Martin Fletcher
26 June 2024
Time to say toodle-pip, Sir Jacob?
Tracked down in Somerset, even Jacob Rees-Mogg admits it would be ‘ridiculous to pretend’ that he is not facing a Portillo moment on July 4
Read the full article24 June 2024
Fear and loathing in Clacton
Nigel Farage is finally an MP – but is the Reform leader now heading into the Westminster spotlight – or into irrelevance?
Read the full article09 April 2024
The return of Cruella
The former home secretary is back on manoeuvres with her hard right agenda – and in Fareham, her local supporters are loving it
Read the full article08 November 2023
Welcome to Richmond: Sunak Land
Could the prime minister really lose his seat at the next election? A visit to his North Yorkshire constituency reveals the locals are true blue... for now
Read the full article23 May 2023
A party right on the edge
The recent National Conservatism conference highlighted the threat of the far-right and the polarisation within the Tory Party itself
Read the full article21 February 2023
Uxbridge takes umbrage
Boris Johnson is dreaming of a return to No 10. But many of his constituents are ready to end his comeback
Read the full article10 November 2022
Wish EU were here?
Five years after we upset the people of Skegness by describing their town as Brexitland-on-Sea, we handed MARTIN FLETCHER a tin helmet and sent him back to see if their sunlit uplands ever materialised
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