JENNY HJUL: Labour’s leftist love-in would ruin the country if party is elected
Watching this year’s Labour Party conference, one could be forgiven for thinking Britain had been teleported back to the ’70s, and the Blair years never happened.
Jenny Hjul
JENNY HJUL: SNP is more interested in sowing division than stopping Brexit
If MPs could turn back the clock a few months I wonder how many would now vote for Theresa May’s withdrawal agreement, painstakingly yet thanklessly negotiated with Brussels.
JENNY HJUL: Nationalism is driving discord, and political debate replaced with hate-fuelled partisanship
When British politics wasn’t dominated by its lunatic fringes, as it is now, sturdy stalwarts of the mainstream, like Gordon Brown, were rarely accorded due respect.
READERS’ LETTERS: Statesman Boris Johnson can burst the SNP bubble
Madam, – I have never believed Boris Johnson is racist or rabidly right wing but a lot of the gossip, gaffes and japes stuck.
JENNY HJUL: Barring a miracle, Boris Johnson will be Prime Minister next week
Barring a miracle, Boris Johnson will move into Downing Street next week, replacing Theresa May as prime minister, and uniting his opponents (inside and outside his party) in outrage.
JENNY HJUL: Scottish independence referendum Plan B is chilling
One thing the many contenders for the Tory leadership contest had in common was a determination to rule out a second independence referendum in Scotland.
JENNY HJUL: Ruth Davidson has to help Jeremy Hunt – Boris Johnson is a gift to the Scottish Nationalists
As the battle for the Tory leadership is now a two-horse race, it should be easier for Conservatives to back their man (no women are left in the contest).
JENNY HJUL: Nigel Farage is targeting Scots who voted for Brexit…should the SNP be worried?
The rise and rise of Nigel Farage continues, with talk this week of a pact between his Brexit Party and the Tories to wrench Britain out of Europe by the end of October.
JENNY HJUL: SNP need to listen and not just shout down any criticism
The lack of a credible opposition may give the government in Westminster a better chance of survival than it deserves, whenever it decides to go for another election.
JENNY HJUL: The Tory leadership race is a minefield, and Theresa May will have the last laugh
Theresa May shed tears when she was forced by her party to resign, but as she stands down as Tory leader on Friday, she will have plenty to cheer her up.