FordeThought 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...

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...

At last, good news for the deputy prime minister, finds Matt Forde Opinion polling has changed. I’ve just woken up to the news that Nigel Farage was the least popular party leader when it came to who parents would let babysit their child. I can feel the nerds...