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
Leader in UK Public Affairs: Jon Antoniazzi, Associate Director for Policy & Public Affairs, Marie Curie
Mace | 29th April 2026 | In-House Public Affairs, Politics, Westminster Index
After his father died of a NHS failure and his mother from a late cancer diagnosis, Jon Antoniazzi has been on a determined career path to change health policy
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The continuing political Whydunnit of the murder of Ann Widdecombe
The strangely guilty way that the media, and some politicians have reacted to Widdecombe’s shocking death shows the double standards that can operate when a politician of the
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The King of the North Takes Downing Street: Burnham’s Great Purge
The ruthlessness of Andy Burnham’s purge has taken the country back to Macmillan's Night of the Long Knives. Media reaction has been predictably partisan, with the choice of
Reform’s international policy: Farage looking to balance ideals with new foreign policy advisor
To date, Reform is yet to appoint a foreign affairs spokesperson. Jonathan Singh looks at Reform's new approach to international affairs with the appointment of Dr Alan Mendoza
Ann Widdecombe Devon hamlet murder mystery continues as tributes make her a political saint
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
Kemi is right to lift the white, Oxbridge fatwa and purge the Conservative party of non-Tories
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,
