As we await the known unknowns of Omicron, No 10 does more to undermine public trust than all the conspiracy theorists on YouTubeFor the rapidly unravelling winter caretaker of Downing Street, it has been another paranoia-inducing few days. What with l…
Welcome to the Tory conference: this year staged in the Soviet-Union-on-Thames | Marina Hyde
There’s plenty of talk about the ‘British Renaissance’ – and no mention of little things like empty shelves and fuel shortagesExperience wonder this autumn as we head for Tory conference, where, according to Lord Frost, the “British Renaissance has beg…
Labour conference rivals Matt Hancock’s meet-and-greet video for pure viral horror | Marina Hyde
This entire event has spent four days crying out to be locked in a loft (one that’s insulated, of course)On Sunday, I watched a video of Matt Hancock doing a constituency walkabout, which our former Covid overlord posted and then deleted from his own T…
It seems the Conservatives failed to fix the country while the gas was flowing | Marina Hyde
Britain faces an energy crisis. Will the lights go out just as the Cop26 climate conference begins?Dark days loom – perhaps literally – as Britain’s energy situation moved from a “squeeze” to a “crisis” over the weekend, rising swiftly through the gear…
The prince, his valet and a Saudi billionaire: meritocracy in action | Marina Hyde
Poor HRH. Why must misfortune dog him, when his only crime is a passion for lovely things paid for by other people?One of my favourite modern curiosities is the “diversity and inclusion” page on the official website of the British royal family. “We are…
Dominic Raab – the foreign secretary who phones it in | Marina Hyde
Incompetent, negligent, isolated, increasingly disliked – Raab may just be the perfect ambassador for ‘global Britain’Is it possible to appear muscular while making a phone call? It is certainly the look that furiously committed political man Dominic R…