Sally Gimson Articles

Short questions are always best. They get to the heart of the matter and it is more obvious if they are not answered. Naz Shah, who beat George Galloway for Bradford West had the best one today: ‘As a new member of parliament I am still wondering if the prime minister...

The prime minister, David Cameron, is still in election mode. He was red-faced. He gesticulated violently. He name checked ‘Our Long-Term Economic Plan’. And he also managed to ask Harriet Harman, who was facing him over the dispatch box today, many more questions...

‘My government will bring forward proposals for a British bill of rights’, was all the Queen had to say in her speech today about the abolition of the Human Rights Act. No legislation, just proposals. It was the moment the Conservative government bottled it and...

Not since Marie Antoinette posed as a milkmaid at Versailles has there been such an attempt to create a fantasy world for the rich. David Cameron’s blue-collar conservatism conjures up in the minds of credulous Tories a feudal idyll of faithful retainers. His loyal,...