Articles By Andrew Gimson
December 2017 / January 2018
Westminster is scandalised by sexual harassment that would once have been treated as a joke. But does the nation take it quite so seriously?
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
March 2017
The independent-minded Labour parliamentarian would have made an excellent Speaker
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
January/February 2016
The paradox of British democracy is that our unelected monarch safeguards our liberties better than an elected politician ever could
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
April 2015
"The Chief Whip stormed the moral high ground and dug himself in. So why did I feel unable to follow Michael Gove over the top, as it were?"
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
November 2014
‘The best political memoirs are shot through with a kind of candour’
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
April 2014
I discovered Max Beerbohm as an undergraduate. Rereading his work today has been just as enjoyable
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
November 2013
Badmouthing each other is not a path to electoral success. Clegg and Cameron must defend what they have achieved together
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
April 2013
Our Prime Minister's Anglican attitudes are as valuable to the Conservative party as they are to the nation
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
March 2013
The Prime Minister’s alliance with Angela Merkel may help save Europe’s failing currency, if his policy doesn’t tear apart his party
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
December 2012
The public gallery at the House of Commons is behind bullet-proof glass. This offensive distrust of the public reflects a greater sense of detachment between MPs and the electorate
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
December 2012
The German-born Labour MP has ignored her party’s bias and sees sense on Europe
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
November 2012
The life and times of Stalin's last apologist and Britain's best-known Marxist historian
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
October 2012
The need to provide soundbites while avoiding "gaffes" has reduced politicians' speeches to intolerable banality
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
September 2012
Cameron's sustained attempt to hide his gentlemanliness reflects wider society's rejection of good moral conduct
Like this article? Share, save or print using the icons below
[1]
About Andrew Gimson
Andrew Gimson contributes to ConservativeHome and is the author of Boris: The Rise of Boris Johnson (Simon and Schuster). He is writing a book about the kings and queens of England.
Popular Standpoint topics
- Cyril Ramaphosa's poisoned chalice
- Is South Africa about to fall apart?
- The inevitability of Fortress Europe
- The onslaught against the West's moral codes
- Technology menaces childhood and culture
- Presidents for life Putin and Xi menace the West
- Is the mental illness epidemic just a myth?
- How Monet created motion pictures