueprint, announced by the Prime Minister at the brainstorming Chequers meeting last Friday.
Is it time for Corbyn's critics to break away from Labour
IS THE Labour Party slowly but remorselessly losing faith in its leader Jeremy Corbyn? There never was a full-on love affair between leader and party.
Chris Moncrieff column: Theresa May managed to both win and lose an election
Theresa May achieved the seemingly impossible political feat on June 8: she both won and lost the General Election in a single go.
Chris Moncrieff column: May is a tougher nut to crack than Thatcher
THERESA MAY is being hailed as the Conservative Party’s new Margaret Thatcher.
Saturday Guest Column: Good luck trying to place a bet on this election
A Conservative landslide on June 8? It is a possibility. Some say it is a probability. And others even believe it is a racing certainty.
Chris Moncrieff column: Labour Party is a shambles and will lose seats
ARE the leadership figures in the Labour Party – and the rank and file as well – quaking in their boots at the prospect of the forthcoming local government elections on May 4?
Harman should have stood for party leadership
Why on earth did Harriet Harman not stand for the leadership of the Labour Party? She would easily outshine the dull and unimpressive bunch now fighting for the crown.
Can you explain last week’s absence, Boris?
Will the bitter row over a proposed new runway for Heathrow Airport prove to be the undoing of Boris Johnson, possibly leaving his reputation in tatters and wrecking his (admittedly disputed) ambitions to become leader of the Conservative Party?
Kennedy pulled the Lib Dems up by bootstraps
DID the Liberal Democrats really deserve such a leader as Charles Kennedy? He pulled up the party by its boot straps from a derisory representation at Westminster to 62 members.
