Total 193 Posts
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party 2019-2022.
What the COVID Inquiry tells us about Brexit
16 min read
The Hallett Inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic unveils dysfunction in the UK government, revealing intersections with Brexit. Testimonies depict Boris Johnson’s incompetence, a toxic culture, and how Brexit hampered pandemic planning.
Dominic Cummings has exposed a hole at the heart of the British government – and a glaring problem with the way we choose prime ministers
5 min read
Giving evidence to the COVID inquiry, Boris Johnson’s former adviser exposed the dysfunction of an administration lacking in the expertise needed to manage a crisis.
‘We look like a terrible, tragic joke’: COVID WhatsApps show government chaos
4 min read
The COVID inquiry was shown Whatsapp chats from the early days of the pandemic in which cabinet secretary Simon Case said government decision-making made it look like a ‘terrible, tragic joke’.
Brexit has driven the Tory Party mad
14 min read
The influence of Brexit on the Conservative Party has bolstered populism and pushed the party further from moderate conservatism towards the influence of Nigel Farage, which is characterised by detachment from reality and ideological purity.
Why are those lost to COVID not formally memorialised? How politics shapes what we remember
5 min read
Hundreds of thousands of red hearts adorn a wall directly opposite parliament, yet successive prime ministers have nothing to say about officially marking the lives lost in the pandemic.
Al-Fayed simply lived in the wrong era of British politics
2 min read
Mohamed Al-Fayed was deemed ‘not a fit and proper person to be given (British) citizenship’. Today, the Egyptian businessman would probably be in the House of Lords.
Goldsmith on Government’s green policies: Gove is a monster, Shapps is backward, Sunak not interested
4 min read
In a recent interview, Zac Goldsmith, former international environment minister, criticised fellow Tories for their handling of climate commitments.