CD Montgomery

This article is taken from the August-September 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £25. The stage is set. The Tories have failed in their policy towards Europe. Or rather, Europe has let them down. The Prime Minister departs for Chequers where courtiers explain what went wrong and how things could yet go right.

This article is taken from the April 2025 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. A year ago I wrote here that what mattered for the Right was who got blamed for the pending Tory defeat. I admit that predicting this looming election loss was foresight on the level of people who are smug about having foretold that a party led by Nigel Farage would split if it had two or more members. But how has the narrative-framing gone?

His response to Ukraine suggests that Reform are growing more professional All foreign policy is domestic politics, obviously. Even here, even for us, even now, even over Ukraine. Starmer, politically, is having a good war. It’s good for him in that he’s getting the applause of the people he wants to hear it from.