Category : Articles

Welcome to Rishi-land: barren of attractions, bar a wavering chorus of ‘at least we’re not Labour’ | Marina Hyde

As cartoonish ministers posture with their pseudopolicies, Mickey Mouse is looking positively statesmanlike Continue reading...

Is this a star on the rise, ‘just Ken’, or just Matt Hancock? Ask the families who lost loved ones during Covid | Marina Hyde

Watch the TikTok Barbie video and see him crafting a celebrity brand. That focus during the pandemic would have been nice Continue reading...

Who’s for political Bazball with Rishi? Voters? Tories? Anyone? | Marina Hyde

So a prime minister soiled by the Rwanda policy offers fair play and ethics lessons to cricketers. Funny old game, isn’t it? Continue reading...

The tide is coming in fast on Rishi Sunak – and it’s full of sewage | Marina Hyde

The prime minister’s pledges to transform the country look about as rock steady as Thames Water’s balance sheets Continue reading...

Links to the KGB? Come on, guys. Lord Lebedev just wants to be a public servant | Marina Hyde

Stop banging on about lapdog politicians and garden parties for the powerful. Why can’t we just see Evgeny as a success, as he does? Continue reading...

Are Tory MPs as deluded as Boris Johnson? It’s a tough act to follow, but they’re doing their best | Marina Hyde

Why accept responsibility for enabling their old boss when they could carry on his grand tradition of denial and avoidance? Continue reading...

Sad, confused, deluded: spare a thought for the friends of Boris Johnson at this difficult time | Marina Hyde

Things may look dark but his acolytes are determined to go down fighting. And, true to type, he is determined to let them Continue reading...

Boris Johnson says he will bypass Cabinet Office and send WhatsApp messages directly to Covid inquiry – as it happened

Former PM says he will provide unredacted messages directly to the inquiry in letter to Lady Hallett Continue reading...

For a prime minister who phoned it in, Boris Johnson is having a lot of trouble handing over one mobile | Marina Hyde

Conveniently, the device he used most during the pandemic cannot be switched on due to security reasons Continue reading...

MPs are right: This Morning is a hotbed of scandal. Thank goodness parliament isn’t | Marina Hyde

The ‘not illegal’ woes of daytime telly are gripping the nation. Who better to opine than our squeaky-clean representatives? Continue reading...

Make way for Westminster’s biggest celebrity: Suella ‘three points’ Braverman | Marina Hyde

Was the Dua Lipa of SW1 too famous to join an online speed awareness course with the plebs? In her own mind, at least Continue reading...

Pity the MPs who hate the London bubble and its elites – but just can’t leave them behind | Marina Hyde

The decaying parliament building – and the hypocrisy of those who should be fixing it – says a lot about a nation that’s seen better days Continue reading...

Who better to sing old Brexit tunes than the Tories’ overhyped new act? Step forward, Kemi Badenoch | Marina Hyde

As the bonfire of EU laws turned into another damp squib, a desperate party was pushing the business secretary as its voice of reason Continue reading...

For all his hardman mantras, Raab forgot rule one: don’t be a massive arse | Marina Hyde

Where does Raab’s resignation leave Rishi Sunak? The PM’s pledge to leave scandal behind is wearing thin Continue reading...

Weekend podcast: Charles Dance, the ‘missing personality type’, and Marina Hyde on politicians’ priorities

Marina Hyde asks who really are the ‘people in the real world’ that politicians speak so highly of (1m54s), Rhik Sammader discovers what it means to be a Highly Sensitive Person (10m14s), and actor Charles Dance reflects on his big break and humble b...