Category : Political

The Covid report should damn this government: it’s tragic that it won’t | Marina Hyde

It is a clear indictment of Boris Johnson’s administration and its scientific advisers. How jolly he’s still riding high in the polls Continue reading...

Welcome to the Tory conference: this year staged in the Soviet-Union-on-Thames | Marina Hyde

There’s plenty of talk about the ‘British Renaissance’ – and no mention of little things like empty shelves and fuel shortages Continue reading...

Labour conference rivals Matt Hancock’s meet-and-greet video for pure viral horror | Marina Hyde

This entire event has spent four days crying out to be locked in a loft (one that’s insulated, of course) Continue reading...

If only the UK could panic-buy prime ministers who know what they’re doing | Marina Hyde

Boris Johnson was in New York this week, trying to dodge awkward conversations and ignore domestic shortages Continue reading...

It seems the Conservatives failed to fix the country while the gas was flowing | Marina Hyde

Britain faces an energy crisis. Will the lights go out just as the Cop26 climate conference begins? Continue reading...

Like herpes simplex, Johnson’s ministers had begun to seem like a lifelong condition | Marina Hyde

Some of the most enduring quarterwits have gone. So who’s been added to the bestiary? Continue reading...

Jeff Bezos is on a quest for eternal life – back on Earth, we're searching for Amazon’s taxes | Marina Hyde

The tech overlord is reportedly investing in age-reversal, which means so much more than a fair contribution to the UK’s finances Continue reading...

The prince, his valet and a Saudi billionaire: meritocracy in action | Marina Hyde

Poor HRH. Why must misfortune dog him, when his only crime is a passion for lovely things paid for by other people? Continue reading...

If he wasn’t Johnson’s fall guy, Raab would be up the creek without a paddleboard | Marina Hyde

With questions mounting about the PM’s grip, he’ll be holding the hapless foreign secretary close this autumn Continue reading...

Ian Botham as trade envoy? Never fear, it's a job even Prince Andrew could do | Marina Hyde

Beefy At Davos is an episode of long-running sitcom The United Kingdom that we’d all like to watch Continue reading...

Dominic Raab – the foreign secretary who phones it in | Marina Hyde

Incompetent, negligent, isolated, increasingly disliked – Raab may just be the perfect ambassador for ‘global Britain’ Continue reading...

Can someone fill in Dominic Raab about the news? He only watches it on catchup | Marina Hyde

The foreign secretary was on the beach when the Taliban took Kabul. Welcome to Global Britain Continue reading...

Is young Rishi about to shunt an ageing Boris into the role of wicked queen? | Marina Hyde

As Gina Gershon put it in Showgirls, there’s always someone younger and hungrier coming down the stairs after you Continue reading...

What a week for England, when arse-flare guy looks like our brightest spark | Marina Hyde

The security meltdown at Wembley, beamed live to the world, was topped only by the prime minister’s ‘levelling-up’ gibberish Continue reading...

Marina Hyde on five years of watching the political circus

For Anushka Asthana’s last episode, the beloved columnist makes a rare appearance to survey an era of tumult and twerps – and explain how she took it all very seriously … through jokes Continue reading...