You reap what you sow
We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land. But then it’s confiscated by Rachel Reeves’s hand. The farmers were furious. Well, farmers are always furious. It’s […]
Robert Hutton
Journalist and author. Writes about politics and history. Tells jokes.
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Cardinal win
Sometimes a lesser book can make a greater film. Brought to the screen, Robert Harris’s 2016 novel Conclave is a perfect two-hour thriller.
Pandæmonium
“The task that stands before us is tough.” We were in a basement room of a central London hotel. Outside it was a grey November morning, but we had gathered […]
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Hi Sue, hope you’re enjoying your regional tour. You left in such a hurry that you didn’t have time to clear your desk.
Autumn Reeves
“Finally…” Rachel Reeves was only 12 minutes into her Budget speech, and we wondered if we were about to catch a break. Might she have decided that brevity is the […]
Riddle of the Pylons
“Lincolnshire faces an invasion!” Sir John Hayes had come to the House of Commons with grave news. Not since the publication of The Riddle of the Sands had the Fens […]
Humble pie?
Ric Holden, sitting alone in a large room in Parliament, bent over to tie his shoelace. He was waiting to raise an issue of national importance: pie and mash. A […]
Ministry of Silly Thoughts
“The best ideas aren’t going to come from politicians in Whitehall!” It was a Monday morning in October, but Wes Streeting, Britain’s perkiest secretary of state, was full of zip. […]
Strictly Come Tory
And so, with the happy inevitability of a tax bill, we approach the end of the Conservative leadership contest. To mark the occasion, GB News was hosting a not-debate. “Who […]
Soporific Starmer
There is a school of thought that Prime Minister’s Questions is the most important half-hour in the week of our democracy: an opportunity to hold the government to account as […]