Matt Forde Articles

It’s hard to decide sometimes whether things happen by conspiracy or cock-up. First there was the debacle over our £1.7bn bill from the European commission and whether the rebate applies or not. Then we had the mayhem in parliament over the vote on the European arrest...

If Boris Johnson was Oasis, Gyles Brandreth would be The Beatles. Without his devil-may-care eccentricity and candid, often rebellious, sense of humour, Boris would not be the politician he is today. For my generation Brandreth was the first Tory whose wit immediately...

Matt Forde identifies one advantage of the rise of Ukip If you’d said to people two years ago that politics was exciting and enthralling they’d have completely disagreed. Most people probably still think it’s boring but the last year has definitely been far more...

Matt Forde on how to avoid getting shut out of the conference secure zone It’s a real pain trying to plan your day at conference. No doubt you’ve got a planner of some sort. If you’re going with work you’ll have meetings booked in. Maybe a few fringe events have...