David Cameron is running out of ploys to make backbench Tories feel part of the Government machine. The whips are very worried — that is to say, those whips who are not already EU sceptics themselves. ...read
Andrew Alexander for the Daily Mail's recent articles
Is it poisoned chalice time for Theresa?
ANDREW ALEXANDER: How long before the curse of the Home Office descends on Theresa May? For the plain fact is that immigration is out of control, more than when the Tories came to power in 2010. And few see this more clearly than our existing immigrant and immigrant-descended population — alarmed at what the impending influx of Romanians and Bulgarians will do to them. ...read
ANDREW ALEXANDER: Did David Cameron see the truth in Sri Lanka?
Understanding a country or even a conflict takes much more than a brief visit, especially if you have the simple sense to realise that the intention is to mislead you, writes Andrew Alexander. Perhaps the most famous and influential tours in British history were those of the Webbs and Bernard Shaw to Russia in the 1930s. They came back positively glowing with praise for Stalin’s regime. ...read