Westminster
We can force Putin pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction
The New Lines Institute, a leading US Foreign Policy think tank, presented at the roundtable event the framework by which Russian funds already frozen by several Western Nations can be lawfully used to compensate Ukraine.
Sanctions: more complicated than they appear
The history of sanctions has many lessons for the government
The Met & The Mayor
The political and cultural crisis surrounding London’s police force has shone a light on an intolerable governance system
Pets on parade
There’s nothing quite like the description “animal lover” to engender good will towards politicians
Long Table: Sue Hayman
The former Labour MP for Workington on her new life in the Lords
The Diary: Chris Bryant
MPs apparently rank somewhere between pigeons and rats. Recent polling suggests that things are getting worse
Leading without vision
Premiers are different to the crowd: an electorate teeming with Thatcher’s drive and Blair’s self-belief would be a nightmare
Getting meta all the time
An extended reality world where people are more cut off from human interaction is a real cause for concern
Pepys: sorry not sorry
Saying the word itself is easy – unless you’re Elton John. But a well pitched apology is an art that eludes most politicians
2021’s top 100 in politics
The veteran broadcaster, political commentator and prolific list-maker counts down the movers and shakers in his annual Political 100
Politics split wide open
Chris Bryant delights in the Labour frontbencher’s earthy account of life in the parliamentary realm
Last Orders: Dehenna Davison
The MP for Bishop Auckland on her commitment to the community, reducing violence and love of a good book
The Corridor
Our Westminster spy on the freeloading footie fan, Labour’s hard-left harrumphing and Johnson’s swinger consigliere
Future fuel
Jacob Young MP tells Mace why he’s backing clean hydrogen as the fuel of the future
Beyond social care
How can the government prepare to deal with an ageing population?
Diary: Government as Performance Art
Anand Menon is back in Portcullis House – but ‘politics as normal’ is distinctly absent
Keeping the lights turned off
Light pollution means most of us rarely see the full beauty of the sky at night. Stargazing MP Andrew Griffith plans to change that
New trade secretary must stand firm against pro-Brussels lobbying
For Bill Cash, trade is the policy area where the UK can most significantly, and successfully, depart from the Brussels bureaucratic model.
Dolitics: The food environment we live in is making us sick
The government can keep cooking up the same old obesity policies but nothing will change until the problem is tackled head-on.
Baroness Jenkin: gone swishing
The Conservative peer reveals her sustainable lifestyle from clothes swapping and cycling to embracing her freezer and making potato milk
Beyond Westminster: Consultancy Across the Regions
Devolution has been good business for public affairs consultants with specialist knowledge of Holyrood, Stormont and the Senedd
In Conversation with Sylvie Bermann, former French ambassador
Sylvie Bermann was France’s ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2014 to 2017, the first woman to hold the role.
The Corridor – Jenrick’s revival and The Carrie Show
Our Westminster spy on Robert Jenrick’s backstage rescue, Boris’s buddy blanked by Fortress Carrie and a flip-flopping spad
The Spike: Nick Watt’s Good Timing
Newsnight’s boyish political editor has a habit of always finding himself in the right place at the right time.
To Westminster: remember climate change?
In her latest Jackdaw entry, Marie Le Conte argues Westminster politicians are forgetting about one very important issue.
Can Boris bounce back after his annus horribilis?
Since Boris Johnson won an 80-seat landslide at last year’s general election, he has never quite looked in control. But he could yet recover, says Harry Mount
