In October 2024, John was diagnosed with Parkinson’s. I interviewed him about it, and was very worried I’d get a bit emotional. John was rather phlegmatic about it and accepted it with his typical ...

Why was winning the Battle of Britain so important? Quite simply, it saved Britain from a land invasion. Hitler knew that without air dominance, he couldn’t launch a land invasion. So he turned his ...

Call Kemi launches on Tuesday 16th September at 8pm on LBC, available across the UK on the LBC app, on your smart speaker, iOS or Android device; on DAB digital radio and TV, LBC.co.uk and in London ...

My friend Phil Hendren, who used to write the Dizzythinks blog back in the day, has started a new Substack. He was one of my ...

Today is publication day for my new book THE PRIME MINISTERS 1721-2020 - THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF POLITICAL LEADERSHIP. It was lovely to get an invite to mark the occasion to go on the TODAY PROGRAMME ...

Here were my predictions for 2024.

Before we get onto my predictions for 2024, let's see how I fared when I made my 2023 predictions this time last year. The answer is not well. A pathetic 2.10! Worst ever.

This article first appeared on Telegraph Online. Government loses two by-elections. Ordinarily that barely rates a headline. These, however, are not ordinary times. Poll after poll shows Labour ...

Because of eyesight issues which affected me earlier in the year I have probably read fewer books this year than any other year in my life, But here are ten I have really enjoyed and would recommend ...

Political parties are like tribes. They defend their own. And in times of stress they circle the wagons and whatever the facts are, whatever the pressures, whatever someone has done wrong, they find ...

Within the next 24 hours it is entirely possible that the House of Commons could be without a Speaker. I’m not predicting it will happen, but it’s not impossible to imagine Sir Lindsay Hoyle standing ...