ALEX BELL: Boris Johnson wants a general election, and it could happen very soon
The elastic of British politics is pulled and is about to snap painfully back into the nation. We could be voting before October 31 – snap enough?
Alex Bell
ALEX BELL: Please quit quickly Jeremy Corbyn, political leadership is not for you
Dear Jeremy Corbyn,
ALEX BELL: SNP needs to let it all out on Scottish independence argument if Indyref2 is to happen
Bojo’s tour of the provinces could have gone worse – possibly. He offered a bribe to Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast so small (£300 million between them) that it barely registered. Where leaders sought clarity on No Deal, he offered bluster.
ALEX BELL: £3bn gift from Boris Johnson could add to SNP’s woes amid talk of new pro-Indy party
Boris Johnson once said a column consisted of a few jokes and paradox. If the joke is Boris, then the paradox is that by achieving high office, he diminishes it.
ALEX BELL: Boris Johnson should build museum to ease the growing pains of English nationalism
The Cricket World Cup drama on BBC radio was bliss.
ALEX BELL: Nicola Sturgeon should listen to David Attenborough and make air travel cost more
In 1985 I flew from Dublin to Boston return for £400. If I did it today, it would cost a bit less.
ALEX BELL: It is insane to spend £100bn on HS2 when Britain’s rail system fails on the basics
You can travel by train from Scotland to Ho Chi Minh in south Vietnam.
ALEX BELL: The Boris Johnson show threatens the very existence of the Conservative Party
Boris sucks in words from all other stories, leaving only the great Bojo show on the news.
ALEX BELL: Scotland’s drug deaths are an indictment of all of us
Sometime in the early 1990s, Scotland’s heroin overdoses passed the 100 mark. The nation was horrified.
ALEX BELL: Donald Trump and Boris Johnson are cowards…when is democracy’s D-Day?
Newspaper convention means that two rows of head shots on a front page means either a gang has been convicted, or a tragedy has occurred. It’s hard to tell if Tory leadership candidates are culprits or victims.