Paul Linford

Labour hobbled itself in Thursday's election by choosing the wrong brother as leader in 2010, while the Liberal Democrats lost their pol...

Yesterday I outlined why I don't think the current Tory-Lib Dem coalition deserves to be re-elected.  Here's why I hope a Lab-Lib co...

Despite having a very good local constituency MP in Pauline Latham, here's why I won't be voting for her party on Thursday. 1.  Th...

The forthcoming election is, first and foremost, about the future of the NHS and whether, under a majority Tory government, it will by 2020 ...

My preview of the political year 2015, first published in yesterday's Journal.   It is Thursday, December 31, 2015. The newly-elect...

Despite yesterday's fighting speech, Ed Miliband's personal unpopularity is dragging his party down and making the re-election of a ...

My end-of-conference season round-up is now online at The Journal website.  I argue that the fragmentation of British politics into a four-p...

My Journal column is now back online at the paper's website.  This week's naturally focuses on the Tory Party conference and you can...

My take on a less than satisfactory week for Labour's Ed Miliband.  From today's Journal. While on a personal level I was relie...

There are, broadly speaking, two schools of thought about what the Labour Party needs to do to win the next general election. One is that ...

IF a week is a long time in politics, then two weeks is twice as long – and the fortnight since this column last appeared seems to have been...

Nearly a quarter of a century ago, a fringe party sent shockwaves through the political establishment after securing 15pc of the popular vot...

If being Prime Minister is inevitably the toughest job in British politics, then being a former Prime Minister is surely not that far be...

So, then, David Miliband – political colossus, or inconsequential footnote?   The greatest loss to British politics since the fall of Marga...

Andy Murray will win Wimbledon, Roberto Mancini will be sacked as manager of Manchester City, David and Victoria Beckham will return to the ...

Seven years ago, the Conservative Party faithful gathered in Blackpool for what most observers expected would be a leadership stand-off be...

Twelve months ago, Ed Miliband delivered what I described at the time as probably the most courageous party conference speech by any major p...