SubscriptionsAuthor: Peter Oborne
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‘Burnham is a Giant Step Backwards to a Better Sort of British Politics’
Makerfield’s new MP will face deep challenges if he makes it to Downing Street – but he can succeed where others haven’t been able to
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How ‘Anonymous Quotes’ Are Used by Political Journalists and Spin Doctors to Deceive the Public
A startling admission by a Times journalist has revealed how political journalism and power really works in Westminster, reports Peter Oborne
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Times Journalist Reveals Westminster Fake News Scam
Stories quoting three sources can be nothing of the sort, according to the Times parliamentary sketch writer: they are all from the same person – a single Labour spin doctor
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The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer’s Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s exclusive Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer’s chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
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‘Wales Could Lead the Way Across the Globe if it Criminalises Political Lying’
A dishonest doctor gets struck off the medical register. The banker who steals from his clients goes to jail. A deceitful military officer gets cashiered. Why should politicians not expect to play by the same rules?
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Carnage in Gaza: What Really Happened at the Al-Ahli Hospital?
Peter Oborne reports from East Jerusalem on last night’s deadly attack on an Anglican-run hospital in Gaza
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Government Changes to UK’s Emissions Trading Scheme: More Evidence of Sunak Abandoning the Green Project
An adjustment to the scheme will make it cheaper for companies to pollute, boosting their corporate profits
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‘Code of Conduct’ Review: A Brave and Important Work – With a Few Omissions
The proposals set out by Labour MP Chris Bryant to clean-up Parliament should be adopted by his party’s leader for its next manifesto, writes Peter Oborne
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‘Using One Hand to Strangle Us, One Hand to Feed Us’: Blockaded Armenian Enclave Abandoned by the West
The Armenian Prime Minister has described the situation as an ‘ongoing process of genocide’
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The Cynical Pact Between Russia and the UK over Azerbaijan’s Aggression Towards Armenia
Britain joined Russia in blocking a UN Security Council statement condemning the Azeri blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh
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Misgoverned And Marooned: English Men’s Cricket Still Faces Social Extinction
Richard Heller and Peter Oborne explore how money, centralisation and a lack of accountability around the England and Wales Cricket Board is taking the essence of the sport further away from fans
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Why I’m Happy Answering to Subscribers Rather than Newspaper Tycoons
After 30 years working for rich, often tax avoiding press barons, Peter Oborne celebrates funding his ‘Boris Johnson Lies’ website through contributions from the public
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Peter Oborne’s Diary November 2021: Majestic Fury and Moral Flippancy
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political media class. For the latest diary subscribe to the December Digital Edition
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Peter Oborne’s Diary October 2021: The Capture of UK Politics by Big Money
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political media class. For the latest diary subscribe to the November Digital Edition
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Peter Oborne’s Diary September 2021: The Magic Circle of Client Journalism
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political media class. For the latest diary subscribe to the October Digital Edition The Magic Circle SEVERAL FACTORS HAVE COME TOGETHER to plunge Boris Johnson into the dangerous political crisis he faces this autumn. A lack of general purpose and direction, added…
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Peter Oborne’s Diary August 2021: Channel 4 Privatisation, the Clermont Set and Craig Murray
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political media class. For the latest diary subscribe to the September Digital Edition
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Peter Oborne’s Diary July 2021: Brammar, Assange and Gove – Government by Journalists for Journalists
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political media class. For the latest diary subscribe to the August Digital Edition
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Peter Oborne’s Diary June 2021: Sir Robbie Gibb, Media Enforcement and a Sinister Merger
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. For the latest diary subscribe to the July Digital Edition
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Peter Oborne’s Diary May 2021: Holding Sleazy Politics to Account, but ‘No Surrender’ from Jacob Rees-Mogg
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. For the latest diary subscribe to the June Digital Edition
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Peter Oborne’s Diary April 2021: Dacre, Dogs and Jacob Rees-Mogg
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. For the latest diary subscribe to the May Digital Edition
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How Wisden is a Global Record of War, Plague, Racism and Environmental Change
Richard Heller and Peter Oborne peer into Wisden Cricketers Almanac for signs of the times
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Peter Oborne’s March Diary 2021: Cover-Ups and Inconvenient Truths
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. Here is his March column
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Peter Oborne’s February Diary 2021: More Lobby Deceit, French Fabrications and Ignoring Genocide
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. Here is his February column
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A Selection of Misleading Statements Made by Boris Johnson and Ministers on the Floor of the House of Commons: July 2019 – December 2020
A selected list of misleading statements that Peter Oborne has sent to the Speaker of the House of Commons
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Peter Oborne’s January Diary 2021: The BBC, the Lobby, Wine and Assange
Exclusive to print for a month, Peter Oborne shares his observations of the political scene, at home and abroad. Here is his January column
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How the Murderous Past of Armenian Genocide Flourishes Today in Denial
Peter Oborne covered Armenia’s recent conflict with Azerbaijan. He exposes the dangers of refusing to acknowledge the genocide of a century ago
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The Racist History of South African Cricket Must Be Written Into the Record
Richard Heller and Peter Oborne set out how the past injustice of non-white players being excluded from the country’s Test cricket matches should be re-evaluated in the light of powerful new discussions about the legacy of white supremacy
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How Brexit and Biden Fuelled Chaos Inside Downing Street
Peter Oborne looks at broader compelling reasons why two top advisors left the Boris Johnson administration
