Category : Political

Nigel Farage wants people to see the ‘real him’ in the jungle. Surely we’ve seen more than enough already | Marina Hyde

Really, what else can Mr Brexit reveal on I’m a Celebrity? His whole career has essentially been one long piece-to-camera Continue reading...

Rewarding failure? With David Cameron’s return, it's being celebrated like never before | Marina Hyde

After his triumph in Libya I can’t wait to see what Mr Failed State achieves as foreign secretary. Sorry, that’s unfair – Lord Failed State Continue reading...

In remembrance of our fallen heroes, brave Suella Braverman goes over the top | Marina Hyde

As the home secretary lobs verbal grenades at refugees, homeless people and now protesters, Britain is left wondering why it’s still led by donkeys Continue reading...

What’s in Nadine Dorries’s book? A pile of dead cats big enough to kill that phrase for good | Marina Hyde

From sex scandals to alleged arson, the former culture secretary’s new book is not short of explosive claims Continue reading...

When Musk met Sunak: the prime minister was more starry-eyed than a SpaceX telescope | Marina Hyde

As a man soon out of a job, perhaps Rishi Sunak sat dreaming of his own future in Silicon Valley Continue reading...

Let’s ease up on Johnson and Cummings: Covid was just the ‘wrong crisis’ for them, OK? | Marina Hyde

The Covid inquiry has hosted a parade of men who assure us they’re experts in everything – except their own incompetence Continue reading...

Dear Mr Speaker, what are we to do about the honourable gentlemen for Sexpest North? | Marina Hyde

Crispin Blunt has denied claims against him, but why are we always asked to think of the fallout for the PM, not the alleged victims? Continue reading...

Ofcom says GB news is not impartial, but how can that be true? It has every kind of wingnut going | Marina Hyde

Home to odd Tory MPs and conspiracy theorists, the channel is a broad church – except when it comes to those who follow the rules Continue reading...

Rishi Sunak, decorated hero of the war on motorists, is no match for a real-world conflict | Marina Hyde

The PM is withering on the international stage. Back home, in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire, his troops are in trouble, too Continue reading...

Through a Ulez camera, I spy the vandal who chopped down Laurence Fox’s career. It looks a lot like him | Marina Hyde

Following Lozza’s arrest for anti-camera vigilantism, we need to ask: doesn’t anyone recognise a martyr when they see one? Continue reading...

Congrats, Rishi: you’ve got a party so dreadful that Nigel Farage has turned you down | Marina Hyde

Liz Truss’s return, the PM’s HS2 dithering, Mr Brexit himself: no Netflix doc could truly ‘make sense’ of this Tory conference Continue reading...

Who gains from Rishi’s ‘long-term’ thinking? Not the planet, not the north … not even him | Marina Hyde

‘Let Rishi be Rishi’, is the new Tory catchphrase. So far, that seems to be code for ‘let Britain be rubbish’ – and Suella Braverman is circling Continue reading...

High-octane, sexy, glamorous? Sorry, in this Sunak era even the ‘spy’ scandals are dull | Marina Hyde

MPs have the vapours over an alleged Chinese agent in Westminster. But it all seems more Johnny English than James Bond Continue reading...

The hapless Gillian Keegan had one thing right: this is a nation ruled by arse-sitters | Marina Hyde

As the education secretary is finding out, to be a Tory minister is to spend the bulk of your time cleaning up your own party’s messes Continue reading...

I have urgent safety concerns for Rishi Sunak’s government. Could we not shut it down for a bit? | Marina Hyde

School buildings closed at the 11th hour, banned knives banned again and a new job for Shapps? Clearly it’s time for an intervention Continue reading...