Can Andy Burnham survive the pressure of Westminster?
He calls his approach “Manchesterism” – but he looks lost when he tries to define it
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Wes Streeting reopens the Brexit box
The leadership contest has put the EU question back on the table – but to what end?
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Labour’s “horrible but necessary” week
The news that Andy Burnham found a seat to stand in shook Labour out of its leadership deadlock
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Angela Rayner is cleared as Westminster waits on Streeting
Good economic news for Rachel Reeves has been overshadowed by leadership manoeuvres
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It’s not over yet for Starmer
The Prime Minister is safe for now – but even supportive unions have lost faith
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Keir Starmer fights for his political life
Starmer’s fate hinges on one speech and one disgruntled backbench MP
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The battle for Labour’s leadership has already started
Inside the ideological war to succeed Keir Starmer
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Angela Rayner is Wes Streeting’s biggest obstacle to PM
But would she even want to be leader?
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It’s too late for Starmer
For the sake of the Labour Party and its values, we need a change of leader
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What Keir Starmer can’t say
The Prime Minister believes he will heal Britain – but can he find the words?
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Rishi Sunak is already irrelevant
The Conservatives are demoralised. Among Tory MPs, all eyes are on their party’s future.
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Churchill and the quest for greatness
Throughout his career, Britain’s wartime prime minister studied how other leaders – Roosevelt, Attlee, Stalin and Gandhi – exercised power.
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There is an unlikely role model for Keir Starmer: Henry Campbell-Bannerman
The Edwardian Liberal prime minister transformed his party’s fortunes and led a great reforming administration.
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A week is a long time in politics: some notes on short tenures
There’s something fascinating about leaders who’ve barely sat down before they’re moving on once again.
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Boris Johnson’s path back to power is a treacherous one
Getting on the leadership ballot is a challenge for the former PM; seeing off the Labour threat could prove impossible.
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How the Tories lost their way
The new leader will struggle to regain control of a party still in the grip of Boris Johnson’s illiberal populism.
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While Tories bicker, the country faces a heatwave emergency
As “red heat warnings” are issued for much of the UK, climate change is barely on the leadership candidates’ agenda.
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Will Liz Truss be the next prime minister?
From Brexit to front-line photo ops, admirers and critics reveal the many contradictions of Whitehall’s “disrupter-in-chief”.
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A zeal for tax cuts is already defining the Tory leadership race
As more of his rivals launch their campaigns, Rishi Sunak is emerging as a lone voice in favour of recent…
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It’s absurd to say the Conservative Party isn’t ready for a non-white leader
The suggestion that ethnic minority Tories have betrayed their identity is its own form of racism.
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