Sean O'Grady
The Independent
United Kingdom
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Elon Musk, the biography, review: Musk the messiah (or a very naughty boy?)
What’s worse: working for him, living with him or simply being him? You’ll find the (at times disturbing) answers in this mesmerising new biography of the Monty Python-obsessed Elon Musk, writes Sean O’Grady → Read More
Mrs Brown’s Boys review: Dismal material that does not elicit a single laugh
Uninspired and unoriginal, this is the kind of stuff that would shame a best man’s speech delivered by Sir Gavin Williamson, says Sean O’Grady → Read More
What the ruling over Boris Johnson’s Covid WhatsApps says about government communication
Downing Street has failed in attempts to keep the messages secret, writes Sean O’Grady. So what lessons can we take? → Read More
Chris Pincher faces suspension – and Sunak is left to clean up more of Boris Johnson’s toxic legacy
Pincher’s disgrace may lead to yet another by-election – this time in Tamworth, an ultra-safe seat → Read More
Could Sunak’s by-election crisis be even worse than he feared?
Only two weeks remain until a likely triple Tory by-election defeat, says Sean O’Grady → Read More
Captain Tom was a Covid hero – we can’t let a grubby row taint his legacy
Captain Tom Moore’s daughter’s ‘spa and pool complex’ has been marked for demolition. The obvious question is: what would the late war hero make of it all? → Read More
Why is Westminster losing one of its youngest ever MPs, Mhairi Black?
The complaints of the SNP politician chime with other disillusioned MPs, particularly women, says Sean O’Grady → Read More
Rishi Sunak’s head-boy polish deserted him when he needed it most
Under hostile attack from the liaison committee, Sunak embodied a new, unpatented emoji: doomed prime minister face, writes Sean O’Grady → Read More
What was the outcome of the inquiry into Sue Gray?
The Cabinet Office has finally concluded its investigation into the author of the Partygate report. Sean O’Grady looks at the implications for the former top civil servant, soon to be chief of staff to Keir Starmer → Read More
(Cat) food for thought: Lee Anderson is well past his political nine lives
Let’s not pussyfoot around: any party containing with Anderson as deputy chairman doesn’t stand a cat in hell’s chance of winning the next election → Read More
Nigel Farage’s Brexit revenge conspiracy theory is not what it seems
No bank is obliged to give anyone facilities if it doesn’t wish to – the same as if Farage was barred from a pub or banned from a shop, writes Sean O’Grady → Read More
After the Rwanda ruling, what are the options for Britain’s immigration policy?
For months, the government has struggled, and failed, to align with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. Sean O’Grady examines the options for No 10 → Read More
Farewell, Zac Goldsmith – another rat leaves the sinking Tory party ship
Goldsmith has been named and shamed in the Commons report – and placed in the same miserable bracket as Rees-Mogg and Dorries, Boris Johnson’s other attack dogs → Read More
How boundary changes could reshape the next election battlegrounds
In a tight contest, the latest changes could make all the difference, says Sean O’Grady → Read More
The dangerous undermining of parliament by Boris Johnson’s cronies has been rightly condemned
If the Commons can’t bring itself to discipline them, then the Conservative Party should sanction them for bringing the party into disrepute → Read More
Gutter politics: Why the Tory water crisis is embarrassing for Labour, too
Renationalising Thames Water will leave a bitter taste for voters, says Sean O’Grady → Read More
It’s time for the Tories to nationalise Thames Water
The banks and pension companies that own Thames Water will soon lose ownership and control of the company – and rightly so → Read More
Is Rishi Sunak delivering on his five pledges?
Six months after the prime minister made a speech laying out his five priorities for 2023, Sean O’Grady gauges his progress – or lack of – so far → Read More
I’ve driven the future and it doesn’t work: the trouble with electric cars
There were a whopping 36 electric cars on the road per standard public charger last year, but range anxiety is only one of the reasons that the electric car revolution is faltering rather than firing on all cylinders in this country. Our man Sean O’Grady hits the highways to find out what’s going on... → Read More
Prince William’s anti-homelessness drive is the right kind of royal meddling
The Prince of Wales’s pitch to tackle one of the great social ills of the modern age is a noble one, but his well-meaning efforts won’t stop critics crying foul of royal involvement in politics, writes Sean O’Grady → Read More