Conservatives

Politics: no longer in the game

January 20, 2026 3:35 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

There are few more depressing things to write about these days than the state of the Conservative Party – although,... View Article

Politics: psychodrama

January 16, 2026 3:20 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

The Jenrick drama is precisely the sort of political soap opera that the narcissistic, gossipy legacy media adores, so it’s... View Article

Politics: a lost opportunity?

January 6, 2026 3:06 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It really is quite staggering how quickly things change. Less than a week ago, the story of the moment was... View Article

Politics: in other news…

October 14, 2025 3:21 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Comment from me on the Gaza hostage release and the Trump-inspired peace deal would be superfluous, so I won’t even... View Article

Politics: it’s meaningless

October 9, 2025 3:00 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It has doubtless been said before that the low grade of Westminster politics is not just attributable to the poor... View Article

Politics: a waste of our time

October 7, 2025 3:15 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

When I turned for the first time to this year’s Conservative Party conference and, in particular, the much-trailed immigration plan,... View Article

Politics: last rites

October 6, 2025 2:36 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It is with a sense of weary resignation that I approach the first day of the Conservative Party conference and... View Article

Politics: a party that deserves to die

May 10, 2025 1:57 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

There may or may not be war over Kashmir at the moment. It’s not so easy to tell these days,... View Article

Politics: in the raw

April 28, 2025 3:55 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Although there has been a trickle of comment on the web, there is nothing approaching what could be called outrage... View Article

Politics: on hold

December 29, 2024 2:50 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Before even the Mail on Sunday launched its front-page bombshell today, there were rumours swirling around social media that the... View Article

Politics: the path to defeat

December 13, 2024 2:46 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It has not escaped notice that yesterday was the fifth anniversary of the Oaf Johnson’s election victory in 2019, the... View Article

Politics: not goodenough

November 3, 2024 2:55 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

In March 2022, the then minister of state for equalities wrote in a foreword to an official report: If there... View Article

Politics: battle for the Right

October 29, 2024 2:22 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Another of those issues being poorly covered by the legacy media is the broader battle for the Right in English... View Article

Politics: charisma trumps policy

October 18, 2024 2:37 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

I suppose I should have watched the Jenrick-Badenough debate on GB News last night although, since I no longer have... View Article

Energy: villain of the piece

October 16, 2024 4:02 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

It may be only a impression, but I sense that the likes of the Telegraph are more favourably disposed to... View Article

Politics: false prophets

October 15, 2024 3:31 am Published by Richard North Post a Comment

Pollsters didn’t have a good general election, almost to a man (and they were largely men) over-estimating the Labour lead,... View Article