William Cash
As one of Westminster’s most effective public affairs strategists, Sonia Khan tells Mace how she bridges the gap between high-stakes politics and global corporate strategy.
The death of Ann Widdecombe raises serious questions about the security of high-profile politicians. The shocking episode seems out of Midsomer Murders with the former Tory minister being turned into a political saint.
Overhauling the Tory candidates list is a shrewd political move which will allow her to put her own stamp on the party, and more importantly, shape its future, writes William Cash
As vultures circle Downing Street, now that Burnham is back as an MP, Starmer must realise that resigning is going to be better for the Labour Party than a humiliating forced exit.
With a new American pope, William Cash investigates the global power dynamics behind the throne of St Peter.
A literary cross between School for Scoundrels and McMafia, William Cash enjoys George Cottrell and Burke Files’s guide to money laundering aimed at policymakers
Under managing director Toby Pellew, Headland has become one of the UK’s leading public affairs agencies. He reveals what it takes to get to the top in the strategic comms game
Davos is meant to be the place where the global public affairs class can compress a year of stakeholder management into five days, with a badge, a diary, and a blizzard outside. In 2026 it is also where the public language of cooperation collides with the private mechanics of leverage.
As senior Conservatives continue to cross into Reform’s turquoise waters, questions grow over whether this is renewal or simply ambition dressed as principle.
William Cash attends a dramatic Westminster press conference at which Robert Jenrick is inducted into Reform. But how many more Tory defections are good for the party?
President Trump’s new oil sanctions on Russia mark a sharp turn in US policy toward the war in Ukraine.
Boris Johnson has urged the West to show greater resolve in supporting Ukraine, speaking at a London exhibition opened by General Zaluzhnyi.
Trump’s Catholic allies are exerting growing influence in Rome as a new conclave approaches. Backed by wealthy donors and political operatives, they are campaigning for a more traditional pope. Central figures include Brian Burch and Steve Cortes, who see Trump’s return as key to reshaping US–Vatican relations and global Catholic leadership.
Trump’s Catholic allies are exerting growing influence in Rome as a new conclave approaches. Backed by wealthy donors and political operatives, they are campaigning for a more traditional pope. Central figures include Brian Burch and Steve Cortes, who see Trump’s return as key to reshaping US–Vatican relations and global Catholic leadership.
Kemi’s true blue purge, with help from Sir Philip May
The news that former Home Secretary Sir Grant Shapps has failed to make the new Tory candidate list has put fear into dozens of former Conservative MPs. Whether the party should be humiliating former senior Cabinet ministers of the party is a Westminster talking point, says William Cash.
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