Steve Richards
30 September 2021
The dangerously irresponsible silence of the Tory Remainers
The surviving Conservative Remainers have had little choice but to back some sort of Brexit, but their complete silence on the issue is shaming.
Read the full article09 September 2021
Is this the person who would have killed Brexit?
STEVE RICHARDS’ new book profiles 11 politicians who came close to getting into Number 10. But only one, he argues, would have truly changed British history...
Read the full article27 July 2021
Lord Frost: The courtier about to be caught out
Brexit minister Lord Frost has a reputation as Boris Johnson’s trusted, protected henchman. But his vulnerability, as well as his shortcomings, are increasingly being exposed.
Read the full article14 July 2021
How prime ministers have tried to tie their fortunes to the England team
One spectator sport this summer has been watching politicians try to tie their fortunes to the England team. Such efforts are as doomed to failure as, ultimately, Gareth Southgate’s team was.
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21 March 2021
Why is Boris Johnson more worried about Scotland than Northern Ireland?
08 February 2021
Brexit is no closer to being ‘done’ than it was four years ago
08 February 2021
Brexit is no closer to being ‘done’ than it was four years ago
20 June 2020
The countdown to the Brexit cliff edge starts again – and it’s riskier than ever
08 September 2019
Forget the distractions: We have no answers for Brexit – because they do not exist
27 May 2019
STEVE RICHARDS: Doomed from the start, why May never stood a chance
23 December 2018
STEVE RICHARDS: A year of wandering and we’re still in the darkness
11 May 2018
The Tory curse: The party’s unending obsession with Europe… and how it blights the nation
16 December 2016
Europe will decide Theresa May’s fate (3 Tory PMs down and counting)
