Two encounters with a pair of socialists have proved instructive for assessing why Britain is broken and how it can be fixed.

As the pre-orders roll in for Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir Frankly, speculation continues about the title.  The publisher's blurb would have ...

Supporters of Rachel Reeves may be a dwindling band even inside the Labour Party but those who remain loyal believe she is ...

NICOLA Sturgeon’s announcement that she was standing down next year came as a surprise to no-one. She, like a great many of her colleagues ...

How much do you tend to spend on yoga mats? What about virtual reality headsets, mangoes or pool sliders? If you're anything ...

Margaret Thatcher would have loved Keir Starmer — he's now more Tory than the Tories - With policies echoing Thatcher, Keir Starmer is steering Labour towards a more right-wing stance ...

Is he not just the heir to Blair (minus the charisma) but to Margaret Thatcher? And is his Irish ... It brings to mind a famous Tory Party conference in Mrs T’s day when two ministers, one ...

He remembers with a shudder the constant industrial strife of the 1970s, but then chides Mrs Thatcher for breaking the trade unions. ‘The unions and their block votes may have forced Labour to adopt ...

Sir John was thrust to the forefront of Mrs Thatcher's government when Argentina invaded the Falklands in 1982. His speech the day after the invasion on April 2, 1982, was seen as poor ...

It is noticeable that even Tony Blair in his great reforming government was reluctant to do more than tinker with single parent benefits rather than tackle the entire welfare edifice. He asked ...