Report Liam Livingstone took six wickets and notched a half-century as Lancashire closed in on victory in their Specsavers County Championship clash with Surrey at […]
Leach strikes as relegation fight goes to wire
Report Somerset claimed three Middlesex wickets before the rain arrived at Taunton as the looked to secure the victory that keeps them in Division One […]
Downcast Kent offer easy pickings
Glamorgan won by 5 wickets Report A failed promotion challenge left Kent demoralised at the end of the season and Glamorgan took full advantage ECB […]
Promotion secured, Worcs savour wait
Report Joe Leach’s Worcestershire team moved closer to the Division Two title despite Durham avoiding the follow on during a rain-affected third day at New […]
And then there were two
By BAGEHOT AFTER TWO days of voting Tory MPs have chosen two of their colleagues to go through to the next stage of the leadership […]
The centre cannot hold
The latest disasters to befall Change UK—Chuka Umunna’s decision to join the Liberal Democrats and the party’s decision to change its name for a third […]
On Britain beyond Brexit and the future of Conservatism
THE END-OF-AUSTERITY message has certainly got through to the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS). On June 10th the CPS launched “Britain Beyond Brexit”, a new […]
On Change UK’s inadequacies, political agreements and missing Scots
I WAS much impressed by Heidi Allen’s first speech when she left the Conservative Party to join the Independent Group, now known as the Change […]
On “Fleabag”, a Corbyn government and Kenneth Clarke’s tandoori moments
I FINALLY GOT round to watching a few episodes of “Fleabag” to see what all the fuss is about. A few good scenes, I thought, […]
On “Game of Thrones”, Conservatism, Israel and Lidl
By BAGEHOT “GAME of Thrones”, which, in case you hadn’t noticed, returned for its eighth and final season this week, has already had a profound […]