Alexander Wickham is the UK Politics Editor for The Commentator, as well as being a Senior Reporter at the Guido Fawkes blog
Unitemare: Dispelling union myths
Labour unions' blank cheques to the British Left are spittle in the face of representative democracy, and the shilling by Leftist commentators by their union paymasters must end now
- 7 July 2013
Why MPs should not receive a pay rise
Do you want to give people like Gordon Brown a 10 grand pay rise for turning up to two parliamentary debates a year?
- 2 July 2013
NHS worship is costing lives
Security services, bankers, politicians, and journalists are all subject to scrutiny. So why is our National Health Service immune?
- 26 June 2013
Snowden speaks, raises more questions than answers
If Snowden and Greenwald prove the NSA has direct access to citizens’ communications, they deserve credit for exposing that. For now they have only been able to raise more questions than answers
- 18 June 2013
PRISM: A horrible, awkward paradox for the right
Until we know the whole story, scepticism of all involved is the only safe position to hold
- 11 June 2013
Labour is now the divided party. It is time to unite the right
The two Eds' new centre-hugging approach has made Labour the party of bitter division. Has there been a better time to unite the right?
- 6 June 2013
Is Ed Balls being set up for a fall?
Ed Balls may be on the receiving end of a Labour Party thrashing soon, and that may well be a calculated move by Miliband and friends
- 3 June 2013
"Safe seats" almost guarantee corruption
With the government going slow on plans to implement public powers of recall over Members of Parliament, let's look at what actually creates the corruption
- 2 June 2013
This week's utterly disturbing Leftists
Much of the reaction on British Left has been to search for apologies to make and excuses to give. It's a devastating and destructive philosophy
- 26 May 2013
If Cameron were President, he'd have resigned by now
British politics in crisis looks a lot different from that of our trans-Atlantic counterparts. Team Dave continue to make mountains out of molehills while Obama carries on unscathed
- 19 May 2013
King Edward is treating voters like subjects
Labour's man who would be king continues to display the same kind of arrogance he accuses his political opponents of
- 11 May 2013
Faragasm
UKIP has left many councils without any control in the UK. Perhaps this is where the first UKIP-Tory pacts will be forged?
- 6 May 2013
Labour's UKIP decision reveals Farage fears
Labour's reaction to the latest UKIP stories floating around the press proves that the eurosceptic party is feared in equal measure by the big boys
- 28 April 2013
Maria Miller: Incompetent or out for revenge?
In Maria Miller, our increasingly inept Culture secretary, we have a prime example of a minister hopelessly out of her depth
- 24 April 2013
Stop wallowing in the middle ground, Mr. Cameron
Wallowing in the middle ground achieved nothing in 2010. In 2015, it may well be a case of who dares wins
- 19 April 2013
Latest on the blog
- Does socialism work? A classroom experiment
- REVEALED: Claudia Lawrence ‘Mystery Man’ CCTV enhanced in cold case review
- Lanistar on course to become £1bn fintech with global expansion to European hub in Athens
- Hackers impersonate M&S CEO Steve Rowe in £35 'free gift voucher' scam
- The EU’s betrayal of Britain’s fishing industry
We are wholly dependent on the kindness of our readers for our continued work. We thank you in advance for any support you can offer.