Isabel Hardman

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Isabel Hardman

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2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Isabel Hardman

The most newsworthy thing Ed Davey could have done last week would have been to turn up to his local election campaign launch in a boring suit and stand in front of a load of party placards to give a speech about voting for change in your community. Given the Lib Dem leader’s proclivity for election campaign stunts, it would have been a man-bites-dog level of surprise that he was no longer prepared to charge around in fancy dress while trying to get attention for his party’s message.

2 weeks ago | inews.co.uk | Isabel Hardman

What is politics really about: the art of getting things done, or merely of making plans to get things done? It too often seems to be the latter, with even quite senior figures seeming to think that they’ve solved a problem by announcing a plan, without waiting around to see if that plan comes to fruition. Take dentistry, one of the areas most throbbingly in need of a plan.

3 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Isabel Hardman

Keir Starmer had a special point to make at the very outset of Prime Minister’s Questions about the threat of tariffs from the US. He told the Commons that ‘a trade war is in nobody’s interest and the country deserves, and we will take, a calm, pragmatic approach’. He added that the government ‘will rule nothing out’.

3 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Isabel Hardman

Keir Starmer had a special point to make at the very outset of Prime Minister’s Questions about the threat of tariffs from the US. He told the Commons that ‘a trade war is in nobody’s interest and the country deserves, and we will take, a calm, pragmatic approach’. He added that the government ‘will rule nothing out’. He is, though, largely in automated response mode at PMQs these days.