Prime Minister David Cameron at the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire, on 5 March 2015 © 2015 Gavin Drake Late last night, the Prime Minister’s director of [...]

The precise location of the north-south divide has been difficult to pinpoint with any clarity. Manchester is in the north, of course; unless you’re in the Highlands, in [...]

Like just about everybody, I was shocked last week as news emerged of the terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo and the cold bloodied murder of the [...]

The Conservatives are in town – that’s if your town is Birmingham. They are relatively frequent visitors to the Midlands and a few years ago, with a confirmed [...]

Democracy is priceless asset. Throughout the world, over the centuries, ordinary people have fought for the right to elect the people who represent them. It is a battle that [...]

Today, Parliament will debate military action against the so-called Islamic State in Syria. Personally, I’m in favour of military action. But I’m extremely uneasy [...]

Much has been said in the aftermath of Scotland’s “No” to independence about ensuring that the English get a fair deal in any further devolution package. But most of [...]

Today is the day Britain has its say on who will represent us in the European Parliament for the next five years. It is the oddest British election ever, because – [...]

Boris Johnson© Wikimedia / Snowmanradio / Off2riorob London Mayor Boris Johnson may yet come to regret getting involved in the decision to pull an advert for the [...]

The statue of Nelson Mandela in Parliament Square, London© Gavin Drake Nelson Mandela has died, it has been confirmed tonight. Madiba, as he was known, was the first [...]