Sally Gimson Articles

I nearly choked on my cornflakes when I read yet another article praising the Green party policy of a citizens’ income, especially when the author of the piece, John Harris, claimed this was 'at the cutting edge of left politics.' Nothing the Greens say about the...

It was the Iraq war that dominated prime minister’s questions today. Diane Abbott appeared regal in the House to ask a question on the inquiry and reminded us what a more representative parliament might look like. There were a lot of questions from the army of smarmy...

We played a game of ‘Who said what’ today in parliament. It is more like a pantomime than a pub quiz because the answer is always obvious. And members of parliament can and do shout the equivalent of ‘He is over there!’ The subject under discussion, televised leaders...

It was a strange prime minister’s questions. The shadow of the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris this morning seemed to be the obvious thing to talk about. It was mentioned by both leaders at the beginning of the session, but there were no questions at all...