"Rishi Sunak is proving unpleasantly slippery - and the conservative civil war is still vicious"

Kevin Maguire says 'venomous' Tories are still fighting amongst themselves while the rest of the nation grapples with economic failure, falling standard of living and the decline of public services Rishi Sunak is hosting a Q&A session with local business leaders in Co Antrim on February 28 (

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Giving snakes a bad name, venomous preservatives are creeping into a chasm of hate.

We see daily that the British Conservative variant of Rishi Sunak hasn't evolved as much as he claims since the days of Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock.

Economic failure, declining living standards, declining public services...and the conservative civil war is as fierce as ever.

Sunak may find that Chancellor Jeremy Hunt sitting in next week's budget to let fuel bills skyrocket an extra £400 will burn any electoral reimbursement for putting out a £500 raise.

And the current Prime Minister, himself fined for attending a covid-breaking party with Johnson, is proving unpleasantly slippery and dishonest.

Spitting viciously on asylum seekers is a gutter policy that will sink it if there is any justice in this world.

Spitting viciously at asylum seekers is 'gutter policy' that should sink the prime minister, says Kevin Maguire (

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Johnson goes all out on Partygate, dismissing credible evidence of lies, it's music to Labor ears. Likewise, Hancock's treasure trove of WhatsApp messages reminds voters that smoothing conservatives have promoted themselves during the pandemic.

Even the Windsor Framework st...