Category : Political

What’s more cringey than a Matt Hancock bushtucker trial? The Tory MPs voting for it | Marina Hyde

These MPs have found their imaginary backbones only when he is washed up. That tells you everything about their calibre Continue reading...

Cronyism, donors, wily MPs: Johnson’s honours glorify all that is wrong with his party | Marina Hyde

The scandals pile so high the Tories hope we can’t keep track of them. But outside the walls of Westminster, anger is mounting Continue reading...

Suella Braverman aboard a Chinook: proof that in politics, standards can always get worse | Marina Hyde

Who needs low expectations when we now have a home secretary so low-calibre, it could almost make you nostalgic for Priti Patel Continue reading...

Great news for the economy! Britain is now stable enough for Matt Hancock to eat genitals on I’m a Celeb | Marina Hyde

The former health secretary may have lost the Tory whip for signing up to a stint in the jungle. But will he find himself? Continue reading...

What a relief! Sunak the Sensible is here and the chaos has all magically gone away | Marina Hyde

Forgive me for not buying the line that the rise of our third prime minister in 50 days is proof that ‘the system’ works Continue reading...

Tories on their knees – and here comes Boris Johnson. Dear reader, look away | Marina Hyde

Who would think a lying, hypocritical degenerate was the answer to this crisis? A large number of Conservatives, apparentlyTory leadership contest – latest updates Continue reading...

Britannia rechained: Liz Truss enters her hostage era | Marina Hyde

Jeremy Hunt, resurrected from several political deaths, is apparently the safest pair of hands in the Tory party Continue reading...

So farewell, Kwasi. Your career died so Liz Truss’s might live for at least 15 more minutes | Marina Hyde

Kwarteng is out, Hunt is in, and the farcical merry-go-round keeps spinning Continue reading...

Liz Truss has found her feet – as a leading conspiracist and No 10 whiner-in-chief | Marina Hyde

Who can blame the prime minister for grumbling? Her party has only had 12 years to set Britain right Continue reading...

Welcome to Tory conference 2022 – so bad even Michael Gove has drawn the line | Marina Hyde

As Truss and Kwarteng prepare for their next U-turn, MPs are already pining for the golden era of Johnson and Patel Continue reading...

‘Out of the inferno, into the shark attack’: Marina Hyde on capturing six years of political chaos

From Brexit to Boris, Trump to Truss, there’s been no shortage of material for the Guardian columnist. But as the omnishambles becomes a permacrisis, even she wants it to stop … Continue reading...

A new series immerses us in Russia’s 90s trauma – and the human cost of economic shock | Marina Hyde

Adam Curtis’s BBC project, TraumaZone, show us extraordinary events though the eyes of ordinary people, and how ideologues betrayed them Continue reading...

The markets are in meltdown – but at least Kwasi Kwarteng’s doomsday cult isn’t to blame | Marina Hyde

The chancellor has spent his life praising the virtues of free markets. It’s just a shame they don’t feel the same way about him Continue reading...

If you are poor, it’s time to ask yourself: have you thought of simply being rich? | Marina Hyde

Kwasi Kwarteng’s tax-slashing mini-budget is the latest masterstroke in Liz Truss’s quest ‘to be unpopular’ Continue reading...

Britain could plan for the Queen’s death – but not for the risky tides of public feeling | Marina Hyde

From the loss of Diana to Brexit, spontaneous outpourings of emotion terrify those in power. How will they respond now? Continue reading...